Stephanie Howard
System Director, at Memorial Health (IL)
- Role
- System Director, Security at Memorial Health
- Location
- Springfield, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Stephanie Howard
An experienced and collaborative System Director of Security with over fifteen years of leadership experience in health care. Proven ability to work with multiple stakeholders to help advance the mission and produce measurable results in a large, complex health system. Skilled in a variety of areas including occupational and environmental safety, security, emergency management, and regulatory and accreditation compliance. Masters level prepared in Health Law and Occupational Safety.
Experience
System Director, Security
Aug 2015 — Present
Plans, directs and coordinates activities relating to the protection, safeguarding and security of patients, visitors, employees, and physical assets for Memorial Medical Center and Memorial Health System affiliates. Collaborates closely with Nursing, Patient Safety, Human Resources, Risk Management, General Counsel and Facilities to address security related risks with the potential to impact patient care or operations. Leads 60 security, police and technical personnel for hospital and affiliated off-site locations, covering over 5 million square feet. Develops and monitors operations and capital budgets, ensuring expenses remain at or below budget. Chairs or participates in multiple safety, security and emergency management committees.Serves as Fleet Administrator for the Health System\'s 125+ fleet vehicles and 700+ fleet drivers.Notable Contributions- Developed and actively executing strategic plan to transition security services from single site to corporate level security- Oversaw implementation of start-up security services at two critical access hospital affiliates- Created and maintains comprehensive dashboards documenting Work Place Violence key performance indicators (KPI’s) for presentation to senior leadership at both health system and affiliate levels- Provides contractual security services to external health system partners.Committees-Chair, Environment of Care Security Committee-Environment of Care Planning Committee-Environment of Care Safety Committee-Workplace Violence Steering Committee-Workplace Violence Leader Group-Threat Assessment Team-Opioid Stewardship Committee-Emergency Planning Group
Education
FEMA/Illinois Fire Safety Institute
Certificates, Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management
Loyola University Chicago
Master of Jurisprudence - MJ, Health Law
2020 — 2021
University of Illinois Springfield
Bachelor's Degree, Health Services Administration
1997 — 2000
Eastern Kentucky University
Master of Science - MS, Safety, Security, and Emergency Management
2007 — 2009
Skills
- Hospitals
- Leadership Development
- Emergency Management
- Workplace Safety
- Customer Service
- Life Safety
- Strategic Planning
- Patient Safety
- Policy
- Management
- Team Building
- Environment of Care
- Healthcare Management
- Leadership
- Process Improvement
- Healthcare
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