University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Head of Emergency Planning, Resilience and Response
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Head of Emergency Planning, Resilience and Response (EPRR)
Join one of the South Coast's most ambitious acute Trusts, delivering care across three hospital sites for a population of over 750,000. With major clinical transformation underway and a £500m investment programme, this is an exciting opportunity to shape resilience at the heart of our organisation.
EPRR plays a critical role in ensuring we are prepared to respond to any challenge.
As Head Of EPRR You Will
- Provide strategic leadership for EPRR, ensuring the Trust meets its statutory duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and NHS EPRR guidance.
- Drive continuous improvement in preparedness, resilience, business continuity and incident response.
- Work with system partners across Dorset to strengthen planning and resilience.
- Act as the Trust's lead expert and principal adviser on EPRR.
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will lead across planning, training, exercising, response, recovery and assurance, embedding learning from incidents to keep the Trust resilient and ready to deliver safe care.
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Interview: September 4th
The Head of EPRR will provide specialist advice and support to Executive Directors, Senior Managers, Clinical and Operational Leaders and other staff who have a role in incident response, emergency preparedness or business continuity arrangements. The postholder will work closely with internal teams and external partners, including NHS Dorset, local authorities, emergency services and regional NHS England colleagues, to support joined-up planning and response across Dorset and the wider South West.
About Us
At University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, our values guide the way we work with patients, colleagues and partners:
- We are caring – we treat people with kindness, compassion and respect.
- We are one team – we work together, listen to each other and support our colleagues and partners.
- We are always improving – we learn, innovate and continually improve the services we provide.
- We are committed to helping colleagues balance their work and home lives. We offer a range of benefits, development opportunities and health and wellbeing support to help our staff thrive.
- We are committed to inclusion, staff engagement and creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and able to contribute.
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University Hospitals Dorset is committed to sustainability and to reducing the environmental impact of the services we provide. Staff are encouraged to support sustainable quality improvement across all areas of work.
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Mark Mould
Job title: Chief Operating Officer
Email address: mark.mould@nhs.net
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