Job summary
- Main area
- EPRR
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b (Subject to evaluation)
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 297-7472050
- Employer
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
- Salary
- £64,455 - £74,896 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR)
NHS AfC: Band 8b (Subject to evaluation)
In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
PLEASE NOTE it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.
All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.
Job overview
A corporate leadership opportunity has arisen to join Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust as the Head of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR).
We are seeking an experienced professional to lead the EPRR team working closely with internal teams and external multi-agency partner organisations.
The post holder will be the expert for all EPRR matters within the Trust and act as a conduit for all guidance and information. The post holder will ensure the Trust meets its statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements.
If you are a strong leader who can proactively build relationships and engage with internal teams and external stakeholders to the benefit of the organisation, this role could be for you.
You must have significant senior management experience in a large complex organisation, demonstrable experience of strong financial and performance management, as well as experience of leading people, and managing change.
Main duties of the job
This is a demanding and varied role, which is why we are seeking an exceptional individual who can demonstrate their ability to achieve results, drive improvement and maintain high quality, safe and effective services to patients within an ever-changing regional and national strategic context.
The postholder will be responsible for compiling the Trust annual work programme in relation to EPRR, developing the strategy for each area of activity to secure delivery of EPRR statutory compliance, and to ensure local regional and national guidance implementation, performance targets and strategic objectives are met.
The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be self-led and able to work collaboratively across internal teams and with external stakeholders.
Working for our organisation
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder has strategic lead responsibility for professional leadership and improvement strategies in the areas of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response (EPRR) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) for trust planning, assessing and responsiveness, acting with a delegated responsibility on behalf of the Accountable Emergency Officer [AEO].
The post holder will ensure the Trust meets it’s statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements and ensuring alignment with the activity of the Trust under the Civil Contingencies Act (2004) and complies with all relevant EPRR guidance for the NHS, non-statutory guidance that accompanies the Civil Contingencies Act including business continuity and resilience preparedness. Ensuring national and local standards are met including the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The post holder will have an oversight of the on-call system (strategic and tactical) and ensure coordination of rotas, logs, thematic learning and the on-call share-point site. The post holder will lead on winter planning supporting the lead director working collaboratively internally and with system partner organisations.
The post holder will have trust-wide responsibility overseeing and delivering an EPRR Work programme for the Trust and developing the policies, protocols and frameworks. The post holder will lead in creating a culture and environment in which EPRR and BCM is embedded at all levels in the organisation to ensure the sustained delivery of high quality, safe, personal and effective patient care. The postholder will build key relationships with external multi-agency partnerships organisations.
In the event of a critical or major incident, the post holder will be required to act as an EPPR Advisor to the CEO/Chief Operating Officer or Director of Operations in working hours or Strategic or Tactical On-call out of hours (when available).
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- • Masters’ qualification or equivalent; or demonstrable equivalent experience working at a senior level in specialist area
- • Evidence of active continued professional development to support the delivery of a senior leadership role including a minimum of 5 years of experience of working in Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response (EPRR)
Desirable criteria
- • Project Management Qualification
- • Training Qualification (min BTEC Level 3)
- • Diploma in Health Emergency Planning
- • the Hospital Major Incident Medical Management Support (HMIMMS)
- • Award in Health Emergency Planning
- • Certificate in Business Continuity Institute (CBCI)
SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- • Skilled in analysing and interpreting complex and highly specialised information from various sources to measure themes, trends and improvement.
- • Motivating, persuading and influencing skills
- • Full range of IT skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and other databases/ dashboards.
- • Experience of facilitating emergency planning exercise and tests
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Keely Robson
- Job title
- Director of Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 445 8755
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