- Support the corporate business continuity arrangements for NHS GM, including provision of specialist advice (where appropriate) on the maintenance of essential
- Responsible for the line management of the EPRR team including appraisals, people services matters etc..
- Support the management of budgetary implications of activity.
- Responsible for managing budget for service
- Support the delivery of any special projects as identified by the Chief for Population Health and Inequalities/Accountable Emergency Officer.
- Contribute to and maintain structured and supported on call rotas for NHS GM - ensuring that there is always access to a strategic director who is appropriately trained for their role.
- Provide assurance to the NHS England on matters of preparedness, resilience and response via the Chief Officer for Population Health and Inequalities.
- Ongoing development of processes to improve the patient experience and support to responders during and after major incidents building on learning from previous incidents
- Monitor the provision of the emergency response undertaken by Ambulance providers - including the provision of resources allocated for a response to a marauding terrorist attack (MTA).
- Work with other sub-regional commissioners on the provision of adequate EPRR resource across organisations.
- To support NHS GM accountability for the delivery of EPRR business plans that ensure that the NHS is fully prepared for emergencies, disruptive events and related surges in demand for services
- To contribute to the long-term business plans for EPRR ensuring that the NHS in GM is fully prepared for emergencies, disruptive events and increases in demand and services
- To report to the board on how effective the emergency preparedness procedures are, seeking improvements where necessary
- Ensure the development and management of preparedness, resilience and response arrangements, across the city-region, ensuring that the learning from previous incidents is incorporated
- Support delivery of the annual EPRR Core Standard Assurance programme in GM
- Ensure that the emergency preparedness, resilience and response agenda is promoted at Board level across NHS organisations within GM.
- To act as a champion for patients and their interests and involve the public and patients in the policy development and decision- making
- To ensure all public and patient contact with the office is of the highest professional standard
- To embed patient and public involvement at all levels of decision making
- To uphold organisational policies and principles on the promotion of equality
- To create an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued, everyone can contribute, and everyday action ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote Person Specification
- Specialist knowledge of EPRR gained at Master's Degree or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in the health EPRR specialist arena.
- Experience of project and programme management and improvement techniques and tools such as Prince 2, Managing Successful Projects or QSIR Practitioner
- Clinical Qualification
- Professional registration appropriate to the job requirements
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to EPRR
- Proven and significant leadership experience and/or formal management qualification.
- Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments
- Member of a relevant professional body.
- Able to operate autonomously at a tactical and strategic level in a multi agency environment.
- In depth ability to operate dynamic decision making and recording of decision in a pressured, complex and uncertain environment.
- Ability to deal with challenging situations in a formal setting
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Associate Director of EPRR - Manchester, United Kingdom - NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Description
Job summary
The Associate Director for EPRR is a key member of the GM extended leadership team and is responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction on the resilience of NHS services across the ICS.
As the Associate Director for EPRR, the post holder will support and deputise where required for the Accountable Emergency Officer (AEO) on emergency preparedness, resilience and response, ensuring effective system wide engagement with a range of key stakeholders.
Undertake on call duties as a subject expert in EPRR and or support local teams in fulfilling on call duties.
Undertake and maintain security clearance to an elevated level and be prepared to represent NHS GM EPRR at multi-agency and government level meetings. In conjunction with this, they will undertake leadership in the development of key policy in relation to EPRR on behalf of statutory partners and in contributing to the work of the Local Resilience Forum and Local Health Resilience Forum, working across category 1 and 2 organisations in the city-region, leading on the development of policy and guidance as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
About us
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in their area. Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area efficiency. This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and GM system.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR)
Enabling patient and public involvement
Promoting equality and reducing inequalities
Qualifications
Essential
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
SKILLS CAPABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
Essential
