EPRR Manager (Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response)

This role will be the Trust's single point of contact and expert on all matters relating to Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) and as such will be the initial point of contact, as the lead specialist in the field of emergency planning in the Trust, for contact to/from: ? Department of Health and Social Care? NHSE/I? GMHSCP? CCGs? Police? Local Authorities and other partner organisations for special operations and/ or incidents and planning for such. The postholder will build and maintain resilience in all aspects of emergency preparedness by developing existing arrangements and creating new strategies and plans as required which will include ensuring regular testing of directorate plans and associated interdependencies to provide assurance., Ensuring the Trust meets and maintains the requirements as required by the NHS Commissioning Board EPRR Framework. The development, implementation, and maintenance of all necessary policies, plans and procedures for all aspects of contingency planning and emergency preparedness, including major incident, pandemic and business continuity arrangements, taking account of associated patient-care issues.Advise and support the Trusts' management arrangements in respect of contingency Planning.Ensure risk management arrangements take account of service continuity issues and work with the network EPRR leads to ensure the contingency planning-related risks adequately reflect in the Local Resilience Forum's multi-agency Community Risk Register. Ensure that the Trust is an active participant in the relevant HERGs in respect of their emergency preparedness, and work withthe local and wider NHS community developing emergency preparedness resilience.Identify, understand and quantify all requirements to satisfy the Trusts' emergency preparedness obligations, particularly in respect of the NHS England EPRR Core Standards, EPRR Framework and other relevant guidance and standards.Create an EPRR development plan incorporating all EPRR requirements.Keep updated with Trust developments, service rationalisations, reorganisations, etc., in order to identify potential conflicts with, and / or 'knock on' effects on, the Trust's contingency arrangements.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel