Health & Safety Manager

Hub Health and Safety Manager | Manchester | Warrington | Macclesfield | 12 month Fixed term contract | Full time | 37.5 hours per week | Competitive basic salary plus excellent benefits
Spire Healthcare is seeking an experienced Health and Safety Manager to join our Greater Manchester Hub hospitals, including Cheshire - Warrington, Manchester and Regency - Macclesfield, on a 12 months fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.
Contract type: Fixed term maternity cover for 12 months
Working hours: Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm
As Health and Safety Manager, you will be responsible to support Heads of Departments across our Greater Manchester hub hospitals; consisting Cheshire (Warrington), Manchester and Regency (Macclesfield) to ensure that working practices are established for employees, patients, contractors and other individuals who may work on-site do so in a safe environment in accordance to the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Management of the Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 are complied with.
You will provide support for the operational management of health, safety and risk, and all related systems and initiatives for the hospitals within the hub, with the aim of ensuring the provision of high quality, safe care and services at all times.
Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to):
* Assist the Hospital Directors and the Hub Hospital Director to coordinate the implementation and delivery of Spire Healthcare Health & Safety and Risk Strategies at the facility
* To chair the Health and Safety Committee meetings, tasks also include minute taking, monitoring actions arising and assisting in, or coordinating, and the implementation of actions arising.
* Action locally, any procedures issued centrally - tasks may include reviewing the content, commenting on documents under consultation, developing implementation plans, or leading on the implementation of such procedures across the hub
* Supporting Heads of Departments across the hub in undertaking and implementing risk assessments, in accordance with Group procedures, for the premises and activities/work undertaken at the premises, including monitoring the quality of general risk assessments produced within departments and working with managers less familiar with the risk assessment process to develop risk assessments
* Conduct quarterly health and safety monitoring inspections, as required in the policy. This can take the form of visits to each hub hospital to complete the monitoring form, or collating results provided by others, and conducting random sample visits
* Assist with any health and safety questions that arise from internal audits and visits by external enforcement agencies across the hub
* Ensure there are safety training arrangements (including first day fire safety instruction and H&S induction) in place for all staff employed at, or routinely working at the hub hospitals, and for other staff working at these locations, including agency staff, consultants and staff employed by consultants
What do you need to have?
* Good standard of secondary education with demonstrable literacy and numeracy skills.
* IOSH Managing Safely / IOSH Working Safely course
* NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (or the willingness to undertake qualification )
* Previous experience working in the healthcare industry or a similar customer orientated organisation.
* Track record of successful people and process management, ideally in a multi-functional environment
* Understanding of Health & Safety and risk issues and legislation in a healthcare organisation
* Competent user of the MS Office suite of products in order to meet the requirements of the role
* Ability to understand and manage effectively the impact of competing pressures and conflicting priorities
* Ability to challenge constructively in a solution orientated way
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
* Good interpersonal and team working skills
* Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Word and Excel
Benefits:
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
- 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
- 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Gym membership discounts:
- Family friendly policies
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Our Values
- We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
- Driving clinical excellence
- Doing the right thing
- Caring is our passion
- Keeping it simple
- Delivering on our promises
- Succeeding and celebrating together
Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications