Business Continuity Officer

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Main area: Corporate Grade NHS AfC: Band 5

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (May be required to do on calls during times of an incident being stood up)

Job ref: 166-CS-6988580

Site: Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Town: Chesterfield

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 22/02/2025 08:00

Interview date: 28/02/2025

Job overview

Here at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, we provide a full range of district general services, including 24-hour urgent and emergency care, specialist children’s services, maternity and community midwifery to the population of North Derbyshire and beyond – more than 400,000 local people. We also offer Royal Primary Care services through three GP practices with eight surgeries between them in Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire. We work closely with our partners across health and care as part of the Joined Up Care Derbyshire system.

It is an exciting time to join our Emergency Planning, Resilience and Response team that sits as part of our Wider Operational Team. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown just how vital our Emergency Planning function is and we’ve taken steps to continue to re-structure and grow our dynamic team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful foundation trust with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standards of clinical quality, patient care and staff experience. We are looking for individuals who will live our Leading the Chesterfield Way behaviours and ensure these are embedded in our Emergency Planning activities, alongside our Trust strategic priorities and values.

Main duties of the job

The Business Continuity Officer at Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust (CRHFT) is essential in enhancing the Trust’s readiness for emergencies. This role involves developing emergency response strategies and ensuring compliance with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. A significant part of the job includes refining and testing response and business continuity plans, ensuring CRHFT can adapt to and manage potential crises effectively. The Business Continuity Officer also supports the delivery of specialized training to staff, preparing them for emergency management and representing CRHFT in regional and national training exercises. Collaborating with stakeholders, the officer plays a pivotal role in developing policies and updating them as per new guidelines. Additionally, they assist in developing business continuity plans across departments, ensuring operational preparedness. The Business Continuity Officer’s contributions support maintaining the high standard of patient care at CRHFT, particularly in emergency situations.

Working for our organisation

Chesterfield Royal Hospital's vision is to be a first-class provider of sustainable healthcare services, delivering the best possible care for our patients; and being a great place to work for our people. Our Proud to CARE philosophy supports this vision - and we all play a part in achieving it, by living up to the values we promise to our patients and each other. The hospital is a friendly District General Hospital with the beautiful Peak District on its doorstep. This post presents a great opportunity to live and work in some of the finest landscape this country has to offer. Major cities such as Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham and Derby are all within an hour’s train journey, and local airports include East Midlands, Manchester and Leeds Bradford, with London within a couple of hours drive. There are excellent schools in the local area, only a few minutes from the hospital, as well as nursery childcare on-site.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Job Description and person specification is included in the pack with this advert. The main duties involve supporting the Emergency Planning Portfolio at Chesterfield Royal Hospital with the current Emergency Planning Officer. One of the main responsibilities of the role is to ensure that the Business Continuity Plans for the organisation's divisions are up to date and compliant with national standards.

Person specification

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Good working knowledge of National and local Emergency Planning Processes
• Ability to work independently
• Knowledge of EPRR in the health care setting
• Diploma in Health Emergency Preparedness Planning
• HMIMMS Course
• Shows evidence of Team working
• Demonstrates self-awareness

Flexible Working

If you’re looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.

Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form. If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust. This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.