Emergency Planning Officer

Overview

The Emergency Planning Officer will join a small team at SWFT and GEH whose role is to ensure that both Trusts are best prepared to plan for and respond to a wide range of potential incidents which could affect delivery of essential services. This is a joint post covering South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT) and George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust (GEH).

As a key member of the Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) Team, the post holder will play a key role in delivery of a wide range of tasks to support the Trusts emergency planning programme.

• Lead on the provision of planning and training activities to ensure both Trusts maintain their statutory duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, and any associated Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response (EPRR) guidance.
• Lead on elements of the National Core Standards for EPRR, an annual assurance review of the Trust.
• Manage and lead across the Trust on Business Continuity Management (BCM) planning and training across both Trusts.
• Engage with senior managers and clinical leads, and provide regular briefings to the Corporate EPRR Working Group and the Trust Risk, Health and Safety Board.
• Engage with all Divisions at Associate Chief Operating Officer and senior manager level to ensure compliance with current national BCM guidance, that all relevant plans are up to date and approved, and that any necessary training—including exercising of plans—is carried out.

SWFT has been rated Outstanding by the CQC and 4th in the country for recommended place to work. We provide a range of services across Warwickshire and beyond, from hospitals in Warwick, Stratford‑Upon‑Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston‑on‑Stour to community services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

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