EPRR Manager

Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) Manager – Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Applications are invited for the post of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) Manager at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

We are seeking an individual who will act as the expert for all EPRR matters within the Trust, serving as a conduit for guidance and information while promoting and embedding a positive culture of EPRR across the organisation.

The postholder will be responsible for the safe, efficient, effective, and coordinated delivery of the Trust's Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response function. This includes ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, CQC standards, NHS EPRR national contract standards, and local non‑statutory guidance, including business continuity and resilience preparedness.

The role will require travel across all AWP sites and may involve supporting the On‑Call function during emergency situations.

Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the key requirements outlined in the person specification. The EPRR Manager will provide expert advice and guidance to the Trust Executive, senior management, and staff across the organisation, ensuring the Trust remains informed about national and regional strategic issues related to emergency preparedness, resilience, and response.

In addition, the EPRR Manager will represent AWP at local and regional health sector forums, ensuring the Trust's interests are promoted and that system‐level discussions are communicated back to the Trust for consideration.

The postholder will advise the Trust on emergency planning and business continuity, and will develop, lead, deliver, and monitor systems to ensure the Trust can provide an effective emergency response to major incidents, emergencies, disruptive events, and surges in demand. This will involve working closely with Operational and Corporate teams.

The EPRR Manager will ensure that any interruption to Trust business or incidents—such as loss of utilities or IT/digital technology, damage to sites, planned maintenance, infectious outbreaks, adverse weather, industrial action, or major road closures—has appropriate contingency and business continuity plans and policies that are tested and operationally effective.

The EPRR Manager will lead the Trust's EPRR agenda and ensure the organisation discharges its responsibilities under the Civil Contingencies Act 2024, while maintaining robust processes aligned with the NHS England EPRR Framework and Standards (2022).

Provide strategic leadership in the area of resilience and ensure the identification and management of all the organisation's obligations and requirements for resilience under the Civil Contingencies Act and Department of Health guidance.

Act as the first point of contact for all matters concerning resilience for Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Act as a subject matter expert and source of resilience expertise for the whole organisation, providing professional leadership to ensure that services meet the needs of all directorates and departments, the Executive Team, and the Board.

Drive forward the Trust's agenda regarding resilience, ensuring compliance with the NHS England Core Standards for EPRR. Act autonomously in interpreting policy and strategy and set the goals and standards to be achieved by the Trust.

Undertake a sustained campaign to raise the profile and awareness of resilience across the Trust.

Be responsible for the development and implementation of all EPRR‑related policies across the Trust at strategic, tactical, and operational levels, such as flu pandemic, fuel restrictions, flooding, gridlock, heatwave, etc.

Ensure that managers at all levels understand the importance of effective planning for resilience, are supported to develop and update these plans, and that they are robustly tested.

Prepare, develop, review, and keep updated the AWP Major Incident and Business Continuity Plans in line with the Civil Contingencies Act and NHS Emergency Planning Guidance. Ensure these plans continue to meet statutory and…