Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) Support Manager

Cddft

Tees Valley

Remote

GBP 65,000 - 80,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced EPRR Support Manager to provide robust support to the Head of EPRR and act as implementation lead for emergency planning and business continuity across the organisation.

You will work with senior managers to develop policies, lead projects, and ensure training delivery, with a focus on compliance with EPRR standards and civil contingencies requirements.

Qualifications

Developing plans to improve business continuity capabilities across the organisation.
Experience of organising workshops and events.
Implementation of corporate business continuity policies.
Evidence of applying project management skills including planning and organising resources to support implementation / effective risk management / performance monitoring and evaluation.
Evidence of successful collaborative and partnership working within and across organisations.
Evidence of taking the initiative and demonstrating drive, commitment and self-motivation.

Responsibilities

Act autonomously and proactively under the Head of EPRR to deliver and maintain the Trust's Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response strategy.
Be responsible for ensuring the success of project activities such as benefit realisation or change management.
Attend health and multi-agency EPRR groups providing health liaison and input as well as administrative support.
Act in a supportive leadership role to EPRR by providing expert advice to the incident management team and ensuring preparedness for major incidents or business continuity events.
Participate in risk assessment processes, including identifying, quantifying and recording risks.
Prepare and maintain the Local Health Resilience Partnership (LHRP) Risk Register.
Support the Head of EPRR in delivering training and exercises, including exercise development and coordination.
Build and manage relationships within the supply chain to maximise benefits by dovetailing plans together.

Skills

Emergency Planning

Project management

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

MS Office / SharePoint

Education

Degree level qualification

Postgraduate diploma

CPD

Diploma in Health Emergency Preparedness

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

Go back County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) Support Manager

The closing date is 20 October 2026

This is anexciting opportunity to be support CDDFTs Emergency Preparedness, resilienceand response service. You would be providing comprehensive and robust supportto the Head of EPRR to act as an implementation lead and by doing so providingassurances to internal and external organisations that County Durham andDarlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) has appropriate emergency planning andbusiness continuity measures in place in line with the Civil Contingencies Act2004 and other relevant legislation, standards and guidance.

You will work with seniormanagers across the CDDFT to develop robust policies and procedures in respectof emergency planning and business continuity and to take a leadership role bymanaging projects from initiation to closure and supporting the delivery ofappropriate training.

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The role iscritical for the Trust in ensuring delivery of the Trusts EPRR strategy and compliancewith the EPRR Core Standards.

The postholder will:-

Actautonomously and proactively under the Head of EPRR and the Trust ResilienceForum to deliver and maintain of the Trusts EmergencyPreparedness, Resilience and Response

Be responsible for ensuring the success ofproject activities such as benefit realisation or change management

Attend health and multi-agency EPRR groups providing healthliaison and input as well as administrative support.

Act in a supportive leadership role to EPRR by providing expertadvice to the incident management team and ensuring preparedness for any majoror business continuity incident

Participate in the risk assessment process, including identifying,quantifying and recording risks.

Prepare and maintain the Local Health Resilience Partnership(LHRP) Risk Register.

Support the Head of EPRR in the delivery of training andexercises, including exercise development and co-ordination of exercises andtraining courses.

Buildand manage relationships within the supply chain to maximise the benefits bydovetailing plans together

About us

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Developing plans to improve business continuity capabilities across the organisation
Experience of organising workshops and events
Implementation of corporate business continuity policies
Evidence of applying project management skills including planning and organising resources to support implementation / effective risk management / performance monitoring and evaluation
Evidence of successful collaborative and partnership working within and across organisations
Evidence of taking the initiative and demonstrating drive, commitment and self-motivation

Desirable

Experience in auditing Business Continuity Management Systems
Experience leading on business continuity policy development and the assistance to implement across the organisation
Experience in organising and facilitating Business Continuity / Emergency Planning exercises
Proven track record of working in health, social care or private sector, leading and supporting individuals to write Business Continuity Plans
Demonstrable success in the field of Business Continuity / Emergency Planning

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

An ability to think quickly and respond effectively to situations, identifying risks, proposing solutions and making judgements when presented with complex situations
Knowledge of Emergency Planning
Ability to independently use a range of information technology packages, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint , SharePoint,
Ability to foster excellent working relationships with staff at all levels of the organisations and motivate staff with competing expectations to work collaboratively to continuously improve services
Ability to analyse complex data and situations, interpret information and develop a range of options and recommendations
Excellent interpersonal, communication, facilitation, management and negotiation skills
Ability to prioritise a range of options, problem-solve and adapt flexibly to frequently changing demands
Ability to work under pressure and time constraints without supervision
Project planning skills and experience

Desirable

Knowledge of Operational Pressures, Escalation Level (OPEL) framework
Knowledge of mass communications system such as NetCall & I Message
Knowledge of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Familiarity with CDDFT EPRR Strategy
Knowledge & experience of conducting Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Knowledge and experience of working in the areas of Risk & Business Continuity Management Systems

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience
Postgraduate diploma level qualification or equivalent experience in relevant area
Evidence of continuing Professional Development
Commitment to achieve a Diploma in Health Emergency Preparedness

Desirable

Emergency Planning and/or Business Continuity certificate
Knowledge of NHS Englands Core Standards
Member (or willing to work towards) of the BCI or equivalent
Proficient and up to date specialist knowledge of Business Continuity regulations, international standards, policies and procedures
In depth knowledge of ISO22301

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

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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