Erin Eckert Email & Phone Number

Durham, Nc, Us

As Strategic Services Associate for Duke Palliative Care, I am primarily responsible for leading our Goals of Care initiative, supporting other health system initiatives that we lead, and facilitating our education efforts.

Durham, North Carolina

The Duke Team Training Program, which creates, conducts, and supports TeamSTEPPS training and implementation across all Duke Health entities, as well as training and coaching for external audiences through our role as a Regional Training Center for TeamSTEPPS Master Trainers with the AHA Team Training Program.The Annual Duke Health Quality and Safety Conference, which brings together more than 650 Duke Health employees each spring for a day-long educational event with invited speakers, breakout sessions, and a competitive poster session.Duke's Evidence-Based Practice Workshop, which trains nearly 100 clinician educators from across the country each year during a week-long intensive onsite curriculum. New training program development and collaboration with faculty in support of quality and safety at Duke, to include the Duke Quality System, Patient Safety, and Professionalism.

Program manager for TeamSTEPPS implementation at UNC Medical Center and primary educator, coach, and consultant for interdisciplinary team training and teamwork improvement.Led the organization and support to training programs that helped UNC achieve its organizational goal of training more than 1000 personnel in TeamSTEPPS tools in FY2016. Lead coordinator supporting perioperative leadership in the development and facilitation of a one-day, multi-site perioperative provider training for 600+ UNC Health Care attendees.

As Project Manager, supervised geographically-dispersed project teams, created and managed work plans, developed schedules and budgets, managed client relationships, and developed project analyses and reports. Built and sustained relationships with clients to enable collaborative approaches to project management, stakeholder engagement, and generating alternatives to overcome project risks and barriers. As a Subject Matter Expert on emergency preparedness, led the organization and facilitation of stakeholder meetings, education and training, and assessments; collaborated in the development of virtual and instructor-led training courses; developed written plans and evaluations; and conducted and evaluated educational disaster exercises.Manager and Technical Expert (January 2013 - November 2015)Technical Specialist (January 2011 – January 2013)Manager (January 2010 - January 2011)Senior Associate (May 2007 - January 2010)

Developed and implemented the company’s first project management framework to improve financial and client management services. Supervised the Planning and Design Division in the development and conduct of planning, training, and educational emergency exercises for hospital, public health, and emergency response agencies.Develop, conduct, facilitate, evaluate, and lead emergency response educational offerings for local, State, and private industry organizations. Conducted program audits for private industry clients to evaluate Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) safety and regulatory compliance.

Developed all program guidance and procedures to establish the State’s Homeland Security Grant Program, which administered millions of dollars in Federal pass-through grants to local governments, and provided ongoing program and technical support to local jurisdiction grantees.Facilitated relationships between the State’s Risk Management Program stakeholders to improve education and preparedness for potential off-site releases of airborne hazardous materials at large chemical facilities. Provided technical and regulatory assistance to facilities and local emergency responders preparing for chemical emergencies and assisted in regulatory incident investigations, audits, and enforcement actions.Responded to numerous real-world disaster events in the Information and Planning Section of the State Emergency Operations Center and deployed to the FEMA/State Disaster Field Office for declared events.

Graduate Certificate, Community Preparedness And Disaster Management

Mpa, State And Local Government Administration

Ba, Political Science And Economics