Business Continuity Lead

The post holder of this role will deliver the programme of Business Continuity (BC) for the organisation, working within the Trust EPRR team and alongside equivalent roles at partner organisations, to strengthen the Trusts emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) arrangements.

They will provide project management of BC, working and supporting Divisional BC leads to embed preparedness against disruption at the frontline for all services. They will coordinate these activities across services and Divisions to build a broader depth of interdependent preparedness. They will drive continuous improvement and establish robust assurance of local plans through collaborative planning, training and exercising., The Business Continuity Lead for Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) provides subject matter programme management across the Acute organisation to ensure statutory compliance with the Civil Contingencies Act (2004) and NHS EPRR Core Standards requirements.

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust., The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.