We are based in Camberley, Farnham and Guildford, and provide bespoke, compassionate, supportive and end of life care for people living with an advanced or terminal illness, across West Surrey and North-East Hampshire.
Health & Safety Lead
25 hours per week (WTE 37 hours)
Farnham, Surrey, with travel across sites in Guildford & Camberley
Are you passionate about working for a charity that delivers exceptional care? We have an opening for a forward-thinking and experienced Health & Safety Lead to join our friendly and supportive organisation at our site in Farnham, Surrey.
Main duties of the job
The Health, Safety and Wellbeing of our staff and patients is of vital importance to us. This role will manage, develop, co-ordinate and deliver our Health & Safety initiatives across Phyllis Tuckwell, ensuring a safe and effective working environment. The role will manage and mitigate Health & Safety risk to prevent issues, provide competent advice and training to Line Managers and staff, and complete inspections, audits and reviews to ensure any issues are efficiently reported and appropriate action is taken.
The role is varied and challenging and would suit a candidate with a strong background in Health & Safety, ideally within a healthcare setting. The successful candidate should possess appropriate NEBOSH qualifications. They should be able to work independently but also as part of a team, demonstrate vigilance, the ability to build relationships at all levels, organisation skills and able to deliver high standards.
If you would like to be part of a welcoming and committed team and wish to help us to continue to provide excellence and best practice in our health and safety management, we would love to hear from you.
About us
Phyllis Tuckwell is a very special place to work. Our staff make a real difference to the lives of our patients and their loved ones, providing outstanding care at a time that really matters. Our support team members are pivotal in helping deliver our vital services, ensuring every day is precious for our patients.
We are an equal opportunities employer and value the unique knowledge, skills and experiences that people bring to our organisation. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and warmly welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We offer:
* Phyllis Tuckwell Group Personal Pension (matched contributions up to 7.5%)
* Health Cash Plan Scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Blue Light Discount Card
A great place to work:
* Flexible hours and flexible working
* Supportive colleagues
* 97% of our staff are proud to work for Phyllis Tuckwell*
*Phyllis Tuckwell Birdsong Hospice staff survey 2023
Interviews to be held: Friday 1st November 2024
We reserve the right to close the role ahead of the closing date should sufficient applications be received. Your early response is therefore encouraged. Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and therefore are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Job responsibilities
POST: Health & Safety Lead
REPORTS TO: Director of People
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Chief Executive
Job Purpose: To co-ordinate, support and advise Phyllis Tuckwell on all aspects of Health & Safety (H&S). To establish, manage and monitor standards, processes, communications, training and systems to ensure compliance across all areas of H&S.
1. To ensure a safe working environment without risk to health throughout Phyllis Tuckwell.
2. To ensure that H&S policies, procedures, rules and regulations are administered, adhered to and regularly reviewed, in line with current legislation and recommendations from the Health & Safety Executive, and communicated appropriately.
3. To ensure that Phyllis Tuckwell meets its statutory obligations in all areas relating to health, safety and welfare at work, including statutory training and reporting.
4. To work with the education team to ensure a structured programme of H&S training across Phyllis Tuckwell, making effective use of e-learning modules on training tracker, ensuring training is relevant to Phyllis Tuckwell and reflects current H&S legislation.
5. To provide professional advice and support for all areas of H&S and deal with any issues within their level of competency, escalating more complex issues to the Director of People.
6. To ensure the completion and regular review of risk assessments, supporting individuals and line managers to review and undertake new assessments, ensuring they are fully documented and recommending actions and following up as appropriate.
7. To ensure that all incidents, accidents, near misses or non-compliance are documented and investigated with recommended improvements implemented accordingly.
8. To establish, monitor and maintain a programme of documented H&S inspections, audits and checks across Phyllis Tuckwell, including retail premises.
9. To ensure that safety inspections are carried out including fire alarm testing and drills, safety inspections, and lone working procedures are managed with staff and volunteers aware of their responsibilities.
10. To support Line Managers with DSE, Work Station and MSK Assessments for new and existing staff and where risks are identified, to recommend and implement appropriate manual handling or ergonomic solutions.
11. To assist with the development and maintenance of a H&S information centre on the Phyllis Tuckwell intranet.
12. To provide information to the Operations committee including the provision of regular H&S reports, within required timescales, as required.
13. To maintain membership of and active involvement in national and regional professional networks, including USHA, NEUSG and IOSH.
14. To implement and coordinate activities required to meet Phyllis Tuckwell's 5 year strategy.
15. To undertake H&S project work as and when required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Recognised professional qualification in Occupational Health and Safety such as the NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent
* Ideally a member of the IOSH
Experience
* Proven experience in health and safety, ideally in a healthcare environment.
* Experience and ability to develop and implement health and safety policies and procedures.
* Experience with the development and implementation of health and safety related documentation such as risk assessments, incident investigations and auditing.
* Experience of development and delivery of health and safety training.
* Ideally project management experience however not essential.
Knowledge and Skills
* Knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety legislation and a pragmatic approach to its implementation.
* Ability to provide authoritative advice and practical solutions on issues affecting health and safety.
* Ability to identify and analyse issues and develop effective solutions to problems and challenges within the H&S compliance framework.
* Ability to recognise and implement changes in accordance with legislative requirements.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to deal with complex and sensitive issues effectively and objectively.
* Flexible, organised, able to manage plan personal workload and adapt to changing priorities and timescales.
* Ability to work within all areas of Phyllis Tuckwell, to keep calm and make rational decisions in the event of any safety-related incident.
* Excellent IT skills including MS Office applications and ability to use new software packages.
* Holder of a current valid driving licence.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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