Organisational Resilience - Service Manager

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks an exceptional Organisational Resilience Service Manager to lead Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response and drive business continuity across the Trust. The role reports to the Chief Operating Officer and provides expert advice to executives, while coordinating assurance programmes and resilience initiatives.

You will lead a specialist team, work with clinical and corporate services, and represent the Trust in regional and national

Qualifications

• Significant management experience within a complex healthcare or equivalent organisation.
• Experience of emergency planning, business continuity or organisational resilience.
• Strong leadership, influencing and partnership-working skills.
• The confidence to operate effectively with senior leaders internally and external system partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) across the Trust.
• Lead the EPRR assurance programme and resilience agenda.
• Direct a specialist team and collaborate with clinical and corporate services.
• Represent the Trust in local, regional and national resilience partnerships.
• Support incident command arrangements during business continuity issues.

Skills

Leadership

Emergency Planning

Business Continuity

Organisational Resilience

Job description

We are seeking an exceptional leader to become our Organisational Resilience (Service Manager) providing strategic leadership for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR), business continuity and organisational resilience across the Trust. This is a high-profile role with direct responsibility for leading the Trust's approach to preparedness, response and recovery, ensuring we can continue to deliver safe patient care during major incidents, service disruptions and wider organisational challenges. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer as the Accountable Emergency Officer, you will provide expert advice to Executive Directors, senior clinical leaders and Trust committees while leading the Trust's EPRR assurance programme and resilience agenda. You will lead a specialist team, work closely with clinical and corporate services, and represent the Trust across local, regional and national resilience partnerships. You will be equally comfortable working through others on operational issues, developing strategy, providing assurance and supporting command arrangements during business continuity issues incidents.

• Significant management experience within a complex healthcare or equivalent organisation.
• Experience of emergency planning, business continuity or organisational resilience.
• Strong leadership, influencing and partnership-working skills.
• The confidence to operate effectively with senior leaders internally and external system partners.
  This is an excellent opportunity to shape and strengthen resilience across one of the NHS's leading teaching hospitals and to play a pivotal role in protecting services for patients, staff and communities., Sheffield Teaching Hospitals is one of the UK's largest NHS Trusts, serving patients across Sheffield, South Yorkshire and beyond.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.