Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) Manager


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£49,387 to £56,515 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Worthing, BN11 1FG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	17 Sept 2026
Closing date:	1 Oct 2026

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Summary

In order to be a successful Emergency Planning Practitioner in our team you will be: - Experienced in business continuity, emergency planning and response - Comfortable in planning and delivering training and exercises, virtually and in person - Working with a variety of services across the trust to meet the EPRR core standards and needs of the trust. Flexibility with working patterns/condensed hours can be considered. SPFT staff have the capacity to work from home remotely where applicable and in agreement with your line manager. Own transport is required as the role involves travel across the whole Sussex County area on occasions. MAIN DUTIES The role of the Emergency Preparedness Resilience & Response (EPRR) service is to ensure the organisation complies with it's statutory obligations regarding Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response to ensure the Trust maintains is operational capability as far as is reasonably practical during an emergency/incident. The EPRR Manager will be an expert for all EPRR matters within the Trust and act as a conduit for all guidance and information whilst promoting and embedding a positive culture of EPRR across SPFT. The EPRR Manager will support the Head of EPPR in co-ordinating and embedding the Trusts emergency response plans including business continuity plans, EPRR culture, and associated processes in line with the Civil Contingencies Act and NHS England EPRR core standards. The post holder will work towards defined results and will work closely with partner organisations to support system resilience and to contribute to forums that enable the sharing of best practice, peer review and collaborative working. Reporting to the Head of EPRR, the post holder will be responsible for the safe, efficient, effective and co-ordinated EPRR function for the Trusts Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Recovery (EPRR). The EPRR Manager will be the deputy for the Head of EPRR as required. The post holder will ensure the Trust meets its statutory regulatory and NHS requirements and ensuring alignment with the activity of the Trust under the Civil Contingencies Act (2004) and complies with all relevant EPRR guidance for the NHS, non-statutory guidance that accompanies the Civil Contingencies Act including business continuity and resilience preparedness. The post holder will support interpreting, risk assessing, planning and managing the development and implementation of all arrangements relating to SPFT preparedness, resilience, ability to respond to incidents and emergencies as defined in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. Ensuring national and local standards are met including Care Quality Commission (CQC) Standards and NHS EPRR national contract standards across all sites and preparing for the annual Core Standards submission. The post holder will be responsible for compiling the Trust annual business plan in relation to EPRR, developing the strategy for each area of activity to secure delivery of EPRR compliance, ensuring compliance with local, regional and national guidance and ensuring implementation and that performance targets and strategic objectives are met. The post holder is responsible for the end to end procurement process of mass notification systems. The post holder will manage the training and exercising program for the Trust and will be expected to travel to SPFT locations across Sussex to ensure training and exercising delivery requirements are met. See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details. Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact: Alison Horton, Head of EPRR: alison.horton4@nhs.net

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