About this role
Job summary
Working within the Operations portfolio and reporting to the Head of EPRR, the EPRR Manager provides specialist operational leadership to ensure that the Trust can prepare for, respond to and recover from incidents.
Working as part of the EPRR team, the post holder will support the Trusts in delivering their statutory duties as Category 1 Responders under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, the NHS England EPRR Core Standards, and the Health and Care Act 2022.
The role involves the development, implementation, and maintenance of comprehensive incident response and business continuity arrangements, ensuring the Trusts are prepared for and resilient to major incidents, critical incidents, and business continuity disruptions.
The post-holder will engage proactively with Divisions, Estates, Security, ICT/Telecoms, Governance & Risk, to develop and test integrated arrangements. Represent the trust at Local Resilience Forum and Local Health Resilience Partnership meetings where appropriate and deputise for the Head of EPRR, promoting multi-agency partnership and advocating for acute health requirements.
The post-holder will provide specialist advice to managers and on-call teams during incidents and exercises, staff the Incident Coordination Centre (ICC) and maintain its readiness; deputise for the Head of EPRR when delegated.
Main duties of the job
Planning, Risk and Assurance
Maintain both Trusts' EPRR and business continuity plans, ensuring annual review and compliance with national guidance.Assess EPRR risks against the National and Community Risk Registers, maintain EPRR risk register entries and escalate through governance.Coordinate designated Core Standards, assessing compliance, compiling evidence and drafting improvement actions for approval by the Head of EPRR.
Business Continuity
Lead defined areas of the business continuity programme, supporting Divisions to develop, maintain and test their own plans and BIAs.Maintain the central BC repository and coordinate the annual review and test cycle.Provide specialist advice during disruptions, including incident logging and action tracking.
Training, Exercising and Debrief
Design and deliver EPRR and business continuity training and exercises for staff at all levels, maintaining training records.Coordinate debriefs and prepare lessons identified reports, tracking improvement actions to closure.
Incident Response
Maintain the Incident Coordination Centre and its readiness.Support tactical and strategic commanders during incidents, including out of hours when delegated.
Partnership and Governance
Build relationships with the ICB, LHRP, LRF and partner agencies, deputising for the Head of EPRR when required.Prepare reports for governance forums and draft Board material for the Head of EPRR.
About us
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 26th October 2026.
Interviews are due to be held on 4th November 2026.
All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.
Right to Work
As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Masters Degree in related subject (Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Management and Resilience, Risk Disaster and Resilience) Recognised Teaching Qualification (GIC, PGCert, Level 3 award in training and education etc)
Desirable
HMIMMS Instructor Principles of Health Command Membership with Business Continuity Institute CBCI or above
Experience Essential
Experience working at specialist level in EPRR within the NHS or another Category 1 or 2 responder, including incident response and supporting on-call commanders. Experience within a Category 1 or 2 responder organisation of leading BIA and BCP programmes across multiple services, guiding service leads to complete and test their own plans in line with ISO 22301 or BCI guidance Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating EPRR training and exercises (e.g. tabletop, live, command post), including writing exercise reports and tracking learning to closure. Experience of maintaining and developing an EPRR or business continuity assurance system used by others (e.g. Core Standards evidence, BIA/BCP review cycles, training and exercise compliance, debrief action logs), tracking actions to closure with services and reporting gaps and risks to governance. Experience of writing and presenting complex EPRR or business continuity reports (e.g. debrief, exercise, BIA/BCP assurance, Core Standards evidence) to committees, divisional or multi-agency groups, including drafting board-level material for a senior manager.
Desirable
Experience within specialist key areas ie knowledge of quaternary care health emergency planning Experience of coordinating the response to a declared critical or major incident, including running an incident coordination centre and leading the debrief.
Knowledge Essential
Independently applied the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and NHS England EPRR Framework to write or review emergency plans across a Category 1 or 2 responder organisation. Independently applied risk assessment to EPRR planning, using the National or Community Risk Register to inform plans, BIAs or risk register entries. Responsible for designated NHS EPRR Core Standards within the annual assurance process, assessing compliance, maintaining the evidence and drafting improvement actions for sign-off. Applied NHS command and control (strategic, tactical, operational) and JESIP principles during an incident or exercise, supporting commanders through incident coordination. Contributed to NHS or multi-agency resilience forums (e.g. ICB, LHRP, LRF, NHS England regional EPRR), including joint plans, exercises or incident calls.
Desirable
Developed or tested CBRNe, HAZMAT or HCID arrangements in an acute setting (e.g. decontamination plans, action cards, exercises, equipment audits). Contributed to Martyn's Law or protective security work in a public venue (e.g. a standard or enhanced tier assessment, security plan, or lockdown procedure).
Skills Essential
Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious EPRR and business continuity information, using persuasive, negotiating and influencing skills to secure the cooperation of services across the organisation. Ability to make judgements on complex incidents and disruptions requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options, providing sound advice to on-call commanders. Ability to plan and organise complex EPRR and business continuity programmes requiring formulation and adjustment, working to broad occupational policies and using own initiative. Ability to produce clear EPRR plans, action cards and reports, and to develop and maintain trackers and evidence used by others.
Desirable
Experience of using and proficient in Microsoft Power Automate to automate EPRR or business continuity processes
Additional Requirements Essential
oDemonstrates the core values of both Trusts in all dealings with patients, visitors and colleagues. (A/I) oWilling to work across both Trusts and to travel within the region and nationally when required. (A/I) oWilling to work flexibly outside normal hours to support incident response, exercises and on-call commanders. (A/I) oTakes personal responsibility and works flexibly to meet the needs of the team and both Trusts. (A/I)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cuh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)