Job summary
Could you help West Suffolk Hospital to deliver the best quality and safest care to our local community?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health and Safety Advisor to join the Trust's Risk Office Team. The Risk Office provides high quality expertise and support to all services and specialities across the Trust. The primary responsibility of the post holder will be to support the Trust in meeting its legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. This includes covering multiple sites as required within the Trust's contract for both acute and community services.
Ideally with a health and safety background you should be able to demonstrate a good understanding of governance principles within the NHS, including health, safety and risk management. Excellent verbal and written communication will be essential, together with organisational skills and the ability to effectively use information.
This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate, looking to develop both their skills as a health and safety advisor and their wider risk management knowledge.
Main duties of the job
You will help support the Health, Safety and Risk Manager in the delivery of the Trust's risk management programme.
This will involve working on all aspects of risk assessment and COSHH including training, advising, monitoring and maintaining the Trust's Risk assessment repository and risk register and COSHH database.
You will need to develop strong and supportive relationships with staff at all levels within the Trust
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification attached for more details on the job role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification attached for more details on the job role.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Health and Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH Certificate / Diploma) or relevant qualification accompanied by significant experience of working in a health and safety role.
- Minimum teaching qualification such as CIEH Train the Trainer, or willing to work towards
- Management knowledge or experience
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Experience of working in the NHS / health care
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of health & safety policies, procedures and practices; acquired through specialist training in health & safety and management plus significant experience in the health & safety industry
- Good IT skills including the use of Microsoft office-outlook, word, excel and PowerPoint
- Good numeracy, verbal, written and presentation skills
- Experience of Risk Management
- Experience of working within a large, complex organisation
- Ability to analyse and interpret data; ability to report findings appropriately
- Up-to-date knowledge of UK Health and Safety legislation and Approved Codes of Practice
- An understanding of statute law
- Knowledge of risk and governance processes, procedures & methodologies
- To be a member of IOSH
Skills & Abiliites
Essential
- Apply H&S technical knowledge within the workplace
- oOpen style of communication, able to deal with all levels of staff, stakeholders and other external organisations
- oAbility to deliver information to large groups of individuals
- oAbility to deal with complex and difficult situations
- oExcellent written and verbal communication skills
- oExcellent analytical and report writing skills
- oAbility to plan complex work activities such as risk assessments and site meetings
- oExcellent interpersonal and communication skills
- oAbility to meet deadlines and manage pressure
- oAbility to work to clear guidelines and within role boundaries
- oAbility to organise own workload and use initiative
- oUse spread sheets and databases
- oTo continue own personal development
- oTo develop and present training packages to individuals and groups
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Organised, methodical, accurate and precise approach to workload
- Flexible approach to working duties/hours
- Ability to involve and influence others
- To work effectively alone and as part of a working team
- Ability to encourage and promote, to improve services and quality
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Health and Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH Certificate / Diploma) or relevant qualification accompanied by significant experience of working in a health and safety role.
- Minimum teaching qualification such as CIEH Train the Trainer, or willing to work towards
- Management knowledge or experience
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Experience of working in the NHS / health care
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of health & safety policies, procedures and practices; acquired through specialist training in health & safety and management plus significant experience in the health & safety industry
- Good IT skills including the use of Microsoft office-outlook, word, excel and PowerPoint
- Good numeracy, verbal, written and presentation skills
- Experience of Risk Management
- Experience of working within a large, complex organisation
- Ability to analyse and interpret data; ability to report findings appropriately
- Up-to-date knowledge of UK Health and Safety legislation and Approved Codes of Practice
- An understanding of statute law
- Knowledge of risk and governance processes, procedures & methodologies
- To be a member of IOSH
Skills & Abiliites
Essential
- Apply H&S technical knowledge within the workplace
- oOpen style of communication, able to deal with all levels of staff, stakeholders and other external organisations
- oAbility to deliver information to large groups of individuals
- oAbility to deal with complex and difficult situations
- oExcellent written and verbal communication skills
- oExcellent analytical and report writing skills
- oAbility to plan complex work activities such as risk assessments and site meetings
- oExcellent interpersonal and communication skills
- oAbility to meet deadlines and manage pressure
- oAbility to work to clear guidelines and within role boundaries
- oAbility to organise own workload and use initiative
- oUse spread sheets and databases
- oTo continue own personal development
- oTo develop and present training packages to individuals and groups
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Organised, methodical, accurate and precise approach to workload
- Flexible approach to working duties/hours
- Ability to involve and influence others
- To work effectively alone and as part of a working team
- Ability to encourage and promote, to improve services and quality
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.
