Head of Resilience

The Head of Resilience will be responsible and accountable for ensuring that the Trust, as a Category 1 responder, is fully compliant with the Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) requirements as set out in the Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004, the Health and Social Care Act 2022 and the NHS Standard Contract, including the NHS England EPRR Framework and the NHS England Core Standards.
The post holder will ensure the duties of the Accountable Emergency Officer (AEO) are fully met and maintained for the organisation.
The post holder will develop, maintain and be responsible for testing the Trusts' generic and specific plans for emergency preparedness, ensuring there is a joint approach between SECAmb and other key agencies inside and outside of the NHS.
The post holder will adopt a whole systems approach across South East Coast Ambulance Service, ensuring the organisation aligns its arrangements with the wider health community, other Emergency Services and other Agencies e.g., UKHSA etc.
The post holder will put in place robust arrangements to ensure senior representation at each LRF in the in the trusts region and undertake appropriate scrutiny of each LRF's work plans, information, and intelligence in order to advise the organisation appropriately., The Head of Resilience will be responsible and accountable for ensuring that the Trust, as a Category 1 responder, is fully compliant with the Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) requirements as set out in the Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004, the Health and Social Care Act 2022 and the NHS Standard Contract, including the NHS England EPRR Framework and the NHS England Core Standards., To ensure that clear strategies and plans are in place to deal with significant short- term emergency pressures adversely affecting service delivery.
Maintain and update as required the EPRR Policy statement for the organisation.
Produce and gain EMB and Board approval for the annual Winter plan for the organisation. And undertake a review of the previous years winter plan to highlight key learning and recommendations for future plans.
Produce and complete the annual national EPRR assurance framework for the Trust (core standards) and complete the same process for the annual national Key Line of Enquiry for national interoperability (Via NARU). Complete a report for each process to assure the organisation of compliancy.
Provide monthly updates to Operational Management team (OMT) and quarterly updates to Executive Management Board (EMB) regarding EPRR matters via a report.
Be the initial point of contact and ongoing liaison between the service and the Military in relation to the Reception Arrangements for Military Personnel (RAMP) programme.
To ensure the appropriate guidance, action cards, rotas and communication are in place for an effective response by SECAMB and all our staff in the event of a major incident.
Provide strategic leadership to ensure that the Trust plans and prepares for major events and mass gathering festivals taking place within the Trusts area.
Maintain compliance linked to 'guide to safety at sports grounds' (Green/purple guide)
Maintain a national security clearance level of Secret (SC) enabling the post holder to receive and retain highly sensitive and complex information up to and including 'secret' as defined by the Government Protective Marking Scheme.
Communicate effectively with staff and managers on a regular basis, both individually and at team meetings.
Please note that the salary range noted on the vacancy is in line with agenda for change (AFC) pay scales. All successful applicants would be placed automatically at the bottom of the banding, unless proven, relevant NHS or equivalent experience can be demonstrated.
Following the revision of current national legislation (Vaccine as a Condition of Deployment), the Trust has reviewed our requirements relating to staff uptake of the SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) vaccination.
Going forward, for patient facing positions, we strongly recommend that new starters will be appropriately vaccinated unless medically exempt in order to offer greater protection against exposure to the virus for front line staff.
In line with this recommendation, if you are successful in your application for a front line post, we will seek information from you in relation to your vaccine status, including exemption status, as applicable.
Please note, all positions come with a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check relevant to the post. This will either be a basic, standard, or enhanced check depending on the role. The level of check will be outlined in the conditional offer letter sent to successful applicants.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to declare any unspent/unfiltered convictions. If you are shortlisted you will then be sent a self declaration form, which must be completed prior to attending interview. for any queries relating to declarations, please contact the Recruitment Advisor listed on the vacancy.
The Trust is passionately committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.
We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief. The Trust is making progress towards its aim of becoming more reflective of the diversity of our community in our workforce and guarantees an interview to candidates with disability who meet the essential criteria specified. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and disabled applicants and those from other under-represented groups.
The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people - including those with long term health conditions, learning disabilities and hidden disabilities such as dyslexia. If you tell us that you have a disability we can make reasonable adjustments to ensure that any selection processes - including the interview - are fair and equitable.
We are a committed to offering opportunities to individuals with disabilities and offer on-going support, should you be successful, with any adjustments you may need when performing your role.
When completing the application please use your name as it appears on your passport and please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
Please note that under our Trust policies, we're unable to employ anyone under the age of 18 years old.
The majority of our roles will include some travel between sites for business purposes. If the vacancy you're applying for includes work related travel, you will be required to ensure that you hold and have covered the cost of suitable car insurance to support this.
Should you require an application form in an alternative format including large print or braille, please contact [email protected] stating the vacancy reference number and we will be happy to provide this.
When completing the reference section, please include details to cover the last three years' history.
Due to the high volume of applications at SECAmb, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interview. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion.
Please note that we contact all applicants via Trac Jobs and would advise you check your Trac Jobs account regularly.
Please be aware that the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. For this reason we recommend completing your application as early as possible.
If you are a current SECAmb employee and applying for a substantive position, if successful you will move to the terms and conditions associated with the post. Any unsocial hours payments will be paid under the Section 2 agreement of agenda for change. If you are currently paid under Annex 5 and this post is the same banding as your current role, you can request to remain on Annex 5, or move to Section 2.
Section 2 unsocial hours will automatically be paid via your monthly timesheet. More information regarding section 2 can be found in the Agenda for Change handbook and on the our dedicated Section 2 page on The Zone .
If you are a current SECAmb employee and applying for a Secondment/Acting Up position, this would not be classed as a permanent change to your terms and conditions so if your application is successful, your current unsocial hours arrangements will not change for the duration of the secondment/acting up period.
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South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to 'support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities'. We are rated 'Good' for care by the Care Quality Commission and while the other areas under their most recent report require improvement, our aim is to continually improve and to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust.
Our 4,000+ workforce provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year. More information regarding our services and locations can be found on our website.

+ Option to join NHS pension scheme
+ A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years' service.
+ Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
+ Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
+ Access to occupational health and counselling services.
+ Award winning wellbeing hub
+ Back up buddy App
+ Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.