Welcome from our Chief Executive - Samantha Allen

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Samantha Allen

Chief Executive

Job overview

The Head of Resilience & EPRR 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 work autonomously towards defined results.

The Head of Resilience & EPRR will be required to be available in the event of a major or significant incident and to act as a tactical advisor to the CEO/Chief Delivery Officer/On-call Director including out of hours.

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Director of Corporate Governance the post holder will be responsible for the safe, efficient, effective high quality co-ordinated EPRR function for the Trust's Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Recovery (EPRR).

The post holder will ensure the Trust meets its 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.

Working for our organisation

• Abide by the standards of behaviour expected by their professional body and the standards of behaviour expected of all staff as stated in the Trust disciplinary policy and procedure
• Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures and are responsible for making themselves aware of these policies and procedures

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Advise the Trust on emergency planning and business continuity and develop, deliver and monitor systems to ensure the Trust is able to provide an effective emergency response. for major incidents, emergencies, disruptive event and surges in demand.

• Be responsible for leading emergency and resilience planning across the Trust, including Major Incident, Influenza Pandemic, Heatwave, Cold Weather, and service business continuity plans.

• Be responsible for compiling the Trust annual business plan in relation to EPRR,

Person specification

Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Recognised training qualification or willingness to work towards (e.g. City & Guilds Level 3 award in education & training, PTTLS, CTLS etc)
• Experience of continuing professional development and other significant training and experience in a workplace setting

Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria

• Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to EPRR, the Civil Contingencies Act and the Health and Social Care Act
• Experience of emergency planning and business continuity within an area such as the NHS, CCG or local authority ideally within the NHS
• Knowledge of resilience legislation and guidance including the Civil Contingencies Act 2004
• Knowledge Demonstrable senior management experience
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
• Experience of budgetary responsibility, including budget setting with evidence of working knowledge of financial processes
• Experience of managing of staff/functions
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care NHS England and NHS Improvement and individual provider and commissioning organisations

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.