About this role
Job summary
We are seeking an experienced, confident and values-led leader to join Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust on a fixed-term basis as maternity cover for our Head of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response (EPRR) and Prevent Lead role. This is a pivotal senior position responsible for ensuring the Trust meets its statutory duties as a Category 1 Responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and maintains compliance with NHS England Core Standards for EPRR. During the maternity cover period, you will provide leadership for the Trust's EPRR programme, ensuring the organisation remains prepared to respond to major incidents, critical incidents and disruptive events.
You will act as a specialist advisor, leading emergency preparedness, resilience, business continuity, training, exercising and assurance activities across the Trust. You will also undertake the role of Trust Prevent Lead, working closely with safeguarding colleagues and external partners to support the delivery of the Prevent agenda and associated statutory responsibilities.
Main duties of the job
This role will lead the continued development and delivery of the Trust's EPRR portfolio, ensuring the organisation remains prepared to respond effectively to incidents, emergencies and operational pressures while maintaining safe, high-quality patient care.
Key responsibilities include
- Leading the Trust's EPRR programme to ensure compliance with statutory duties as a Category 1 Responder and NHS England EPRR Core Standards.
- Developing, reviewing and assuring Trust-wide emergency preparedness, major incident and business continuity plans, policies and procedures.
- Managing the Trust's Business Continuity Management programme and supporting services to strengthen organisational resilience.
- Designing and delivering EPRR training, exercising and assurance programmes, including live and tabletop exercises.
- Maintaining incident response readiness, including Incident Coordination Centre (ICC) arrangements and on-call commander competency.
- Providing specialist advice and support to senior leaders during major incidents, critical incidents and disruptive events.
- Working collaboratively with internal and external partners across the health, emergency planning and resilience community.
- Acting as the Trust's Prevent Lead, working with Safeguarding colleagues and external partners to maintain compliance with Prevent requirements and support vulnerable individuals.
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is part of the Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Hospitals Group, alongside Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. Together, we are committed to delivering outstanding, sustainable healthcare through collaboration, innovation and excellent patient care.
With a history spanning more than 250 years, SFT combines a proud heritage with a forward-looking approach to healthcare. We employ more than 4,000 staff, provide around 470 beds and deliver acute, specialist and regional services across Wiltshire and beyond.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating an inclusive, supportive workplace where colleagues feel valued, developed and empowered to reach their potential. Flexible working helps colleagues balance work and personal commitments while meeting the needs of patients.
We offer NHS benefits including the NHS Pension Scheme, generous annual leave, staff discounts and onsite facilities.
Salisbury offers an exceptional quality of life, combining a historic city with beautiful countryside, access to the south coast and excellent transport links. Find out more at Experience Salisbury.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Written and verbal
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge of emergency preparedness, resilience, response, civil contingencies and business continuity legislation, standards and guidance
- Demonstrable experience of developing, implementing and maintaining emergency preparedness and business continuity programmes, plans and arrangements
- Demonstrable experience of planning, delivering and evaluating EPRR training, exercising and assurance activities
- Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with senior stakeholders and multi-agency partners on complex or sensitive resilience and emergency planning matters
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to produce sensitive/confidential reports, briefings and Board-level papers and present complex information effectively
- Excellent organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise competing demands, manage workloads and deliver to challenging deadlines
- Demonstrable experience of providing leadership, direction and specialist advice to multidisciplinary teams and senior leaders within a complex organisation
- Demonstrable ability to build strong working relationships, raise awareness of the EPRR agenda and influence teams and stakeholders to adopt change and improve organisational resilience
Desirable
- Member of appropriate Professional Body e.g., Emergency Planning Society, BCI
- Demonstrable experience of CBRNe incident response planning & training
- Demonstrable experience of managing on-call managers and coordinating on-call rotas, including cover arrangements and escalation processes
- Knowledge of Prevent duties and experience of working with counter-terrorism, safeguarding or related partnership arrangements
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Salisbury Foundation NHS Trust
Odstock Road
Salisbury
SP2 8BJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)