Emergency Planning Officer

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as an Emergency Planning Officer, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring preparedness for various incidents. You will lead training and planning activities, manage Business Continuity Management, and engage with senior leaders to uphold statutory duties. This is an opportunity to work in a progressive organization rated Outstanding by the CQC, committed to delivering safe and effective care.

Qualifications

• Experience in emergency planning and response.
• Knowledge of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
• Ability to engage with senior management.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and training activities for emergency preparedness.
• Manage Business Continuity Management planning across the Trust.
• Ensure compliance with national BCM guidance.

Skills

Emergency Planning

Business Continuity Management

Training and Development

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

The Emergency Planning Officer will join a small team at SWFT whose role is to ensure that the Trust is best prepared to plan for and respond to a wide range of potential incidents which could affect the delivery of essential services.

Please note that interviews will be held on the 26th June 2025.

As a key member of the Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) Team, the post holder will play a vital role in delivering a range of tasks to support the Trust's emergency planning programme.

The post holder will be required to lead on planning and training activities to ensure SWFT maintains its statutory duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and related EPRR guidance. This includes leading elements of the National Core Standards for EPRR, which is an annual assurance review of the Trust.

The post holder will also manage and lead Business Continuity Management (BCM) planning and training across the Trust. This involves engaging with senior managers and clinical leads, providing briefings to the Corporate EPRR Working Group, and ensuring compliance with national BCM guidance. All relevant plans should be current, approved, and regularly exercised.

Join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection and is recruiting new staff to help us improve further. Our staff survey ranks us 4th in the country as a recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond, including hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa, and Shipston-on-Stour, as well as community services. We are a progressive, expanding organization committed to improving quality, integrating pathways, and increasing productivity.

Our values are summed up as: ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective, and compassionate care’. During the recruitment process, you will be asked to demonstrate how you embody these values and how they influence your work. Regardless of your role, whether patient-facing or not, we all work with these values at our core.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Jeremy Lee, EPRR Manager
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone] or 01926 495321 ext 4310