Head of NCA Emergency Planning, Resilience & Response | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,455 - £74,896 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 October 2025 |
| Location: | Oldham, OL1 2EY |
| Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7337788/236-NCA-AC245-25-PS |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arise to lead and manage the EPRR function, ensuring the organisation can respond effectively to emergencies and maintain essential services. This includes developing and implementing EPRR plans, training staff, and working with various stakeholders to enhance the organisation's resilience across our four hospitals and community services ensuring the organisation meets its legal requirements under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
The post holder will be responsible for:
• Trust compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements and work with partner organisations to ensure effective business continuity planning and emergency preparedness, resilience and response.
• Acting as first point of contact within the Trust for National, Regional and Trust EPRR teams.
• Representing the Trust’s interests at Local Resilience Forum Groups, and deputise for the Accountable Emergency Officer at regional and national meetings as appropriate.
• The communication strategy in relation to EPRR both internally (cascade tests) and externally.
• Operating as Deputy Chair at the Trust’s EPRR Resilience Fora.
• EPRR training development and delivery.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Oct 2025
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