Job summary
Barts Health group of hospitals operates across four major hospital sites and a number of community locations in east London, providing care to around 2.5 million people. We are a national centre of excellence for cardiac care and have the second largest cancer care centre in London. The RLH trauma centre and trauma team are internationally renowned and the RLH is the home of London Air Ambulance.
The Role - Head of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response
The Head of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response (EPRR) is a high-profile role with Trust wide responsibility. The postholder will develop, lead and manage the EPRR team and its portfolio for the Trust, ensuring the Trust remains resilient to incidents and disruptive events. The EPRR Team will enable the organisation, as a Category 1 responder, to meet the full statutory duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, ensuring alignment of the Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) to ISO22301 and NHS England Core standards for EPRR, and to evolving national guidance, supporting the site operations team to manage incidents effectively.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Main duties of the job
Main duties and key responsibilities
- Support the Hospital based tactical resilience groups to develop robust site based resilience plans.
- Design, deliver and maintain a comprehensive BCMS across all Trust directorates, delivery partners and supply chain; fulfilling the requirements of stakeholders and aligning the Trust to ISO 22301 and provide assurance to regulators.
- Maintain the Trust's business continuity management system and ensure it stays relevant to the risk environment such as industrial action, terrorism or infectious diseases outbreaks.
- Ensure the Board of Directors and site operations teams are fully briefed and confident in the Trust's preparedness arrangements.
- Maintain the Trust's emergency planning function to manage the response to major and / or mass casualty incidents by developing and maintaining key response plans and action cards.
- Support strategic, tactical and operational managers to ensure they are confident in their command and control roles.
- To aid the site control teams to formulate the operational response to planned and unplanned events.
- To assist with, and lead as appropriate, the comprehensive training and exercising programmes for staff at all levels from 'floor to Board' with specialist training for those members of staff with specific roles in the Trust's response to incidents and all managers on the on-call rota.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Head of EPRR will develop the EPRR strategy for the Trust and ensure the provision of expert, specialist and authoritative advice on all aspects of organisational resilience, emergency planning and response. They will ensure organisational business continuity arrangements are in place and to increase resilience at every opportunity. The post holder will enhance reputation and relationships across resilience partners, including the NHS, voluntary organisations, emergency services and local government
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and forward-thinking Head of EPRR to lead and develop the EPRR team and will ensure the Trust has an effective response to any major incident or business continuity event.
The Head of EPRR will develop and lead a training plan for training as appropriate across the Trust and ensure all colleagues have access to appropriate training including all members of the on-call rotas.
About you
As Head of EPRR, you will:
Have a strategic mind-set and be able to see the big picture, thinking ahead and considering the emergent policy horizon;
Be an enthusiastic, highly motivated and forward thinking Head of EPRR;
Have substantial experience of working in the emergency planning and resilience environment at a local and regional level;
Lead a dynamic team working across six acute and elective sites, supporting both clinical and non-clinical staff to deliver and maintain an effective EPRR service;Lead the team to ensure the Trust has an effective response to any major incident or business continuity events;
Demonstrate the ability to work closely with external colleagues to ensure a collaborative approach to EPRR across the sector. A positive and collaborative approach is key;
Have a track record in undertaking skill training for staff in operational settings and developing a comprehensive exercise and training programme;
Demonstrate an understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion. For further information and to arrange an informal discussion, please contact Rebecca Carlton on rebecca.carlton1@nhs.net
The likely interview date is 5th May 2023
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Head of EPRR will develop the EPRR strategy for the Trust and ensure the provision of expert, specialist and authoritative advice on all aspects of organisational resilience, emergency planning and response. They will ensure organisational business continuity arrangements are in place and to increase resilience at every opportunity. The post holder will enhance reputation and relationships across resilience partners, including the NHS, voluntary organisations, emergency services and local government
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and forward-thinking Head of EPRR to lead and develop the EPRR team and will ensure the Trust has an effective response to any major incident or business continuity event.
The Head of EPRR will develop and lead a training plan for training as appropriate across the Trust and ensure all colleagues have access to appropriate training including all members of the on-call rotas.
About you
As Head of EPRR, you will:
Have a strategic mind-set and be able to see the big picture, thinking ahead and considering the emergent policy horizon;
Be an enthusiastic, highly motivated and forward thinking Head of EPRR;
Have substantial experience of working in the emergency planning and resilience environment at a local and regional level;
Lead a dynamic team working across six acute and elective sites, supporting both clinical and non-clinical staff to deliver and maintain an effective EPRR service;Lead the team to ensure the Trust has an effective response to any major incident or business continuity events;
Demonstrate the ability to work closely with external colleagues to ensure a collaborative approach to EPRR across the sector. A positive and collaborative approach is key;
Have a track record in undertaking skill training for staff in operational settings and developing a comprehensive exercise and training programme;
Demonstrate an understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion. For further information and to arrange an informal discussion, please contact Rebecca Carlton on rebecca.carlton1@nhs.net
The likely interview date is 5th May 2023
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- NHS experience
- Proven people management skills and experience of managing a team
- Demonstrable experience of managing and influencing change in large/complex organisations.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to write succinctly and clearly
- Ability to apply project management tools and techniques
Knowledge
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master degree or equivalent experience
Other
Essential
- Awareness of inclusion agenda
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- NHS experience
- Proven people management skills and experience of managing a team
- Demonstrable experience of managing and influencing change in large/complex organisations.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to write succinctly and clearly
- Ability to apply project management tools and techniques
Knowledge
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master degree or equivalent experience
Other
Essential
- Awareness of inclusion agenda
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
