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Head Of Emergency Preparedness Reslience and Response

Job Description

HI all I'm currently recruiting for a Head of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response. Please apply for more details.

Hours - 37.5
Location - Northwood
Rate - £36 - £41 PAYE (Paid Weekly By an Umbrella Company)

* The post holder will provide strategic and operational leadership in business continuity/emergency planning, developing the NWLPS policy and procedure development.
* The postholder will be responsible for compiling an annual EPRR workplan (including a training & exercising programme) with the aim of continual improvement and establishing best practice within EPRR.
* In conjunction with Lead EPRR officers in partner Trusts, develop strategies for each area of activity and monitor progress against the workplan, highlighting any identified gaps via established governance arrangements.
* Develop and maintain in partnership with Partner Trusts their own risk-based contingencies to ensure the continuity of service delivery for as long as practicably possible.
* Responsible for the ongoing development, review and implementation of Business Continuity Management Policy ensuring relevant requirements of NHS England's Core Standards for EPRR and ISO:22301 are implemented as required.
* Engage with Directors, Senior Managers, and staff at all levels to ensure the partner Trusts achieve compliance against the EPRR Core Standards and provide assurance as applicable to the Trust Boards.
* Improve standards of emergency preparedness across the Partner Trusts and provide leadership on specialist emergency planning issues, in the context of the acute and community Trust's Terms of Authorisation
o for emergency planning
o for business continuity
o for general capacity and surge management
o for risk assessment and mitigation
* Establish a centralised NWLPS EPRR Committee to report to NWLPS SSB.
* Interpret national and regional guidance related to EPRR to inform policies and plans.
* Provide the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) function for receipt and onward dissemination of inbound information during incidents.

Benefits of Service Care Solutions

* 250 training allowance
* Excellent pay rates
* Exceptional referral bonuses
* Specialist's Non-Medical Non Clinical consultants offering single point of contact
* Frequent notifications for upcoming opportunities via text and email
* Nationwide provider of staff to cover over 40 different NHS trust and private organisations
* DBS disclosures provided via fast track online services free of charge.
If this role sounds of interest contact matt.clarke@servicecare.org.uk or 01772208953