Emergency Planning Officer

Job 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.

Please note that interviews will be held on TBC.

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 a wide range of planning and training activities aimed at ensuring that both Trusts maintain their statutory duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and any associated Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response (EPRR) guidance, including leading on elements of the National Core Standards for EPRR, which is an annual assurance review of the Trust.
• Manage and lead across the Trust on Business Continuity Management (BCM) planning and training across both Trusts, engaging with senior managers and clinical leads, and providing 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.
• Ensure that plans are regularly reviewed and updated, and that staff are adequately trained and exercised in accordance with national standards.

As Part Of Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion We Encourage All Applicants To Complete a Short Survey:

Name:
Jeremy Lee

Job title:

EPRR Manager
Email address:
Telephone number:

ext 4310

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