Emergency Dispatch Nhs jobs

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Senior Emergency Planning Officer (EPRR) to join our Operations team on a 5 month fixed-term basis.
This is a key role supporting the delivery of the Trust’s Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) and Business Continuity programme.

You will provide specialist leadership to ensure the Trust is able to prepare for, respond to, and recover from major incidents, while maintaining compliance with NHS EPRR Core Standards and statutory requirements.

Working closely with clinical and corporate teams, you will lead on planning, training, exercising, and assurance activity, as well as supporting incident response and maintaining Incident Coordination Centre readiness. The role also includes working with system partners, including Local Resilience Forums and ICS colleagues.

Working within the Operations portfolio and reporting to the Head of EPRR, the Senior Emergency Planning Officer provides specialist operational leadership to ensure that the Trust can prepare for, respond to and recover from major, critical and multi‑agency incidents, and can assure Business Continuity in line with statutory and contractual requirements.

The post holder will coordinate delivery of the Trust’s EPRR work programme (plans, risk assessment, training, exercising and assurance), support Divisions to maintain robust BC arrangements, and deputise for the Head of EPRR as required. They will champion Integrated Emergency Management principles across prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.

We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.

To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video:

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Adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

• Deliver and coordinate Trust‑wide EPRR/BC planning, training, exercising and assurance so that requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act, NHS EPRR Core Standards and relevant contracts are met.
• Engage proactively with Divisions, Estates, Security, ICT/Telecoms, Governance & Risk, to develop and test integrated arrangements.
• Represent the trust at Local Resilience Forum and Local Health Resilience Partnership meetings where appropriate, promoting multi-agency partnership and advocating for acute health requirements.
• Provide specialist advice to managers and on‑call teams during incidents and exercises, staff the Incident Coordination Centre (ICC) and maintain its readiness; deputise for the Head of EPRR when delegated.
• Coordinate the collection of assurance evidence and continuous improvement actions from incidents, debriefs and audits.