Job summary
NHS
Sussex ICB ambition is to create an inclusive working environment which
reflects our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity for all groups. We
are particularly under-represented in staff from Black, Asian, and Minority
Ethnic (BAME) and disabled communities and actively encourage and welcome
applications from these communities. Furthermore, we welcome applications
from reservists and ex-armed forces as we recognise the benefits of the values,
skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.
We
encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us
confidentially during the application process so that we can statistically
monitor how fair and equitable our recruitment process is and how well we are
reaching applicants from diverse communities and identify where we need to
improve. This information is removed before shortlisting.
NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board have an exciting
opportunity for an experienced candidate to join the Emergency Preparedness,
Resilience and Response (EPRR) team, managing all aspects of EPRR within the
NHS, specialising in training and exercising and business continuity programme
delivery. This role will provide support
to the Deputy Head of EPRR ensuring EPRR work streams and programmes of work
are delivered.
Main duties of the job
When in post you will work as part of a dynamic team to deliver an effective EPRR service, supporting managers and staff across the Integrated Care Board and wider Integrated Care System, to ensure a robust and resilient NHS response to any incident or event. You will also manage all aspects of the EPRR training and exercising portfolio including development and delivery of the training and exercising plan and schedule, ensuring it is aligned to key risks and NHS core standards. You will represent health and work with multi-agency partners within the Local Resilience Forum in Sussex.
The successful candidate will be proactive and able to work
independently as well as part of a team, have previous experience in EPRR and
ideally have experience of working within the NHS. They will also need to be educated
to masters level or equivalent, such as the Diploma in Health EPRR.
About us
NHS Sussex ICB are
committed to enabling team members to work in an agile and flexible way. We
adopt a flexible first approach to working patterns. We empower our people to
work where, when, and how they choose with minimum constraints to support their
wellbeing to sustain good work life balance and to optimise performance and
delivery.
We celebrate
diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and
eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and
promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an
inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right
to be treated with dignity and respect.
Flexible working
requests will be considered for all roles.
Agile working is
not just related to working from different locations or at different times. It
is about effectively utilising technology to improve work practices and to work
differently to increase our overall effectiveness to improve health outcomes
for our population.
Should you require
a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please contact the
Recruitment Team at scw.peopleresource@nhs.net to ensure that measures can be
put in place to support you.
NHS Sussex has
committed to achieving Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2045. As a member of staff
you will be encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working that will
help us achieve that goal.
Working for us -
Sussex Health and Care (ics.nhs.uk)
Job description
Job responsibilities
enable NHS Sussex to:
Strengthen its approach to strategic commissioning, focusing on outcomes and joining up pathways of care across organisational boundaries.
Focus on reducing unwarranted variation in healthcare and address health inequalities.
Develop integrated community teams, with system partners including local authorities.
Lead the strategic development of the system to enable the establishment of clinically led provider collaboratives to improve pathways, deliver service transformation and deliver best value within available resources.
Job description
Job responsibilities
enable NHS Sussex to:
Strengthen its approach to strategic commissioning, focusing on outcomes and joining up pathways of care across organisational boundaries.
Focus on reducing unwarranted variation in healthcare and address health inequalities.
Develop integrated community teams, with system partners including local authorities.
Lead the strategic development of the system to enable the establishment of clinically led provider collaboratives to improve pathways, deliver service transformation and deliver best value within available resources.
Person Specification
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be several courses of action.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area (DipHEPRR or equivalent).
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Should have an understanding of the relationship between the NHS England, provider, and commissioning organisations.
Other
Essential
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Adaptability, flexibility, and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals, and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions.
- Professional calm and efficient manner
- Effective organiser, influencer, and networker
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and an understanding of equal opportunities
Experience
Essential
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private, and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
Person Specification
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be several courses of action.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area (DipHEPRR or equivalent).
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must understand the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
- Should have an understanding of the relationship between the NHS England, provider, and commissioning organisations.
Other
Essential
- Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Adaptability, flexibility, and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals, and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions.
- Professional calm and efficient manner
- Effective organiser, influencer, and networker
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and an understanding of equal opportunities
Experience
Essential
- Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private, and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
