Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Officer

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Tooting; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks an Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Officer to support EPRR planning and compliance across multiple sites in the South London area.

The role involves contributing to NHS England EPRR Core Standards, developing policies, and coordinating multi-agency exercises with opportunities to travel between sites as needed. Flexible working is encouraged where possible.

Qualifications

• Qualifications in relevant EPRR subject or relevant EPRR experience within an acute health setting.
• Professional level qualification in teaching, training, or exercising
• Emergency Planning Qualification (Diploma in Health Emergency Planning [DIPHEP] or willingness to work towards it)

Responsibilities

• Plan for defined workstreams within the Trust Operations Team to support the EPRR annual assurance process.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and NHSE EPRR Framework.
• Contribute to development of EPRR policies, plans and procedures.
• Support annual self-assessment against EPRR Core Standards and action planning.
• Travel between Trust sites and occasional off-site partner agencies as required.

Skills

EPRR knowledge

Teaching/training/exercising

Document drafting

Database management

Multiagency planning

CBRN and Major Incident training

Emergency preparedness exercises

Presentation skills

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint)

Project management

Education

EPRR subject qualification or experience

Teaching/training/exercising qualification

Diploma in Health Emergency Planning (DIPHEP) or willingness to complete

Job description

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Officer

The closing date is 17 November 2026

We have a fantastic opportunity for a motivated professional within the EPRR field to join the St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as an Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Officer. In conjunction with the Trusts EPRR Manager the you will be responsible for planning for identified EPRR risks, including (but not restricted to) adverse weather, Major/Mass Casualty incidents, Pandemic and CBRN. The EPRR Officer will assist in delivering the requirements of the NHS England Annual Core Standards for EPRR, and may be required to travel between Trust sites, or occasionally to off-site partner agencies.

Main duties of the job

• To work in support of the EPRR Manager to ensure the Trust discharges its duties in relationto the CCA 2004 and NHSE EPRR Framework.
• Supports the EPRR Manager by ensuring STGH has in place fully effective arrangements which will provide the appropriate operational response for all types of incidents and ensure service continuity and patient/client/staff and visitors safety.
• Supports the EPRR Manager in undertaking the annual self-assessment against the EPRR Core Standards, including collection of evidence, development of action plans to improve areas of non-compliance and ongoing monitoring to mitigate areas of risk or non-compliance.
• To work in conjunction with the EPRR Manager and Clinical Lead for EPRR, to assist and contribute to the development of STGH EPRR policies, plans and procedures to ensure the organisation meet its obligations as set out in the CCA 2004 and the NHSE EPRR Framework.
• To work collaboratively with the EPRR Manager, and the EPRR Clinical Group Forums to support and develop the EPRR Group. Supporting the building of resilience, capability,knowledge and awareness and to promote and raise the profile of EPRR within the Trust and the wider group.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will have responsibility for defined workstreams, commensurate with their level of experience and expertise, and will work as part of the Trust Operations Team in the delivery of these workstream, which will form part of the overarching work plan for the Trust EPRR annual assurance process. The post holder will be familiar with the Civil Contingencies Act (2004) and relevant EPRR guidance for the NHS, including non-statutory guidance and the current NHS England EPRR Framework, and will be able to apply this knowledge within their delegated workstream. The EPRR role assists in the response to incidents and emergencies as defined by in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, and provide support to the Trust Incident Management Team in responding to Business Continuity, Critical or Major Incidents, as defined within the NHS England EPRR Framework (2022), and as such, there may be a requirement to occasionally undertake (infrequent) ad-hoc work outside of normal working hours.

Person Specification

Education & Qulification

• Qualifications in relevant EPRR subject or relevant EPRR experience within an acute health setting.
• Professional level qualification in teaching, training, or exercising
• Emergency Planning Qualification (Diploma in Health Emergency Planning [DIPHEP] or willingness to work towards it

Experience & Knowledge

• Experience of drafting documents
• Experience in maintaining databases
• Experience of multiagency planning
• Experience of developing and delivering CBRN and Major Incident training
• Experience of designing and delivering Emergency Preparedness Exercises

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to give an engaging and informative presentation
• Advanced computer skills including Microsoft Office spreadsheets and PowerPoint
• Excellent English spelling and grammar including the ability to be clear and concise in written English
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of project management principles
• Knowledge of structured debriefing techniques

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 name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust