Band 8a Emergency Planning Manager

at  Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced emergency planner to join the growing emergency planning team at the Royal Free London Group. The successful candidate will work in the Emergency Planning Team within the Chief Delivery Officer’s corporate team. The emergency planning team is responsible for the provision of professional and expert advice, guidance, information, training and support to Trust staff on all matters relating to the Emergency, Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) function. This includes business continuity and major incident planning.
We are looking for a passionate, experienced resilience professional with a can-do attitude and flexible approach to adapt to situations as they
evolve and unfold. If this is you, we look forward to receiving your application
The postholder will work within the Emergency Planning team to deliver and maintain an effective EPRR service and support t h e implementation of EPRR plans a n d t h e en h ance m ent of re s i l i en c e and Business Continuity Management (BCM) across the Trust. This will include ensuring that up to date plans are in place to comply with legislation and guidance, including meeting the requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act (2004) and NHS England EPRR Core Standards.
The postholder will work as part of a team and autonomously towards defined goals, they will be an expert for all EPRR matters within the Trust and act as a source of information and guidance. The postholder will contribute fully to the quality improvement of the service and to the development of EPRR best practice within the Trust.
The postholder will be responsible for developing and implementing EPRR training and exercising activity to ensure and maintain staff and patient safety and well-being.
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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