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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

You will have designated responsibility as the Trust’s health and safety specialist, providing advice, guidance, support and training for staff at all levels across the organisation.

You will influence and motivate others to work safely and follow best practice and promote a positive safety culture across the Trust.

You will have a lead role in the following:

• Investigating, monitoring and analysis of adverse events (accidents and incidents) affecting staff, including reporting to the HSE under RIDDOR
• Development and delivery of health and safety-related education and training programmes for all levels of staff
• Directly supporting and working with local H&S Leads across the Trust
• Development and review of policies, procedures, guidance and risk assessments relating to staff health and safety
• Providing reports to local care group H&S committees, divisional governance teams and the Corporate Health and Safety Committee
• Monitoring and auditing of health and safety compliance.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic health and safety professional with management experience.

You will need to have experience in writing risk assessments and action plans, managing audit and inspection programmes as well as experience of facilitating, administration and delivery of health and safety teaching and training.

A professional qualification and experience is essential (e.g. Certified/Chartered membership of IOSH or equivalent).

You will have excellent interpersonal, communication, organising and planning skills, together with very good IT skills, being proficient in all Microsoft Office applications.

You will work across all sites so will need to be able to access transport.

Person specification

Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience

Essential criteria

• Degree level of education or equivalent experience
• Health and safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH Diploma) or relevant equivalent experience
• Experience working in a health and safety role
• Evidence of relevant continuous professional development
• Experience of design and delivery of training programmes for health and safety
• Sound knowledge of current legislation relating to health and safety
• Significant experience carrying out a broad range of professional duties, including policy development, training, field investigations and auditing
• Experience of leading teams and specialist task and finish/working groups
• Experience of developing strategies, systems and processes in a complex organisation taking into account financial implications

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a healthcare setting
• DSE Assessor qualification and experience of carrying out complex DSE assessments
• Training/teaching qualification (CTTLS/DTTLS or equivalent)
• Occupational Hygienist qualification and experience
• Experience of carrying out specialist risk assessments in a healthcare setting

Skills

Essential criteria

• Advanced analytical thinking
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills
• Attention to detail
• Collaborative approach
• Communication
• Coordination
• Facilitation skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Organisational skills
• Prioritisation
• Report writing
• Working autonomously
• Working under pressure