* Permanent contract, full time 37.5 hours/week
The post holder's primary responsibility is to ensure that the Trust meets its legal obligations under Health and Safety legislation by developing, implementing, and reviewing the trust health and safety management system, policies, and procedures.
* Acting as the regional specialist in relation to Health and Safety regulations, policy, systems, processes, training, and resources, fulfilling the role of a competent person.
* Supporting staff to continue building a positive Health & Safety culture, proactive health and safety management, risk assessment and training.
* Facilitating regional health & safety management and practices including raising awareness and working with staff and senior managers to reduce the Trust's exposure to all safety risks. Advising managers to ensure a safe and secure environment is provided for all staff, patients, and visitors.
Main duties of the job
* Provide expert advice, support, training, and leadership on all aspects of health and safety.
* Contribute to the department annual work plan.
* Submit regional health and safety reports to the Trust health and safety committee.
* Work with colleagues to ensure that health and safety data is triangulated with other measures to identify trends and highlight areas of concern.
* Undertake Health and Safety Audits.
* Ensure that robust systems are in place for the identification, management, investigation and learning from health and safety incidents.
* Ensure that actions are identified and undertaken to reduce the risk of health and safety related incidents occurring and to improve outcomes in relation to staff, patient, and visitor safety.
* Report RIDDOR incidents to the Health and Safety Executive.
About us
* NHS employees will be eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme.
* A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing with service.
* Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
* Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
* Access to our award-winning Wellbeing services.
* Access to occupational health and counselling services.
* Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
Job responsibilities
The post holder's primary responsibility is to ensure that the Trust meets its legal obligations under Health and Safety legislation by developing, implementing, and reviewing the trust health and safety management system, policies, and procedures.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
* Degree level qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience (NEBOSH, British Safety Council).
* Chartered Member of Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH) or working towards this i.e., Tech Grad with IPD.
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
Experience
* Experience of working in a health and safety advisory post in a complex health setting, preferably NHS.
* Making strategic recommendations regarding health and safety issues.
* Up to date working knowledge of UK and European health & safety legislation.
* Highly specialist knowledge of health and safety regulation applicable to NHS premises and employees.
* Demonstrable experience of using risk management systems, tools, and techniques.
* Good understanding of Root Cause Analysis and other investigative techniques.
* Experience of using and interpreting complex data/databases for reporting and analysis.
* Experience of Datix.
* Experience of working in a large community NHS Trust.
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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