Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response

1 month ago


Gillingham, United Kingdom Medway NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**Division**: Corporate

**Care Group**: Operations Directorate

**Band**: 5

**Salary**: £28,407 - £34,581 per annum/pro rata

**Interview Date**: Wednesday 28th June 2023

This role is Fixed term 12 months/Maternity cover*

We are recruiting for a Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response Officer who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

The successful post holder will be expected to support the revitalisation of the Emergency Preparedness function across the organisation, and to embed resilience at the Strategic, Tactical and Operational levels.

As an EPRR Officer you will ensure that services and service personnel are prepared for most eventualities and be able to support during a Business Continuity, Critical or Major incident. Your role will also ensure that the organisation is compliant with the EPRR NHSE Standards and Framework.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

To develop, implement and maintain emergency plans. Assist in the response to Major Incidents and Business Continuity disruptions, co-ordinating Training and Exercising with both internal and external stakeholders and agencies and making adjustments as necessary.

To develop, implement and review the planning and preparation of emergency planning and business continuity training programmes, exercises and events.

To research emergency planning and business continuity information and facts to make judgements and interpret information from a wide range of sources and differing options to provide effective training and awareness which is relevant to Trust needs.

To ensure face to face training has been completed in line with the programme of works set out by the Head of EPRR

To ensure the CBRN and Major Incident training programme is promoted to ensure awareness to all relevant staff. Providing complex and sometimes sensitive information to staff and visitors as necessary, using persuasion and reassurance skills



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