Reporting to the Deputy Chief Operating Officerfor Kettering General Hospital, the post holder will be responsible for ensuring a continued state of preparednessacross University Hospitals Northampton (UHN)comprising Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General Hospitalto respond to any major or significant incident both planned and unscheduled ensuring, that where practical, measures are in place to maintain continuity of its core business.

The post holder will ensure that legal and regulatory requirements that apply toUHNare met including training, planning and co-ordination working with NHSE/I, Local NHS Commissioners, multi-agency partners and the local resilience forum.

The post holder will further develop expertise in emergency planning and seek to develop good practice by using lessons identified from experiences and debriefs of incidents, exercises and events nationally.

The post holder will ensure that emergency planning and resilience is an integral part of business planning, strategy and operations acrossUHN.

The post holder would be required to be available in the event of a major or significant

The post holder will be responsible for coordinating all Business Continuity Activity (including Business Continuity Plans and Business Continuity Impact Analysis and ensuring all areas have the right plans in place to respond to incidents and periods of disruption.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for the preparation, maintenance, exercising and compliance of UHN Emergency Preparedness, Business Continuity and Resilience Plans in accordance with local and national guidance.

Responsible for ensuring that UHN is compliant with all statutory requirements appertaining to emergency and resilience planning with reference to the Civil Contingency Act and regulations which are derived from the Act including

a) The CCA 2004 and associated Cabinet Office Guidance

b) The NHS Act 2006 (as amended)

c) The NHS Constitution

d) The requirements for EPRR as set out in the NHS Standard Contract(s)

e) NHS England EPRR guidance and supporting materials including:

1. NHS England Core Standards for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response

2. NHS England Business Continuity Management Framework (service resilience) 2022

f) Other guidance available athttp://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/eprr/f)National Occupational Standards for Civil Contingencies

g) BS ISO 22301 Societal security - Business continuity management systems

h) Emergency Preparedness guidance (2012)

To ensure that the Trusts Major Incident and Business Continuity Plans are robust, regularly reviewed and updated and that effective communications arrangements are in place throughout the Trust.

About us

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Head of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response (EPRR) will manage the EPRR team and its portfolio covering the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire including Northampton General Hospital and Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust, ensuring the Trust remains resilient to incidents and disruptive events. The EPRR Team will enable the organisation, as a Category 1 responder, to meet the full statutory duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, ensuring alignment of the Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) to ISO22301 and NHS England Core standards for EPRR, and evolving national guidance, supporting the site operations team to manage incidents effectively.

To ensure the delivery of effective and comprehensive planning arrangements at the Trust, Divisional and Service level underpinned by a coherent overall strategic approach to EPRR.

Person Specification

Education, Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant Masters / MBA or significant relevant professional experience in a resilience-related environment
• DipHEPRR, CBCI or DipBCM and/or other relevant EPRR qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Member of appropriate Professional Body (Emergency Planning Society, BCI)

Desirable

• Degree in emergency planning
• Risk Management qualification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience of working in the emergency planning and resilience environment at a local and regional level
• Direct experience in managing crisis and recovery arrangements
• A track record in undertaking skill training for staff in operational settings
• Extensive experience in planning, testing, and implementing emergency planning and business continuity arrangements with diverse and multi-disciplinary services
• Extensive experience in multi-agency planning, testing, and working concerning emergency planning and business continuity
• Direct experience in analysing, understanding, and ensuring compliance with national/local policies and guidelines
• Evidence of developing network relationships and working collaboratively across LHRFs and wider networks
• Specific and expert knowledge of the principles underpinning emergency planning and business continuity
• Specialist knowledge and experience in planning response for major incidents in a complex environment involving government agencies or local government service providers
• Demonstrable evidence of previous work at a strategic level in the area of emergency planning/business continuity and government resilience response
• An understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion
• Knowledge of public sector/NHS work structures and management of the EPRR agenda

Desirable

• Experience in line management and budget responsibility
• Experience in delivering clear, succinct plans and reviewing the plans of others
• Acute trust EPRR and business continuity experience
• Knowledge of the NHS and its responsibilities and the barriers and challenges of health emergency planning and business continuity
• Understanding of ISO22301 and experience of implementing a Business Continuity Management System

Skills

Essential

• Strong communication skills and gravitas to communicate effectively internally and externally
• Ability to assimilate information quickly and make reasoned judgements
• Ability to lead the emergency planning and business continuity agenda within the organisation with confidence and clarity
• Excellent organisational skills, including time management, resource management, project 15 management and the ability to work to tight deadlines with a number of players
• Ability to analyse a range of complex facts, situations, and information
• Ability to produce comprehensive emergency planning and business continuity documentation in useable and understandable formats
• Ability to engage staff at all levels within the organisation concerning the importance of effective emergency planning and business continuity arrangements
• Ability to train and advise staff in a constructive and effective manner
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information discreetly
• Use of Microsoft IT packages - excellent knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Word, and Teams
• Ability to produce and deliver multi-agency training and exercising in line with the training and exercising strategy
• Able to review the plans delivered by Director level staff and provide constructive feedback and suggestions as to changes regarding EPRR
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence staff, partners and relevant organisations at all levels
• Demonstrable credibility in influencing senior staff and other organisations to fulfil organisational requirements.
• Intellectually robust and self-motivated to deliver against strategic targets.

Desirable

• PRINCE 2 qualification

Key Competencies/ Personal Qualities & Attributes

Essential

• Resilient and self-motivating
• Committed to continuous self-development
• Calm and balanced in stressful circumstances
• Flexibility concerning working hours
• The post holder will be required to work across all Northamptonshire sites.

Desirable

• Strong commitment to openness and a high level of integrity.
• Experience in learning from mistakes encouraging an environment of learning from mistakes and encouraging openness in systemic fault reporting.

Employer details

Employer name

Northampton General Hospital

Address

Kettering General Hospital

Rothwell Road

Kettering

NN16 8UZ

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