• Job Description

  Req#: C9390-25-1039?language=en&page=369&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Here is an exciting opportunity - we are looking for a band 6/7 Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response Officer.

  Working under the direction of the Head of EPRR, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of emergency preparedness, resilience, and response planning within MSEFT.

  You will coordinate emergency plans and business continuity plans, working closely with the Heads of Service across clinical and corporate departments. This will include ensuring that effective and up to date plans are in place to comply with national, regional, and local guidance, along with ensuring the organisation meets its legal requirements as a Category 1 Responder, as described in the Civil Contingencies Act (2004).

  You will be a key point of contact for emergency preparedness matters within the organisation, providing advice, guidance, training, and support to the organisation and participating in system emergency planning meetings. You will develop and coordinate processes and reports for resilience testing and exercising.

  This post is based at Basildon but will be required to work across our othersites in Southend and Broomfield as per need. You will occasionally be required to work out of hours and some weekend if necessary.

  Main duties of the job

  Delivering all aspects of EPRR to ensure the Trust meets the NHSE EPRR core standards.

  Develop, implement and maintain EPRR plans across the Trust.

  Development, redesign and maintain the Incident Coordination Centres across the Trust.

  Deliver a range of EPRR training and exercising across the Trust.

  Provide support and specialist guidance to Trust response teams in the event of a major incident or business continuity incident at an operational and tactical level.

  Assist in the production of service-level Business Impact Analysis and use the information gathered via this process to assist service leads to produce robust and comprehensive service-level Business Continuity plans.

  Review and analyse complex clinical and non-clinical service responses to major, critical and business continuity incidents. Identify critical activities and ensure service level inter-decencies do not conflict with one another; adjust plans as required following review.

  Responsible for Emergency Planning for the Trust including policy and plan development, implementation and review.

  Represent the Trust at meetings with other authorities/organisations both health and non-health, in relation to emergency preparedness and resilience, fostering and developing good working relationships.

  About us

  Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

  We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

  From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

  We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

  Details

  Date posted

  13 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £37,338 a year Per annum (Pro rata for part time)

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  390-CSS-BA-9608

  Job locations

  Basildon

  Basildon

  SS16 5NL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description.

  We look forward to your application!

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description.

  We look forward to your application!

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in Health Emergency Planning

  Desirable

  • Experience in Emergency Planning

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Diploma in Health Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response Qualification

  Desirable

  • BCI Qualification

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience in Health Emergency Planning

  Desirable

  • Experience in Emergency Planning

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Diploma in Health Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response Qualification

  Desirable

  • BCI Qualification

  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).

  Additional information

  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

  Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Basildon

  Basildon

  SS16 5NL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Basildon

  Basildon

  SS16 5NL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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