Job summary
Two exciting opportunities have arisen within the Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response (EPRR) Team:
- Permanent full time post
- 12 month fixed term / secondment opportunity
We are looking for 2 dynamic EPRR Managers to join the busy team at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, who will work across all sites which include St Thomas', Guy's, Evelina Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton, Harefield and all community sites.
We are seeking to appoint two high calibre and credible individuals. You must be dynamic, innovative and motivated , passionate about EPRR, putting the patient experience first and who shares the trust values. Significant experience in a similar role in a complex environment is essential.
The post holder will also be capable of working under pressure, prioritising to deadlines and multi-tasking. Good motivation, persuasion and planning skills are also essential. Your skills will have been ideally developed in an NHS environment and you will bring energy and a resilient leadership style.
The post requires a high standard of communication, analysis, clear thinking and organisational skills and offers excellent opportunities for career development.
Although GSTT offers opportunities for flexible working, both roles will require regular on-site attendance at all GSTT sites. The permanent position specifically requires attendance at the Royal Brompton & Harefield hospital sites at least 2 days a week.
Main duties of the job
The Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response (EPRR) Manager is a high-profile role with trust wide responsibility and will act as part of the EPRR Team, working to achieve its objectives to ensure the trust remains resilient to incidents and disruptive events.
The team function is to 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.
The EPRR Manager ensures that EPRR risks are proactively managed and that learning from incidents is implemented. The role provides expert advice to services to ensure appropriate plans are in place, and delivers training and exercising from floor to board to ensure staff are knowledgeable of and confident in their roles so as to minimise impact on performance from both routine and more serious disruptions.
The EPRR Manager acts as a specialist lead and advisor to the trust Senior Leadership Team and the professional link for regulators, external partners and interested parties, leading on EPRR assurance and operational planning.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts,. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
The Trust comprises two of London's oldest and best-known teaching hospitals. Both hospitals have built on these traditions and continue to have a reputation for excellence and innovation. The Royal Brompton and Harefield has recently joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world leading expertise in heart and lung disease.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 25,000 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Planning
- Lead on the production, review and updating of Trust EPRR plans
- Undertake risk assessments of potential breakdowns in continuity of normal services and systems of work.
- Manage the Trust wide business continuity software system, ensuring the implementation across all trust services and supporting services to develop and further mature their plans.
- Continue the development of the Trust Business Continuity implementation strategy and design structures, processes and procedures to ensure that the Trust can provide appropriate response and recovery through its business continuity plans.
- Provide specialist knowledge, support and guidance on matters relating to business continuity management, emergency planning and organisational resilience within the Trust
- To be visible and work across all sites covered by GSTT and other Trusts where GSTT provides services.
- Deputise for the Head of EPRR where required.
Training and Exercising
- To be responsible for the maintenance, development and delivery of the online and face to face EPRR training and exercising programme across all key areas of risk and command and control
Technical Aspects
- Accountable for the appropriate maintenance of the Everbridge mass notification tool functionality and its use.
- Provide assurance to the trust, and be accountable for ensuring appropriately trained staff are available for comprehensive CBRNe / Hazmat incident management
- Manage the maintenance contracts of specialist CBRNe / Hazmat and emergency response equipment.
- Support the management and maintenance of the Trusts incident coordination centres
Communication and Working Relationships
- Develop and maintain close working relationships with the Site Nurse Practitioner team and all directorates across the trust.
- Act as the EPRR advocate and coordinator for the designated clinical group to ensure the embedding of EPRR across all of the clinical groups services
- Represent the Trusts interests on a range of meetings and forums internally and externally
- Represent the trust on statutory groups
- Deputise as the chair the Trust Resilience Working Group when required.
- Ensure appropriate plans and processes are in place to adhere to NHS England (Londons) requirements for the reporting of internal incidents, exercises and other outcomes.
- Provide EPRR mutual aid support and/or advice for other stakeholders if required, at the discretion of the Head of EPRR.
Information and Knowledge Management
- Lead on the coordination of post incident debriefs, working with the Site Nurse Practitioner team, and be accountable for ensuring that improvements are logged, tracked and available to key stakeholders.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Planning
- Lead on the production, review and updating of Trust EPRR plans
- Undertake risk assessments of potential breakdowns in continuity of normal services and systems of work.
- Manage the Trust wide business continuity software system, ensuring the implementation across all trust services and supporting services to develop and further mature their plans.
- Continue the development of the Trust Business Continuity implementation strategy and design structures, processes and procedures to ensure that the Trust can provide appropriate response and recovery through its business continuity plans.
- Provide specialist knowledge, support and guidance on matters relating to business continuity management, emergency planning and organisational resilience within the Trust
- To be visible and work across all sites covered by GSTT and other Trusts where GSTT provides services.
- Deputise for the Head of EPRR where required.
Training and Exercising
- To be responsible for the maintenance, development and delivery of the online and face to face EPRR training and exercising programme across all key areas of risk and command and control
Technical Aspects
- Accountable for the appropriate maintenance of the Everbridge mass notification tool functionality and its use.
- Provide assurance to the trust, and be accountable for ensuring appropriately trained staff are available for comprehensive CBRNe / Hazmat incident management
- Manage the maintenance contracts of specialist CBRNe / Hazmat and emergency response equipment.
- Support the management and maintenance of the Trusts incident coordination centres
Communication and Working Relationships
- Develop and maintain close working relationships with the Site Nurse Practitioner team and all directorates across the trust.
- Act as the EPRR advocate and coordinator for the designated clinical group to ensure the embedding of EPRR across all of the clinical groups services
- Represent the Trusts interests on a range of meetings and forums internally and externally
- Represent the trust on statutory groups
- Deputise as the chair the Trust Resilience Working Group when required.
- Ensure appropriate plans and processes are in place to adhere to NHS England (Londons) requirements for the reporting of internal incidents, exercises and other outcomes.
- Provide EPRR mutual aid support and/or advice for other stakeholders if required, at the discretion of the Head of EPRR.
Information and Knowledge Management
- Lead on the coordination of post incident debriefs, working with the Site Nurse Practitioner team, and be accountable for ensuring that improvements are logged, tracked and available to key stakeholders.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
Essential
- Masters level of education and / or relevant professional experience in an emergency planning related environment
- DipHEP / CBCI, DipBCM or other relevant EPRR qualification
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Membership of BCI and / or emergency planning society
Previous Experience
Essential
- A track record in undertaking skill training for staff in operational settings
- Substantial experience of working in the emergency planning and resilience environment
Desirable
- Acute trust EPRR experience
- Experience of line management and budget responsibility
Skills / Knowledge / Ability
Essential
- Knowledge of public sector/NHS work structures and management of the EPRR agenda
- Specialist knowledge and experience of planning response for major incidents in a complex environment involving large numbers of staff and members of the public
- Understanding of Integrated Emergency management and risk mitigation in the context of governance in the NHS
- Experience of implementing a Business Continuity Management System
- Ability to produce and deliver multi agency training and exercising in line with the training and exercising strategy
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
Essential
- Masters level of education and / or relevant professional experience in an emergency planning related environment
- DipHEP / CBCI, DipBCM or other relevant EPRR qualification
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Membership of BCI and / or emergency planning society
Previous Experience
Essential
- A track record in undertaking skill training for staff in operational settings
- Substantial experience of working in the emergency planning and resilience environment
Desirable
- Acute trust EPRR experience
- Experience of line management and budget responsibility
Skills / Knowledge / Ability
Essential
- Knowledge of public sector/NHS work structures and management of the EPRR agenda
- Specialist knowledge and experience of planning response for major incidents in a complex environment involving large numbers of staff and members of the public
- Understanding of Integrated Emergency management and risk mitigation in the context of governance in the NHS
- Experience of implementing a Business Continuity Management System
- Ability to produce and deliver multi agency training and exercising in line with the training and exercising strategy
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).
