Health and Safety Manager

3 months ago

Cheshire, United Kingdom Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Working Full time : hours per week

An opportunity has arisen for a Health and Safety Manager to provide expert support, training and advice to the Trust and its staff on all aspects of Health and Safety. The successful candidate will ensure that the Trust is able to demonstrate full compliance with legislation and the workplace standards and support the provision of a safe environment for our patients, visitors and our staff.

Reporting to the Head of Estates, the Health and Safety Manager oversees day to day management of the team and delivery of effective Trust wide systems and processes. You will effectively gather and act upon health and safety information in line with current legislation, regulations, policy, guidance and good practice.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide competent and impartial H&S advice to managers and staff of all levels. Working closely with the Estates Team, Capital Projects, and Management Group and Senior Managers, the post holder will lead on key H&S issues to influence and deliver short, medium, and long-term implementation plans specifically for health and safety management.

You will represent the Trust at regional IOSH Health and Safety meetings and attending regular strategic meetings and training updates to maintain compliance with all statutory and legal requirements.

As the Trust's senior competent person in Health and Safety, the post holder will act as an expert resource in providing the knowledge and skills to assist in the generation of a positive health and safety culture throughout the Trust, continuously working towards the implementation of external requirements under HSE/Care Quality Commission outcomes.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NEBOSH level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety or NEBOSH Certificate with required health and safety experience Educated to masters/post Graduate qualification in relevant field or equivalent knowledge and experience Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)

Desirable

Qualification in training or experience of delivering training

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Substantial Health and Safety knowledge, preferably within a healthcare environment. Experience of risk management. Comprehensive, current knowledge of health and safety legislation

Desirable

Knowledge/experience of NHSLA/CQC/Standards for Providers outcomes compliance.

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