• Job Title Health, Safety, and Estates Quality Lead
• Reporting to: Estates Director
• HPL Salary Grade: 8
• HPL Salary Grade range: Grade 8 - £56,443 - £63,529
plus High Cost Area Supplement 5% of salary and discretionary bonus 10% of salary plus other benefits
• Contract: Permanent
• Location: Trust main site but will be required to visit others
• Full time
Join Healthcare Partners - an innovative partner private company
Established in 2018 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Healthcare Partners are focused on attracting, retaining, developing and advancing our workforce. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer, inclusion and diversity are key to the success of our company.
If you are looking to join a dynamic company with ambitious growth plans over the next ten years, look no further. This is a pivotal rewarding and challenging role in our partnership, and you will have the opportunity to shape your career within an organisation where talent is recognised and where we will empower you to learn and develop. We aren’t about putting people into boxes – we want people to break the mould and the boundaries to fulfil their potential. Our team here at Healthcare Partners know that everything they do makes a difference to patients’ lives. This isn’t just a job – it’s a real career, a way of making a difference every single day. We are a true team of diverse, incredible people, all pulling together to fulfil our vision of enabling our clinicians to provide the ultimate care – using the latest innovations to achieve the best outcome for their patients.
If you meet the requirements for this role and are looking to join an organisation that partners with a Healthcare Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC, apply today. This could be the start of your new and rewarding career!
Our Values
• Patient-Centric Collaboration
• Empowering Innovation & Excellence
• Working with Integrity
Our Employee Value Add – Healthcare Partners’ benefits
Healthcare Partners offers well-being resources as unique as our global workforce, so employees can do their best work.
We recognize and appreciate your diverse needs and interests and do our best to support you at work and at home with:
• Generous paid time off including - 25 days number Annual leave plus Bank Holidays,
• Paid sick leave
• 4 x Life Assurance
• Company contributed pension scheme
• Blue light Card – Discount card for NHS Employees
• Educational resources
• Access to wellness programs, gym memberships and mental health support.
• Maternity and Paternity leave
• Hybrid working according to customer need
• Study leave
• Free Car Parking at Healthcare Partners head office. The Trust site requires a paid permit
• The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with HPL and the stage of growth the HPL is facing at that point and time.
The Role: Health, Safety and Estates Quality Lead
Health and Safety is paramount within the Trust and its subsidiary company Healthcare Partners. This exciting role will be part of the Estates, Facilities, Health, Safety and Capital Projects team. You will expected to partner with all departments and deliver health and safety advice and guidance to tight deadlines. You will responsible for a team of three: two health safety and one manual handling advisor and continuously improve the quality provision of our estates service.
Job Duties:
• Management of the Health and Safety requirements of the Trust and Healthcare Partners.
• Lead and deliver ISO9001 for the Estates Department in line with the wider system currently in place
• Ensure that all requirements of legislation are met and liaise with the HSE when required.
• Management of fire safety at the Trust and its community services areas.
• Develop long term strategic plans for Health and Safety, Fire estates quality in line with the Trust’s corporate aims and divisions objectives. This includes achieving ISO 18001 accreditation to demonstrate the knowledge of putting in place the policies, procedures and controls needed for the organisation to active the best possible working conditions,
• To ensure that non-compliance notices from external bodies for health and safety, Fire are escalated and acted upon accordingly with urgency in accordance with policy
Competencies:
• You will have a proven track record in building, leading and motivating the team
• Demonstrable commitment to and focus on quality, promoting high standards to consistently improve patient care outcomes
• Excellent listening skills
• Highest professional ethics and professional presence
• Passion for results: The ability to find creative solutions and generate results, a strong sense of urgency and the ability to infuse that in others
• Experienced at working effectively across multiple levels of an organization and building successful cross functional partnerships
Qualifications:
• Membership of professional organisation (Institution of Fire Engineers)
• Experience of Fire Safety in a NHS environment
• HTM Fire Risk Assessors Training
• Proven experience in Health/Safety and Fire
• 3 years’ experience in an acute trust
• Demonstrated ability to organise and manage multiple priorities in a quick moving and change oriented environment
• A great teammate who is passionate about always delivering to the highest possible standard
• Strong leadership and management skills
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal abilities
to apply email HR recruitment rsch.hplhr@nhs.net Closing date 21st March 2025