Health And Safety Advisor

3 days ago


Dartford, United Kingdom Oxleas Nhs Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary * PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY * An opportunity has arisen for a full-time experienced competent Health & Safety Advisor at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has over 60 premises ranging from in-patient mental health buildings to GP practices & Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup.
This is an opportunity for a highly motivated & committed individual with health & safety experience in a designated H&S role to join our specialist NHS Trust.
The postholder will be an integral team member of the Health & Safety & Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response Team.
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate the ability to work closely with team members from all professions & with the wider risk teams to help coordinate education, support, monitoring & management in respect of the Trust's Health & Safety & Risk agenda.
Previous experience of risk management procedures & Datix are desirable but not essential.
Candidates should have excellent IT & communication skills & experience of working in a busy team, with structured annual workplans & strategic vision.
You must act in collaboration with our Estates & Facilities department & our Health & Safety Team.
You will be an excellent communicator, able to train other multidisciplinary team members, partners & contractors regarding risks, controls & complex procedures, to provide assurance to the Trust board as to status of health & safety.
To work within the team, striving to build a positive Trust safety culture.
Main duties of the job To provide competent advice to all Oxleas staff on the requirements of current Health and Safety legislation, initiatives and guidelines and Trust policies, safe systems of work and procedures.
To be a 'competent person' for the Trust in Health and Safety matters as required.
To undertake an annual programme of Health and Safety compliance-based audits across Trust teams.
This will include scheduling the annual programme of audits, of the teams and Directorates allocated to the Postholder and within specified timescales.
To ensure all Health and Safety Audits conducted (within allocated sites) are evidenced based and appropriate remedial actions are assigned to Team Managers to address all non-conformities, to ensure continuous improvement.
To promote a positive Health and Safety culture and ensure all works are undertaken with the highest regard to the safety of patients, staff, visitors and contractors.
Promoting a culture of ownership of health and safety, and risk management throughout the Trust.
Working with partner organisations to ensure equitable compliant standards.
About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings.
Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.
Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England.
In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent.
We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs.
We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London.
We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.
This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care Job description Job responsibilities Ensure there is compliance with all regulatory provisions regarding Health and Safety in all Trust owned or operated properties.
To undertake an operational role within the Health and Safety Team, being first link to clinical and non-clinical teams, working with them to help develop safe systems of work to improve the safety of staff whilst at work, including lone workers, contractors and agency staff.
Auditing departments, clinicalteams anddirectorates.
Writing training and education material.
Training staff and management on all aspects of health, safety and compliance.
Providing data for the writing of status and monitoring reports and statistical analysis.
Supporting Directorates with all health and safety and risk management related enquiries.
Collaborative working with departments, clinicalteams anddirectorates, promoting good practice in risk management and risk reduction.
Monitoring incidents and assisting accident/incident investigation, ensuring RIDDOR reportable incidents are notified to the HSE in timely manner.
Implement robust processes to ensure best practice health and safety policies, procedures and safe systems of work.
Essential experience and qualifications for the role(s): Minimum of NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent).
Significant previous experience of working in a Health and Safety post is essential.
Previous experience of auditing; ideally with some community/mental healthcare experience.
Strong communication skills, and ability to influence and engage with people at all levels.
Strong interpersonal, IT and organisational skills.
Full Job Description and Person Specification is attached.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential NEBOSH Diploma Qualified Other relevant Health and Safety Qualifications Desirable Additional Qualifications in EPRR Additional Qualifications in Fire Safety Experience Essential 5 Years Experience in Health and Safety Environment NHS Experience in Health and Safety or large organisation Desirable NHS Experience in Estates and Facilities Experience in EPRR in Public Organisation Experience in Fire Safety in Large Organisation Knowledge Essential H&S Legislative Knowledge Knowledge of HTMs, British Standards etc.
Delivery of H&S Training Desirable Multi Discipline Knowledge Knowledge of H&S KPI's Skills Essential Information technology skills, Microsoft Office packages Communication skills Desirable Report Writing Prioritising Workload Environment Essential Negotiating Ability Ability to interface with Directors and Clinical Leads Desirable Physically Fit Additional Essential Cross Site Experience Good Knowledge of English Language Experience of working collaboratively with external agencies Desirable Continued professional Development Behavioural Safety Skills Self Motivated Other Requirements Essential Valid and Current Driving License Access to Road Worthy, Taxed and Insured Vehicle



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