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Health and Safety Advisor - Band 6
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area Facilities Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 10 months (Maternity Leave Cover to March 2026.) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8.00am - 4.00pm Monday-Friday excluding public holidays) Job ref 339-FM1709-KLE
Site Southmead Hospital Town Bristol Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata for part time roles. Salary period Yearly Closing 08/05/2025 23:59
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Job overview
We are looking for a qualified and experienced Health and Safety Advisor to join our team.We are looking for someone who is comfortable to work across our hospital sites to promote good health and safety management across a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical workplaces.
As a member of the multi-skilled Health and Safety Services team working across North Bristol NHS Trust, you will be responsible for reviewing incidents, identifying risk trends and providing advice to individuals and teams, working towards promoting a safe working environment for Trust staff, visitors and contractors.
The Health and Safety Services team includes Health and Safety, Manual Handling and specialist Fire Advisors, and works in collaboration with a wide range of other teams within NBT and partner organisations.
Main duties of the job
* Provide specialist health and safety advice, guidance and support across the Trust
* Review incidents reported using trust reporting tool (Datix), providing feedback to reporter and identifying incidents requiring further investigation
* Liaison with other Trust advisors, advising them of incidents and ensuring that there is a consistent approach to health and safety matters
* Liaise with all levels of management and staff throughout the Trust
* Design and deliver health and safety training
* Promote a positive safety culture throughout the Trust
* Review and produce written policies, guidance, information leaflets and reports on health and safety; interpreting and advising on health and safety law in a way which complies with legal requirements and reflects the Trusts systems and improves safety culture
* Participate in health and safety projects in the wider field of risk management, providing reports for consideration at relevant Committees and Groups
* Provide advice and guidance to managers, risk leads and assessors to ensure the undertaking of assessments of health and safety risks and that these are managed in accordance with Trust policy
* Provide advice to clinical staff about use of manual handling equipment and techniques
* Carry out health and safety investigations ensuring appropriate management action is taken in response to any reported situation which may constitute a breach of health and safety legislation or may possibly results in enforcement action or legal proceedings
Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
We commit to treating each patient as an individual with respect and dignity, aiming to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a first-class experience for everyone who uses our services.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Bristol is consistently voted the best place to live in the UK, with vibrant local music, arts and gastronomic scenes, a wide range of modern and state of the art shopping, recreation and leisure facilities, a wealth of great local family days out, fantastic transport links for local, national and internal holidays, and it has a rich history. If you prefer country, village or smaller town living, NBT is also easily commutable from a range of attractive locations in North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and South Wales (e.g. Portishead, Chepstow).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Technical member or Associate member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and working towards TechIOSH
* Minimum of two years’ experience in an occupational health and safety role, preferably within a large organisation such as the NHS
* Good presentation and training skills, preferably evident by qualification
* Experience of patient handling techniques and equipment in a clinical setting
* Specialist knowledge of health and safety legislation and civil case law
* Good working knowledge of the Reporting of Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR)
Interpretation and translation of legislation into practical actions and solutions, including developing policies, providing information and advice, training, writing reports and undertaking audits and inspections
It is essential that the post holder has a high level of interpersonal and communication skills as there is a need to communicate with all members of staff throughout the Trust and with external organisation representatives including enforcing authority officers such as the Health and Safety Executive. These communication skills will include both oral and written skills as there is often a need to investigate incidents and provide comprehensive reports on findings and recommendations in order to comply with health and safety legislation and to advise on the adoption of best practice.
The post holder must be enthusiastic, approachable, committed and have a flexible working approach and there is often a need for effective influence and negotiation skills especially when implementing change in safe working practices and providing advice to enable a safe working environment to be created.
Although an ability to work independently is necessary, it is essential that the post holder is able to participate effectively as a member of a multi-skilled team and be able to challenge as well as support improvements.
Good time management is needed to meet deadlines for actions and results are often set both internally and externally, e.g. HSE requesting information relating to the investigation of a RIDDOR incident, as a result of meetings, requests and enquiries and these have to be met.
The post holder must possess good presentation and training skills and have the ability to undertake presentations and training on a range of health and safety related topics to a variety of personnel.
There will also be a need to possess good computer skills in order to prepare training sessions and also use suitable packages for the production of written communications.
Ability to travel throughout the Health Community is required to ensure that appropriate advice is provided to resolve health and safety related situations.
The post holder should be someone with the drive and desire to deliver high quality services and who is able to be innovative in their approach to delivering positive outcomes.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake
Person specification
Experience
* Developing and delivering training
* Analysing information for reporting
* Clinical experience in a healthcare setting
If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.
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North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
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Name Ayshea Ware Job title Deputy Manager, Health and Safety Services Email address ayshea.ware@nbt.nhs.uk Telephone number 0117 414 2561
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