Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the NHS Humber Health Partnership Group for an Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) Manager.

This role is diverse, fast paced and provides a unique opportunity to work and interact with all Care Groups and Directorates across the organisation. The EPRR Manager has the tactical and operational responsibility for the direction, leadership, planning and delivery of the Group's challenging EPRR Work Programme, ensuring all statutory and mandatory responsibilities are met in full.

We are looking for a talented individual to join the EPRR Team who has a good knowledge and experience of emergency planning and how this supports the delivery of high quality care for patients as well as keeping our staff safe at work.

The role provides delivery of all aspects of the EPRR work programme across both Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust as part of the group collaborative approach.

Main duties of the job

The EPRR Manager is responsible for ensuring the Group remains resilient and prepared to respond appropriately in the event of major incidents, critical incidents and disruptive events.

The post holder will engage effectively and work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external multi-agency stakeholders and partners. The EPRR Manager ensures that EPRR risks are proactively managed and that learning from incidents is implemented and embedded across the Group.

As a specialist subject matter expert, the post holder will provide highly complex advice and training to services, Senior Leadership Teams, regulators, external partners and interested parties, to ensure appropriate plans are in place. The post holder will deliver training and exercising from floor to Board to ensure staff are knowledgable and confident in their roles so as to minimise impact on patient quality and experience from both routine and serious disruptions.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.