Job summary
We are looking for a for an
enthusiastic EPRR professional to join the ICB and lead the EPRR function and
System Co-ordination Centre. We have a fantastic team in place and are looking
to secure an experienced individual that can support and optimise the ongoing
development of the team and continue to build on the excellent reputation held.
The Associate Director for EPRR is a
key member of the BOB ICB extended leadership team and is responsible for
providing strategic leadership and direction on the resilience of NHS services
across the ICS.
Main duties of the job
As the Associate Director for EPRR,
the post holder will support and deputise where required for the Accountable
Emergency Officer (AEO) on EPRR, ensuring effective system wide engagement with
a range of key stakeholders and undertake on call duties as a subject expert in
EPRR and or support local teams in fulfilling on call duties.
The post holder will undertake
leadership in the development of key policy in relation to EPRR on behalf of
statutory partners and in contributing to the work of the Local Resilience
Forum and Local Health Resilience Forum, working across category 1 and 2
organisations in the city-region, leading on the development of policy and
guidance as appropriate.
Whilst the base is in
Oxford and remote working is available, the post holder will be required to
travel within Buckingham, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West to engage with
partners and fulfil the duties of the role in line with current government and
local NHS guidance. There may be a requirement from time to time to travel to
NHSE regional or national offices.
About us
In
the heart of the Thames Valley is our Integrated Care Board (ICB). It covers
the geography across three counties and goes in line with the local authority
boundaries of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, West Berkshire and
Wokingham. Our geography covers a population of nearly 1.8 million. While
overall in good health and socio-economic condition, alongside affluence we
have pockets of severe deprivation.
Our
constituent organisations include 175 GP surgeries, 5 local authorities, 3
acute hospital trusts, 2 mental health and community providers, 1 ambulance
trust and a single operating model across all of this, spending £2.5bn of
public money each year.
We
value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for
all. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the
communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership
and particularly encourage applications from women, people from black and
minority ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from
people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all
under-represented in these important roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Associate
Director of Emergency Preparedness,
Resilience and Response (EPRR) reports directly to the Chief Delivery
Officer
The postholder
will:
The
post-holder will lead a team delivering the BOB ICB EPRR/System
Co-ordination Centre function on behalf of the organisation.
Lead the ongoing
development of the Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) arrangements
at ICB and Place level for BOB ICS ensuring that they support the 18-month
development roadmap providing direct input on a wide range of issues whilst
buildingand sustaining effective
professional relationships with senior System Leaders, Clinicians and
Stakeholders.
Support the Chief Delivery Officer in
their responsibility as a member of ICS Strategic Leadership Team for Emergency
Preparedness, Resilience and Response, to meet the four core purposes of
the ICS:
To improve
outcomes in population health and healthcare.
Tackle
inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access.
Enhance
productivity and value for money:
Help the NHS
support broader social and economic development.
Support
Chief Delivery Officer in maintaining consistent methodology and principles to
deliver a robust, constructive approach to EPPR and Business Continuity Leads as
required.
The
post holder has managerial responsibility and accountability for all aspects of
the stated Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response and Business
Continuity functions.
Be
the responsible lead for system resilience and the delivery of the System
Co-ordination Centre which operates as a single point of contact for urgent
operational issues and provides the single point of contact for requests and
cascades from NHSE.
Working
with Place based Leaders and Partners to ensure that Emergency Preparedness,
Resilience and Response are integral to supporting and informing the outcomes
of our strategies both currently and in the future.
Lead
on ensuring that there is a robust approach to Emergency Preparedness,
Resilience and Response and Business Continuity Planning across health and care
to support our wider NHS local, regional, and national strategies as they develop,
including a specific focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint.
This will include ensuring that our approach is at the forefront of all our BOB
ICS strategies.
Will ensure the ICB is effectively
engaging in the Thames Valley Local Resilience Forum at all appropriate levels.
This will include supporting the Accountable Emergency Officer in attendance at
Executive level, as appropriate.
Will support BOB ICBs role in
leading the coordination of the Thames Valley Local Health Resilience
Partnership. This will include directly supporting the delivery of the
Executive Group, and overseeing the EPRR Senior Manager in leadership of the
Delivery Group.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of leading EPPR functions, including leading and managing an emergency preparedness and business continuity programme in a complex organisation.
- Extensive experience of training and delivery of exercises to Leadership Teams and staff of all levels (operational, tactical, and strategic).
- Proven track record of delivering EPPR frameworks to support major and local incidents on time and within budget, including the management of highly complex multi-stranded approaches with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Extensive experience of planning and programme management including a track record of leading EPPR functions to support the delivery of complex programmes and resolution of any identified gaps.
- Experience of providing national performance metrics and performance improvement alongside a track record of monitoring of EPPR performance against national and locally derived metrics and outcomes.
- Must understand the legislative background and requirements specific to EPPR and having experience of linking this to current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this across the wider health and social care.
- Experience of developing extensive network relationships and working collaboratively
- Must understand and be able to influence the relationship between national and local stakeholders including individual providers and commissioning organisations to ensure best outcomes for patients and the public.
- Proven experience of initiating and providing EPPR frameworks to support the delivery of long-term strategic plans and being able to alter plans to fit with the rapidly changing environment.
- Extensive significant experience of identifying and interpreting data streams to deliver the outcomes required for a wide and diverse range of programmes of work simultaneously.
- Experience of writing reports and business cases for NHS Boards and Executive Groups and presenting plans, procedures, and strategies.
Desirable
- Extensive significant experience of researching best practice and developing solutions that can achieve optimal outcomes for all
- stakeholders.
- Proven experience of setting and managing budgets across multi-stranded departments in line with standing financial instructions and best practice.
- Experience of procurement process for complex programmes of work.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level in a relevant area of academic practice with in-depth additional expert knowledge in specialist areas/subject matters expertise in a number of relevant disciplines or equivalent experience working at a commensurate band.
- Programme/project management qualifications or equivalent level of experience:
- Additional management or specialist qualification at post graduate level or equivalent level of experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role.
Desirable
- Member of relevant professional body linked to Business Continuity or any other related field.
Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, and contentious information where there may be significant challenge.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Strong personal ownership of projects and programmes and willingness to work in a self -sufficient manner.
- Positive track record of delivery.
- Ability to anticipate problems before they arise and offer appropriate solutions.
- Ability to effectively plan over short, medium, and long term and think strategically and analyse and resolve problems in a multi- disciplinary environment.
- Ability to draw complex qualitative and quantitative information from a range of sources and present it concisely.
- Enhanced IT skills to produce robust, articulate, high quality written materials that influence others to act via word, excel and PowerPoint.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Essential
- Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation.
- Fosters good working relationships and values difference.
- Understands the importance of diversity and inclusion in delivering our role in the health and care system.
- Adherence to Confidentiality Statement within the job description appendix and the Data Protection Act 2018/General Data Protection
- Regulation (GDPR).
- Upholds the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty.
- Upholds our commitments as a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer and Disability Confident Employer and Mindful Employer.
- Promotes high standards for improving diversity and equality, as per the Workforce Race Equality Standard and Workforce Disability Equality Standard.
- Promotes gender equality and closing our Gender Pay Gap.
Values and behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects, and learns from the contribution of others.
- Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.
- Demonstrable commitment to partnership working with a range of external organisations.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and seeks out innovation.
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
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- Self-awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB
Address
1st Floor, Unipart House
Garsington Road
Cowley
Oxford
OX4 2PG