Job overview

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are looking for an experienced, confident and approachable EPRR professional to lead our Trust‑wide Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response (EPRR) and Business Continuity work.
This is a key senior role where you’ll help us to stay safe, be prepared and able to respond effectively l to major incidents and service disruptions. You’ll work closely with our operational teams, Executives and system partners to make sure resilience is part of everyday practice and not just something we think about when things go wrong.
The post holder will provide professional leadership, strategic oversight, and expert guidance across all aspects of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience, Response and Business Continuity work, ensuring we meet statutory requirements including NHS England’s EPRR Framework and Core Standards.

You will drive a culture where preparedness, resilience, recovery, and continuous improvement are deeply embedded across all services—supporting our commitment to safe, high quality patient care in every circumstance.

Main duties of the job

The post holder has lead responsibility for professional leadership and improvement strategies in the areas of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response (EPRR) and Business Continuity Management (BCM). The post holder will have corporate responsibility overseeing and delivering the EPRR Strategy for the Trust and developing the EPRR/BCM framework.  The post holder will lead in creating a culture and environment in which EPRR/BCM is embedded at all levels in the organisation to ensure the sustained delivery of high quality, safe, patient care. 
  
The post holder will provide leadership on specialist emergency planning issues, in the context of the Foundation trust’s Terms of Authorisation; 
•    for emergency planning 
•    for general capacity and surge management 
•    for risk mitigation 
 
The post holder will also be responsible for developing regular reports to the Resilience Management group and trust Operations Board, and be responsible for planning and providing or enabling the provision of all training required for the trust to be compliant and able to deliver safe action for all major incidents. 
 
The post holder will provide the required assurances to the Trust Board and Executive that the Trust’s EPRR and BCM is fit for purpose, having been tested, assessed, inspected and scrutinized. 

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

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