Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Manager

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Reporting to the Head of Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) and Business Continuity, the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the EPRR work programme for the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust.

The role supports the coordination and guidance needed to ensure the Trust fulfils its legal and regulatory responsibilities to effectively respond to incidents like extreme weather, infectious disease outbreaks, or major transport accidents while ensuring that services continue to operate.

The delivery of a bespoke EPRR training and exercising programme is a requirement of this role, to test capabilities under the Civil Contingencies Act, the NHS England EPRR Core Standards and Minimum Occupational Standards.

Alongside the Head of EPRR, the successful candidate will provide expert emergency and contingency planning advice and support to a variety of stakeholders internally and externally.

Main duties of the job:


  2. Review new national policies, guidance and regulations to determine how they apply to the Trust's response within the field of emergency planning.
  3. Understanding of the principles and practice of risk management, investigation and mitigation in the context of governance in the NHS.
  4. Lead projects and working groups related to emergency preparedness within the Trust.
  5. Support the updates for all Incident Response Plans required by the Trust, including policy development, implementation and review.

About us:

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

We care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

Job responsibilities:

Reporting to the Head of Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) and Business Continuity, the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the EPRR work programme for the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust.

Person Specification:


  • Trust Values
  • Qualification in EPRR or working towards
  • Qualification in BC or working towards
  • Training qualification or experience of teaching
  • Motivational skills to encourage collaborative working to improve services/performance where there may be resistance to change
  • Support the development of Incident Response Plans, such as flu pandemic, adverse weather, evacuation, and major incident plans
  • Responsibility for a range of policy interpretation, implementation, and policy development
  • Knowledge of key legislation and guidance underpinning EPRR functions
  • Project management
  • Excellent organisational skills, including a high level of accuracy and ability to work to tight deadlines
  • Role model of professionalism even when under work pressures
  • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative with minimum supervision

Desirable:


  • HMIMMS Instructor
  • Senior EMERGO Instructor
  • Experience of EPRR work within the NHS

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