Job summary
Do you have a passion for emergency preparedness and resilience? Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Emergency Preparedness professional to join us as the Emergency Preparedness Resilience & Response (EPRR) Officer.
The post holder will report to and support the Head of EPRR, Patient & Staff Logistics in ensuring CLCH NHS Trust is compliant with its responsibilities defined in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA). The post holder will provide the professional emergency planning expertise to the Trust's emergency preparedness, resilience, and response agenda.
You will ensure compliance with relevant legislation and maintain robust incident and business continuity plans, and will help guide strategic decisions and drive improvements in our emergency preparedness and resilience capabilities.
You will also have a Diploma in Health Emergency Planning (or will be willing to work towards one) and expertise in emergency planning and business continuity management. You should have good organisational and communication skills, and the ability to influence and motivate at all levels. You will also engage effectively and work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external multi-agency stakeholders and partners.
You will ensure that EPRR risks are proactively managed and that learning from incidents is implemented and embedded across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities include:
Ensuring the Trust's statutory obligations under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 are met
Representing the Trust at Multi agency meetings and events
Developing and implementing long term emergency preparedness plans
Participating in an on-call rota and recognising trends in on-call alerts
Co-ordinating and facilitating exercise and training programmes
Reporting and other administration tasks
About us
Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of duties, and the person specification for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of duties, and the person specification for this role.
Person Specification
Eduadtion and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree / Post Graduate level or equivalent, plus further short courses, theoretical study and on the job training and experience or equivalent
Desirable
- Project management qualification (eg. Prince2) or equivalent
- Diploma in Health Emergency Planning) or equivalent
- Trained Loggist
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a healthcare organisation
- Demonstrable experience of planning complex areas of work
- Experience of managing projects
- Experience of working with a broad range of multi-agency partners and establishing effective working relationships across boundaries
- Experience of supporting incident management teams in responding to actual emergencies
- Experience of managing competing priorities and demands
- Experience of developing and implementing administration systems and processes
- Demonstrable experience of using own initiative to achieve required outcomes
- Experience of delivering training to multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable
- Practical experience of integrated emergency management activities, including: risk assessment, emergency planning, training, practical exercises.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable attention to detail
- Self motivated and ability to motivate others
- Advance IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft applications
- Well developed and demonstrable organisational skills
- Knowledge of emergency planning including the health response to major incidents, CBRN events and pandemic flu
- Knowledge of Business Continuity Management
- Strong communication skills
- Knowledge of Information Governance in a health organisation
- Performs well under pressure and achieves tight deadlines in a complex/changing environment
- Ability to work inter-professionally and across professional boundaries with all levels of staff
- Innovative, pro-active and resourceful
Desirable
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Key Attributes
Essential
- Ability to meet the fundamental aspects of the role
- Able to work flexibly within the needs of the team and organisation
- Able to travel across London
- Degree of flexibility in working hours
Person Specification
Eduadtion and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree / Post Graduate level or equivalent, plus further short courses, theoretical study and on the job training and experience or equivalent
Desirable
- Project management qualification (eg. Prince2) or equivalent
- Diploma in Health Emergency Planning) or equivalent
- Trained Loggist
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a healthcare organisation
- Demonstrable experience of planning complex areas of work
- Experience of managing projects
- Experience of working with a broad range of multi-agency partners and establishing effective working relationships across boundaries
- Experience of supporting incident management teams in responding to actual emergencies
- Experience of managing competing priorities and demands
- Experience of developing and implementing administration systems and processes
- Demonstrable experience of using own initiative to achieve required outcomes
- Experience of delivering training to multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable
- Practical experience of integrated emergency management activities, including: risk assessment, emergency planning, training, practical exercises.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable attention to detail
- Self motivated and ability to motivate others
- Advance IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft applications
- Well developed and demonstrable organisational skills
- Knowledge of emergency planning including the health response to major incidents, CBRN events and pandemic flu
- Knowledge of Business Continuity Management
- Strong communication skills
- Knowledge of Information Governance in a health organisation
- Performs well under pressure and achieves tight deadlines in a complex/changing environment
- Ability to work inter-professionally and across professional boundaries with all levels of staff
- Innovative, pro-active and resourceful
Desirable
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Key Attributes
Essential
- Ability to meet the fundamental aspects of the role
- Able to work flexibly within the needs of the team and organisation
- Able to travel across London
- Degree of flexibility in working hours
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).
