Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust are currently seeking an enthusiastic Safety Advisor to join the busy Health & Safety Team on a full time 37.5 hours per week permanent contract.
The Health & Safety Team supports all care groups and corporate services Trust wide. At the heart of what we do are the people we support who are actively and meaningfully involved in their own departmental services providing acute healthcare service to both the residents of Cornwall and visitors.
The Department was formed in 2012 and now supports around 7,000 people a year across the three main sites. Our work falls into three principal services: Health, Safety and Moving & Handling.
The Safety Advisor post is responsible to the Senior Safety Advisor and is a key post in the Safety section of the wider Health & Safety team.
This customer-facing role requires excellent interpersonal and telephone skills, including interaction with internal staff, external agencies, and occasionally members of the public.
The post holder will be responsible for advising on technical matters and assisting with the development and implementation of robust systems and staff, as well as maintaining existing processes within the Safety team, monitoring the organisation and action plans on the specialisms covered by your section of the wider team.
Main duties of the job
As part of the Professional Practice Team, you will actively participate in supporting Trust staff to carry out risk assessments, investigations, preparing action plans, and providing training to reduce the levels of risk.
The post holder will support the Senior Safety Advisor with the provision of specialist health and safety advice and guidance, face-to-face and remote internal training, and monitoring and measuring of internal performance to ensure progress against the Trust health and safety strategy and achievement of health and safety objectives/targets as identified in the business plan.
Arrange and/or re-arrange at short notice meetings, training, monitoring, and assessments as necessary.
Data entry and text processing of data/information, including data that may have been compiled by others using a variety of Microsoft Office standard applications.
Ensure the Health, Safety, Moving and Handling Team are providing reports for Trust wide KPIs, measuring against team standard work procedures so that timescales are being met in relation to completion of assessments, investigations, etc.
Support Senior Safety Advisor with the development and provision of training materials, registers, face-to-face training, and presentations.
The post holder will potentially travel anywhere within the Trust geographical area, which may sometimes be at short notice.
About us
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Job responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click view the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
* Identity Checks
* Professional registration and qualification checks
* Employment history and reference checks
* Work health assessments
* Criminal record check standards
* Right to work checks
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Please note that applications from unqualified candidates are encouraged, as fully funded training can be given. Successful candidates with a level three qualification will be employed at pay band 5, and successful unqualified candidates will be employed at pay band 4 until qualified.
Person Specification
Qualification
* GCSE level 4 or above in Maths
* NEBOSH NGC (Level 3) or equivalent
* CoSHH Assessor Qualification
Disposition
* Good teamwork ethic
* Good telephone manner
Experience
* IT Literate
* Able to predict trends by interpreting all relevant information
* Knowledge of Alcumus Sypol
* NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent
* Experience working in a complex, public-facing organisation
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.
Head of Health, Safety, Moving and Handling Team.
£26,530 to £36,483 a year. Pay band subject to qualification.
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