Emergency Planning Manager

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

We are looking for an Emergency Planning Manager to join the EPRR (emergency, preparedness, resilience and response) team at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board.

The EPRR team is responsible for working with both health and multi-agency partners to facilitate the coordinated delivery of health resilience in West Yorkshire.

Our EPRR team is part of the Planning and Performance Directorate and works closely with the System Control Centre to provide support, coordination and advice on resilience.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys collaborative working, can manage competing demands and has previous experience working in emergency planning or in the NHS.

Main Duties of the Job

You will work with our partners across the West Yorkshire health and care system to strengthen resilience, including hospitals, community and mental health providers, ambulance services, primary care, and local authorities.

NHS West Yorkshire ICB is a member of the West Yorkshire Resilience Forum and as the Emergency Planning Manager, you will represent the NHS on multi-agency meetings, exercises, and projects.

This role will involve travel across West Yorkshire to attend ICB offices and multi-agency meetings and exercises.

About Us

NHS West Yorkshire ICB works to improve population health and reduce inequalities, addressing diverse community needs. As part of the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, we collaborate with local councils, health providers, and community organisations.

We value diversity as a strength that enhances creativity and patient outcomes. Committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace, we prioritise wellbeing and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protected characteristics.

We support Carers with a Carer friendly environment and a working Carer passport. As a Mindful Employer, we support employees and applicants with mental health conditions. As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee interviews for suitable applicants meeting the essential criteria. Please let us know of any required adjustments.

Job Responsibilities

During an incident, advise and support strategic and tactical command levels within the ICB.

Respond to unpredictable situations, convening emergency meetings at short notice and managing competing demands.

Play a lead role in the annual core standards self-assessment process for EPRR for both the ICB and for the wider health system.

Support the ICB on-call manager in preparation for their duties.

Promote the development of business continuity within the ICB and work with ICB place service leads to ensure business continuity management systems are in place.

Maintain a training portfolio and undertake associated training to ensure that you meet the requirements for the role of EPRR specialist.

Support education and training programmes to ensure that ICB staff involved in emergency planning and response are adequately trained.

Person Specification

Other Criteria

• Willing to undertake security checks and vetting as required for the role.
• Able to travel to a variety of sites across West Yorkshire. There may be a requirement from time to time to travel to NHSE Regional or National Offices.

Experience

• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience of training and delivery of exercises.
• Experience of working in a healthcare environment.

Skills & Behaviours

• Understanding of the legislation and requirements specific to EPRR.
• Understanding of the principles and practice of risk management, investigation, and mitigation.
• Upholds the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty.
• Able to prioritise competing demands amongst a rapidly changing agenda.
• Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in a specialist area.
• Qualification in EPRR, such as the HEPRR certificate, award, or diploma (Health Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response).