Head of EPRR

Sirona care & health CIC; West of England; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

27+ days annual leave

NHS benefits

Job summary

Sirona care & health CIC seeks a Head of EPRR to lead Emergency Preparedness, Resilience, Response and business continuity. You will drive policy, assurance, and improvement across the organisation, ensuring readiness for all-hazards and compliant with NHS requirements.

The role collaborates with NHS bodies across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire and reports to the senior leadership team, delivering auditable evidence and executive summaries to the Board.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of the NHS England EPRR Framework, Core Standards, assurance process and NHS Standard Contract requirements.
• Significant senior experience in EPRR, resilience, emergency planning or business continuity in healthcare or similarly regulated organisations.
• Experience leading organisation-wide policy, planning, assurance, improvement or change programmes and producing executive/Board reports with auditable evidence and measurable outcomes.
• Practical experience of risk assessment, emergency and continuity planning, training, exercising and supporting command teams during incidents or major disruption.
• Experience of multi-agency/system working and influencing or negotiating with senior stakeholders.
• Strong digital literacy, including Microsoft 365, data analysis, virtual collaboration, evidence management and incident communication systems.
• Experience of managing staff, budgets, contracts, procurement or other resources.

Skills

Policy leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

Training & exercises

Multi-agency collaboration

Digital literacy

Budget & contracts management

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

EPRR qualification

CPD/ continuing professional development

Tools

Microsoft 365

Data analysis tools

Incident communication systems

Job description

The Head of EPRR is Sirona's senior specialist adviser and operational lead for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience, Response and business continuity; playing a key role in protecting people and safeguarding the continuity of safe, effective NHS-funded services.

You will lead an organisation-wide, all-hazards system that protects people, maintains safe and effective NHS-funded services, enables coordinated incident response and recovery, and provides reliable assurance from frontline services to the Board.

Working with substantial autonomy, you will translate legislation, NHS contractual requirements, the current NHS England EPRR Framework and Core Standards, risk intelligence and learning into policies, plans, capabilities, training, exercises and measurable improvement.

The role works across Sirona and with BNSSG and wider resilience partners, while respecting the operational accountability of service, clinical and corporate leaders.

Main duties of the job

• Act as principal specialist adviser to the AEO, Chief Executive, executives, senior leaders and Board on readiness, resilience, compliance, capability, material risk and resource requirements.
• Lead the EPRR policy, operating model, annual work programme and assurance framework, maintaining alignment with current NHS England requirements, applicable Core Standards, the NHS Standard Contract and relevant legal duties.
• Lead the annual Core Standards self-assessment and evidence process; make professionally robust compliance judgements; coordinate improvement plans; support AEO sign-off, ICB confirm-and-challenge and final public Board assurance.
• Prepare the annual public statement/report on EPRR readiness and preparedness and concise assurance reports for the agreed route: Business Continuity Oversight Group (BCOG) -> Resilient Sirona -> Executive Management Board -> Audit, Assurance and Risk Committee -> Board, or its formally approved successor route.
• Maintain an auditable evidence library, action tracker and document-control system; escalat non-compliance, expired evidence, overdue actions, capacity constraints and unresolved risks promptly.
• Provide expert input to business planning, transformation, service change, procurement and investment so resilience requirements and unintended consequences are considered before decisions are made.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Skills, Experience & Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of the current NHS England EPRR Framework, applicable Core Standards, annual assurance process and NHS Standard Contract requirements.
• Significant recent senior experience in EPRR, resilience, emergency planning or business continuity within a complex healthcare, public-service or similarly regulated organisation
• Experience leading organisation-wide policy, planning, assurance, improvement or change programmes and producing executive/Board reports, auditable evidence and measurable outcomes.
• Practical experience of risk assessment, emergency and continuity planning, training, exercising and supporting command teams during actual incidents or major disruption
• Experience of multi-agency/system working and influencing or negotiating with senior stakeholders where priorities differ.
• Strong digital literacy, including Microsoft 365, data analysis, virtual collaboration, evidence management and incident communication systems.
• Experience of managing staff, budgets, contracts, procurement or other resources.

Qualifications

• Master's-level qualification or equivalent advanced specialist knowledge gained through substantial relevant education, training and experience.
• Recognised EPRR, emergency planning or business continuity qualification, or equivalent advanced specialist training and experience; evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience in community health and preparedness for HazMat/CBRN, infectious disease, severe weather, mass casualty, cyber/digital disruption or system surge

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.