Senior Health & Safety Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

We have a new and exciting role as a Senior Health & Safety Manager to join us at Everyturn.

You will be responsible for leading our Occupational Health and Safety Management (OHSM), providing strategic guidance, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. This role involves working across all of our services to provide assurances and to monitor the organisations health and safety performance.

You will be the organisational Health and Safety Competent Person and will be responsible for implementing an OHSM to ISO45001 standards.

Will consider remote applications, however this role will require National travel with a predominance in North East England.

About the role

Operational and Strategic Leadership:

• Be the Competent/Responsible Person for Everyturn on all matters Health & Safety in line with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
• Develop, implement, and manage the Occupational Health and Safety Management system in alignment with organisational goals and legal requirements.
• Provide strategic direction and leadership in all aspects of health and safety including development of the H&S strategy
• Be the secretary and minute taker for the H&S Committee and ensure there are robust governance arrangements to ensure efficiency of the committee including timely management of the agenda, minutes and papers.

Policy Development and Implementation:

• Create and maintain health and safety policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Ensure all health and safety policies are communicated effectively and understood across the organisation.

Compliance and Risk Management:

• Ensure compliance with UK health and safety regulations, including the Health and Safety at Work Act.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks related to health and safety.
• Conduct regular audits and inspections to ensure compliance and identify areas for improvement.
• As the competent person for H&S, lead on development and management of a robust H&S risk register and ensure there are robust mitigating actions in place to reduce impact. This will also include development of a legal register for the organisation.

ISO 45001 Implementation:

• Lead the implementation and maintenance of the OHSM system to ISO 45001 standards.
• Ensure the organisation meets the requirements for ISO 45001 certification.
• Conduct gap analyses and prepare the organisation for external audits.

Reporting and Assurances:

• Provide detailed reports and assurances to board members regarding the status and effectiveness of the OHSM.
• Present findings and recommendations to the board and senior management.
• Lead on development of regular reports including the annual H&S report for the Executives and the Board

Training and Development:

• Develop and deliver health and safety training programmes for employees at all levels.
• Promote a culture of safety through continuous education and awareness initiatives.

Incident Management:

• Oversee the investigation of health and safety incidents and accidents.
• Responsible for externally reporting ALL RIDDOR incidents
• Implement corrective actions and preventive measures to avoid recurrence.
• Lead on internal investigations as required. (This may require occasional exposure to highly distressing circumstances e.g., interviewing employees/public following an incident.).
• Support external investigations or inspections by HSE, CQC, Local Government bodies and other relevant bodies, ensuring collaboration and transparency.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Work closely with key stakeholders across multiple services to integrate health and safety considerations into all organisational activities.
• Act as the primary point of contact for health and safety matters both internally and externally.
• Provide advice and support to Everyturn services functions, including Operational, , Clinical, and corporate teams on elements of risk assessment that relation to H&S for staff and/or service users. Guide leaders to adapt and adopt generic risk assessments as needed.

About you

• Bachelors degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Health, or a related field.
• Professional certification such as NEBOSH Diploma, IOSH Chartered Membership, or equivalent
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in health and safety management, preferably in a healthcare or mental health setting.
• Proven experience in implementing and managing OHSM systems to ISO 45001 standards.

What we offer in return

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) and the option to purchase or sell day
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream-ability torelease earnings, giving youinstant access to your pay
• Vitality Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer.

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelors degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Health, or a related field.
• Professional certification such as NEBOSH Diploma, IOSH Chartered Membership, or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in health and safety management, preferably in a healthcare or mental health setting.

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

Everyturn Mental Health

Address

2 Esh Plaza

Sir Bobby Robson Way

Gosforth

NE13 9BA

Employer's website

https://www.everyturn.org/careers-at-everyturn/ (Opens in a new tab)