Job overview

Working as part of the Trust’s EPRR team, the post holder will support the daily operation of BCHFTs emergency preparedness, resilience and response functions, and the enhancement and embedding of the resilience culture across the Trust, including  delivery of the Trust EPRR and Business Continuity Management (BCM) work programme to maintain compliance with the NHS England EPRR Core standards and associated guidance. 

Main duties of the job

• Assist the Trust and its staff in achieving agreed key aims and objectives linked to the national, regional and local resilience agenda. 
• Undertake a range of emergency preparedness activities commensurate with the role, including hazard identification, risk assessment and consulting on and embedding EPRR service improvements in line with the emergency planning cycle. 
• Coordinate the collection of evidence for the annual EPRR Core Standards self‑assessment, evidence collation and action tracking.
• Assist wards and departments across the Trust with risk identification, business impact analysis and continuity risk registers.
• Maintain logs, trackers and dashboards as required for monitoring and reporting training and exercising, incidents, and lesson management against Trust KPIs . Track the need for training, by individual, as required, and facilitate the booking of courses. 

Working for our organisation

The role involves close collaborative working with the Divisions, nursing, governance, finance and medical leads ensuring that anticipated outcomes are well managed, communicated and ultimately meet the needs of the organisation.