Emergency Planning Deputy Lead Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Emergency Planning Deputy Lead Nurse role, Band 6.

Based at the Grange Hospital the post will support the work of the Civil Contingencies and Emergency Planning team across the Health Board.

Working with services to prepare, plan, teach and exercise to manage or mitigate emergency and adverse events.

Main duties of the job

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

Work as a key part of the Civil Contingencies and Emergency Planning team to build and maintain resilience in all aspects of emergency preparedness by developing existing arrangements and working with others to create new plans as required, to include ensuring regular training, testing and exercising of plans.

Work across the Health Board, services and departments to support the organisation to meet the requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act (2004).

Work with partners in the Local Resilience Forum (LRF) and Wales wide to development interdependent plans, and support collaborative working.

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.