Head of Emergency Planning, Resilience and Response: Sponsorship Available

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Head of Emergency Planning, Resilience and Response (EPRR)

Join one of the South Coast’s most ambitious acute Trusts, delivering care across three hospital sites for a population of over 750,000. With major clinical transformation underway and a £500m investment programme, this is an exciting opportunity to shape resilience at the heart of our organisation.

EPRR plays a critical role in ensuring we are prepared to respond to any challenge.

As Head of EPRR you will:

  • Provide strategic leadership for EPRR, ensuring the Trust meets its statutory duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and NHS EPRR guidance.
  • Drive continuous improvement in preparedness, resilience, business continuity and incident response.
  • Work with system partners across Dorset to strengthen planning and resilience.
  • Act as the Trust’s lead expert and principal adviser on EPRR.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will lead across planning, training, exercising, response, recovery and assurance, embedding learning from incidents to keep the Trust resilient and ready to deliver safe care.

Interview: September 4th

Main duties of the job

The Head of EPRR will provide specialist advice and support to Executive Directors, Senior Managers, Clinical and Operational Leaders and other staff who have a role in incident response, emergency preparedness or business continuity arrangements. The postholder will work closely with internal teams and external partners, including NHS Dorset, local authorities, emergency services and regional NHS England colleagues, to support joined-up planning and response across Dorset and the wider South West.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • First degree or has appropriate level of senior managerial experience
  • Emergency Planning and / or Business Continuity Qualification
  • Relevant specialist training in emergency preparedness, resilience and response, business continuity, incident command, CBRN/HAZMAT preparedness or major incident management
  • Experience of leading and managing EPRR

Desirable

  • Experience of managing EPRR compliance submissions, including NHS EPRR Core Standards

Essential

Essential

  • Understanding of major incident management, operational pressures escalation, surge planning, risk management, command and control arrangements, and business continuity management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 23 August 2026

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