Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a seven-month fixed-term maternity cover post, leading its emergency preparedness, resilience and response work and acting as Prevent Lead. The role keeps the Trust compliant with its Category 1 Responder duties and NHS England EPRR Core Standards, covering plans, business continuity, training, exercising and incident readiness. It is full-time with flexible and home or remote working options, and carries an on-call supplement for shifts taken. Fit depends on specialist EPRR and business continuity experience, with Prevent knowledge desirable.
What the job involves
- Lead the Trust's EPRR programme to meet Category 1 Responder duties and NHS England EPRR Core Standards
- Develop, review and assure Trust-wide emergency preparedness, major incident and business continuity plans, policies and procedures
- Manage the Trust's Business Continuity Management programme and supporting services
- Design and deliver EPRR training, exercising and assurance programmes, including live and tabletop exercises
- Maintain incident response readiness, including Incident Coordination Centre arrangements and on-call commander competency
- Provide specialist advice to senior leaders during major incidents, critical incidents and disruptive events
- Work with internal and external partners across the health, emergency planning and resilience community
- Act as Trust Prevent Lead, working with safeguarding colleagues and external partners to meet Prevent requirements and support vulnerable individuals
What’s required
Experience
- Demonstrable experience developing, implementing and maintaining emergency preparedness and business continuity programmes, plans and arrangements
- Demonstrable experience planning, delivering and evaluating EPRR training, exercising and assurance activities
- Demonstrable experience working with senior stakeholders and multi-agency partners on complex or sensitive resilience and emergency planning matters
- Demonstrable experience providing leadership and specialist advice to multidisciplinary teams and senior leaders in a complex organisation
Skills & knowledge
- Highly developed knowledge of emergency preparedness, resilience, response, civil contingencies and business continuity legislation, standards and guidance
- Excellent verbal and written communication, including sensitive or confidential reports, briefings and Board-level papers
- Excellent organisational skills, prioritising competing demands and delivering to challenging deadlines
- Ability to build working relationships, raise awareness of EPRR and influence change
Nice to have
- Membership of an appropriate professional body, such as the Emergency Planning Society or BCI
- Experience of CBRNe incident response planning and training
- Experience managing on-call managers and coordinating on-call rotas, including cover arrangements and escalation processes
- Knowledge of Prevent duties and experience of working with counter-terrorism, safeguarding or partnership arrangements
What’s offered
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Generous annual leave
- Staff discounts
- Onsite facilities
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- On-call supplement paid per shift when on call
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