Job summary
The role of the Emergency Planning and Resilience Manager is to ensure that the Trust maintains its readiness to respond to unexpected events and emergencies, is building resilience to potential hazards, and is permanentlyin a fit state to deliver a response to internal or external incidents through either a direct response (delivery of care to casualties, or enacting business continuity plans) or provision of support to other organisations (mutual aid).
The EPRR Manager is responsible for the management, production, implementation and regularrevision of effective:o major and critical incident planso resilience strategies and planso business continuity planso exercise and training planso threat and hazard identification and response processes
Main duties of the job
Key results areas include:o To develop the plans listed under 'Job Purpose' aboveo To manage the delivery of communication of the above plans across the organisation.o To manage the exercising and testing of Local Incident Response planso To develop and deliver the training of key staff in respect of the above Response plans.
To be a proactive member of the Trust's EPRR Working Groupo To participate in regular external multi-agency networking within the local health economyand local resilience community, as the Trust representative
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
EPRR (Emergency Preparedness, Resilience, and Response) Band 8B
Birmingham Women's and Childrens Hospital is seeking a dynamic leader to join our operations team. The post holder will be responsible for leading the Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) arrangements for the Trust on behalf of the Chief Operating Officer as set out by the NHS England EPRR framework (2015) and the Civil Contingencies Act (2004). The post holder must have a strong understanding of this guidance and respond to any new and changing local, national, and statutory guidance in this field, ensuring that this is reflected in the training and internal guidelines.
The role will incorporate the development and deployment for all EPRR training and update of the on-call teams at all levels of the organisation. The post holder must be able to provide the ne assurance that all staff involved are aware of their role in this process and can provide robust evidence that plans are current and meaningful to all involved and that they are compliant with the EPPR (2015) framework and Civil Contingencies Act (2004).
The role will also lead the development and maintenance of Business Continuity Plans and their compliance with standard ISO 22301 and ISO 22313 across the Trust and will participate in the response plans of the Integrated Care System.
The post holder will also be responsible for reviewing any incidents and training exercises and ensuring that any lessons learnt are acted upon and included in any guidelines, training and plans moving forward.
We are seeking a strong leader, with demonstrable skills in setting up emergency preparedness systems, who is an experienced trainer and a strong completer-finisher. As this is a senior role at AFC Band 8B, the banding reflects the nature and breadth of skills required for leading EPPR and compliance with Civil Contingencies Act in a complex and diverse specialist Trust.
Please refer to the Trust website for further information about the organisation and for further and detailed information about the post please contact Scott Hancock
Closing date is 4th May 2024
Interviews will be held week commencing 20th May and will be a combined competency demonstration and panel interview.
Person Specification
Emergency Planning Experience
Essential
curent Emergency Planning Role in Healthcare
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Diploma in Health Emergency Planning (DipHEP) or PGCert in Emergency Planning or equivalent or willing to undertake such a qualification
- Masters Degree in a relevant subject
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of delivering change in a complex environment
- Experience in budgetary and resource management
- Knowledge, understanding and experience in Risk Management and Governance issues
- Experience of developing business continuity plans
- Experience gained of an incident response whether an actual incident or through training
- Knowledge of Major Incident and Critical Incident Response plans from working within a public sector service
- Experience of formal reporting to Senior Management / Board through a variety of media / modes of communication
Desirable
- Site management experience in a complex organisation
- Evidence of leading initiatives within multiprofessional teams
- Project management experience
- Knowledge of the NHS in the context of emergency planning
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Ability to interpret national policy and guidance and turn into practical local actions required
- Ability to identify proportionate actions in addressing hazards and risks, and organizational planning responses
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Children's Site
Steelhouse Lane
Birmingham
B46NH