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NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)

Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response Manager

The closing date is 31 October 2025

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Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) are seeking to recruit an Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Manager.

This role will be pivotal to ensuring that the ICB continues to provide effective planning, response and resilience arrangements for incidents and emergencies.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work corporately as a subject matter expert to ensure that the ICB is compliant with its duties as aCategory 1 Responder under the Civil Contingencies Act (2004), whilst adhering to the current NHS England Emergency Preparedness,Resilience and Response Framework and assuring against the current NHS England Core Standards for Emergency Preparedness Resilienceand Response, the post holder will have the opportunity to drive and improve response through the ICB.The post holder will additionally be available to support the ICB in response to a Major Incident or Significant Incident where specialist advice is required. This will enable the post holder to apply previous knowledge and experience as detailed below.

About us

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB)Our role as an ICB is to join up health and care services, improve people's health and wellbeing, and make sure everyone has the same access toservices and gets the same outcomes from treatment.We also oversee how money is spent and make sure health services are working well and are of high quality.Involving our communities is really important to us. We are committed to putting the needs of people living in Lancashire and South Cumbria at theheart of all we do.

Details

Date posted

17 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

125-ICB031-25

Job locations

County Hall

Preston

PR1 8JX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Knowledge and Experience Detailed knowledge of the emergency planning/business continuity statutory and regulatory framework within the UK (i.e., CivilContingencies Act 2004) Knowledge and understanding of project management arrangements and how to apply them in practice Knowledge and management of risk management arrangements and the application of such arrangements Knowledge of the organisational and management structures of the NHS Knowledge of the emergency planning/business continuity guidance for the NHS Knowledge and understanding of COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazard) and REPPIR (Radiation Emergency Preparedness andPublic Information Regulations) emergency planning arrangements Demonstrable and significant experience of working at senior management level within the NHS or category 1 responder emergencyservice Demonstrable working experience of emergency planning/business continuity planning particularly during periods of change. Experience in responding (including advising and managing) to emergency and business continuity incidents Significant experience in delivering, developing and assessment of training as well as the ability to ensure the training remains currentin line with changing legislation.Qualifications Masters degree qualification (or equivalent experience) in emergency planning and business continuity Diploma in Health Emergency Planning (Dip HEP) Current and in date training qualification

Job description

Job responsibilities

Knowledge and Experience Detailed knowledge of the emergency planning/business continuity statutory and regulatory framework within the UK (i.e., CivilContingencies Act 2004) Knowledge and understanding of project management arrangements and how to apply them in practice Knowledge and management of risk management arrangements and the application of such arrangements Knowledge of the organisational and management structures of the NHS Knowledge of the emergency planning/business continuity guidance for the NHS Knowledge and understanding of COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazard) and REPPIR (Radiation Emergency Preparedness andPublic Information Regulations) emergency planning arrangements Demonstrable and significant experience of working at senior management level within the NHS or category 1 responder emergencyservice Demonstrable working experience of emergency planning/business continuity planning particularly during periods of change. Experience in responding (including advising and managing) to emergency and business continuity incidents Significant experience in delivering, developing and assessment of training as well as the ability to ensure the training remains currentin line with changing legislation.Qualifications Masters degree qualification (or equivalent experience) in emergency planning and business continuity Diploma in Health Emergency Planning (Dip HEP) Current and in date training qualification

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or significant equivalent knowledge, skills and experience in emergency planning and business continuity
  • Diploma in Health Emergency Planning (Dip HEP) Training qualification or equivalent

Desirable

  • Project Management Qualification or equivalent
  • Evidence of previous CPD

Skills

Essential

  • Strong personal effectiveness skills
  • Able to elicit appropriate information from others to inform functional and service requirements
  • Able to present complex information in a range of formats to a diverse range of audiences
  • Able to understand the needs and pressures on a specialist service within the context of increasing demand for efficiencies and change

Desirable

  • Able to articulate and influence at a variety of levels e.g. with staff teams as well as other internal & external stakeholders
  • Able to produce & present performance data, quality monitoring reports and service improvement plans in a clear, concise manner
  • Project management skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or significant equivalent knowledge, skills and experience in emergency planning and business continuity
  • Diploma in Health Emergency Planning (Dip HEP) Training qualification or equivalent

Desirable

  • Project Management Qualification or equivalent
  • Evidence of previous CPD

Skills

Essential

  • Strong personal effectiveness skills
  • Able to elicit appropriate information from others to inform functional and service requirements
  • Able to present complex information in a range of formats to a diverse range of audiences
  • Able to understand the needs and pressures on a specialist service within the context of increasing demand for efficiencies and change

Desirable

  • Able to articulate and influence at a variety of levels e.g. with staff teams as well as other internal & external stakeholders
  • Able to produce & present performance data, quality monitoring reports and service improvement plans in a clear, concise manner
  • Project management skills

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)

Address

County Hall

Preston

PR1 8JX


Employer's website

https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (125)

Address

County Hall

Preston

PR1 8JX


Employer's website

https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of EPRR

Alison Whitehead

alison.whitehead4@nhs.net

07747233821

Details

Date posted

17 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

125-ICB031-25

Job locations

County Hall

Preston

PR1 8JX


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