Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) Officer
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,392 to £42,618 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35392 - £42618 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 May 2024 |
| Location: | Maidstone, ME15 6NB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | D9095-KM-422A |
Summary
The Integrated Care Boards (ICB) Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) Team coordinates the work of the Kent and Medway Local Health Resilience Partnership (LHRP), which brings together health organisation within the Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) footprint to provide a forum for joint working and preparing for emergencies. The postholder will support the delivery or the LHRPs programme or work through the maintenance and monitoring of a risk register, work plan, the preparation of technical papers, agendas, and minutes. The ICB provides the Strategic and Tactical lead role at the KRF for the NHS during the planning for and response to emergencies. The postholder with attend KRF planning meetings, training and exercises and support the training and development of ICB staff to allow them to respond to Business Continuity Incidents, Critical Incidents and Major Incidents. The postholder will be responsible for working within the EPRR team on designing and delivering specialist EPRR training and advice. The postholder will be expected to utilise research to deliver on new and changing approaches in delivery of training. The ICB leads an annual EPRR Assurance process of all NHS funded organisations in Kent and Medway and the postholder will support and coordinate the delivery of this process including the collation and presentation of the results. The post holder will be required to develop a full understanding of the work of the organisation and take an active role in the support and development of the ICBs internal Business Continuity Plans and their annual testing via exercise. The post holder will be required to support the development and delivery of multiagency exercises, identifying and incorporating learning, as well as best practise from both local and national exercises. This post will provide a wide range of training and developmental opportunities. They will assist the team in ensuring that legal and regulatory requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and accompanying guidance are met and will ensure that their work aligns with the teams vision of innovation and excellence in EPRR. Please refer to the job description for full details.