Health and Safety Advisor

Job description

Job responsibilities

Incident Management: Manage and investigate incidents, accidents, and near-miss events to identify root causes and propose corrective actions.

COSHH Management: Manage and maintain the online COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) database.

Health and Safety Training: Develop and deliver health and safety training to staff, ensuring compliance with relevant CSTF (Core Skills Training Framework) requirements where applicable.

Policy Writing and Updating: Assist in the creation, writing, and updating of health and safety policies and procedures.

Auditing and Reporting: Conduct health and safety audits across the Trust, write comprehensive reports, and provide recommendations for improvement.

Specialist Advice: Offer specialist advice on various health and safety issues, including risk assessments, safety equipment, and best practices.

Risk Assessments: Advise on suitable safety equipment, conduct safety risk assessments, and ensure that identified risks are effectively mitigated.

RIDDOR Reporting: Oversee the reporting of accidents and incidents under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases, and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR).

DSE Assessments: Conduct Display Screen Equipment (DSE) assessments to ensure safe working practices and environment.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in a health and safety related role or equivalent
• Proven ability to communicate at all levels.
• A solid understanding of health and safety legislation, risk assessments, COSHH, RODDOR and DSE regulations.
• Working in the NHS and with clinical and non-clinical roles
• Familiar with using Microsoft packages

Desirable

• Experience of working across departments and organisational boundaries
• Familiar with using SystmOne

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE Grade A to C in English and Maths or equivalent.
• NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health or equivalent qualification
• Good working knowledge of current health and safety related legislation

Key Skills

Essential

• Ability to develop and maintain relationships across a wide range of staff and encourage enthusiasm in others through own work approach.
• Resourceful, driven, can do attitude Personal integrity, open, inclusive leadership style.
• Organisation/time management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including report writing.
• Strong written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
• Can demonstrate effective communication with a multi- professional and diverse audience.
• Problem solving, decision making and analytical skills.
• Interpersonal skills required including persuading, negotiating, advising and motivating.
• Able to prioritise and manage workload on a day to day basis, responding to change at short notice.
• Resourceful, driven, can do attitude Personal integrity, open, inclusive.
• Highly motivated and works using own initiative.
• Exemplary standards of personal and professional behaviour.
• Full valid UK driving licence and own transport

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.

Employer details

Employer name

East Shore Partnership

Address

St Cuthbert’s Church

Hayling Avenue

Portsmouth

Hants

PO3 6BH

Employer's website

http://www.eastshorepartnership.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)