Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response Officer (EPRR Officer)

Bradford District Care Foundation Trust (BDCFT) is looking to appoint an experienced and motivated Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) Officer. The EPRR Officer will work on specific projects to help BDCFT fulfil its responsibilities under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and meet its obligations as described within the NHS England Core Standards for EPRR. The EPRR Officer will promote continuous improvement in the Trust's EPRR arrangements and will undertake joint working with colleagues in partner organisations to enhance plans and processes for emergency preparedness.

Supporting the BDCFT Accountable Emergency Officer (AEO) and reporting to the EPRR Manager, the EPRR Officer will contribute to the full cycle of emergency preparedness, from risk management and planning to training and exercising. The EPRR Officer will also have a role in the delivery of EPRR assurance processes and will support processes that aim to identify learning from incidents and exercises., The EPRR Officer will be part of the BDCFT EPRR team that provides specialist advice and support to BDCFT executive directors, senior managers, function leads and other BDCFT staff who have a potential role in incident response or business continuity management arrangements. The EPRR Officer will also liaise with colleagues in partner organisations to support joint working for emergency preparedness across the North East and Yorkshire region.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.