Emergency Planning and Resilience Manager

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Job description

Resilience Manager required to work with an NHS Trust. This is an initial 6 month contract, paying £296.96 per day, inside IR35.

JOB SUMMARY
The post-holder will be managerially responsible across the organisation for all business continuity and emergency planning requirements. The post-holder will be the Trust's Emergency Planning Officer.

Consequently, the role will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer and will have the following overarching objectives relating to resilience requirements in general:

* To ensure the delivery of effective and comprehensive planning arrangements at Trust, Divisional and Service level underpinned by a coherent overall strategic approach
* To ensure these arrangements are appropriately tested and updated on a regular basis in order to maintain organisational preparedness throughout the Trust
* To oversee a rigorous governance structure so that sufficient and informed assurance can be provided to the Trust Board

In delivering these objectives the post-holder, by definition, will need to be an expert in emergency planning and business continuity and be sufficiently confident to accurately advise and guide the Trust's Executive Team.

Crucially, the post-holder will be required to address both the Trust's acute and community services.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITES:
The main responsibilities of the role are as follows:

Leadership
* To possess and articulate a detailed understanding of all core legislation and guidance in the field of emergency planning and business continuity with particular, although not exclusive reference, to: The Civil Contingencies Act; The Health & Social Care Act; The NHSE Emergency Preparedness Framework; The NHSE Core Standards for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response; and The NHSE Business Continiuty Management Framework
* To ensure all policies and procedures within the Trust pertaining to emergency planning and business continuity adhere to current legal/policy/guidance requirements
* To ensure all policies and procedures within the Trust pertaining to emergency planning and business continuity reflect any changes to the current legal/policy/guidance framework
* To ensure that all EPRR corporate responsibilities are met and provide assurance to the Trust Board, via the Chief Operating Officer, that it complies with all relevant legislation and guidance
* To incorporate recognised best practice and innovation
* To represent the Trust in all relevant internal and external forums relating to emergency planning and business continuity
* To ensure strong and effective relationships are in place with all relevant local, regional and national organisations
* To develop and raise the profile and awareness of emergency and business continuity planning across the Trust
* To be available to support the management of major incidents or disruptions to business continuity as required
* To act as a recognised source of specialist advice and guidance within the Trust

Emergency Planning - Trust Wide
* To act as the Trust's EPO in ensuring the Trust has a coherent emergency planning strategy encompassing all elements of clinical and non-clinical activity
* To ensure, as EPO, that the strategy is reviewed regularly and maintained sufficiently in lightly of legal and/or guidance changes
* To ensure, as the EPO, that the strategy is adequately and appropriately communicated across the Trust and is recognised and understood by all relevant staff
* To ensure, as the EPO, delivery of regular and effective training and testing of emergency planning arrangements at Trust level so that all key individuals understand and can deliver their roles and responsibilities
* To ensure, as the EPO, that appropriate learning is gathered and applied following all emergency planning related incidents
* To ensure, as the EPO, that a robust and standardised operational structure underpins the overarching strategy with effective emergency planning arrangements established and maintained in all key areas (including community services and sites)
* To ensure, as the EPO, that such emergency planning arrangements are regularly reviewed and updated
* To oversee, as the EPO, the delivery of regular and effective training and testing within all service areas

Business Continuity - Trust Wide
* To ensure the Trust has a coherent business continuity strategy encompassing all elements of clinical and non-clinical activity
* To ensure the strategy is reviewed regularly and maintained sufficiently in lightly of legal and/or guidance changes
* To ensure the strategy is adequately and appropriately communicated across the Trust and is recognised and understood by all relevant staff
* To oversee the delivery of regular and effective training and testing of business continuity arrangements at Trust level so that all key individuals understand and can deliver their roles and responsibilities
* To assure the Executive Team (and thereby the Trust Board) that the Trust's business continuity arrangements are sufficiently robust
* To ensure that appropriate learning is gathered and applied following all business continuity related incidents

Please apply should you meet the above criteria

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