Health and Safety Advisor

Job summary

To support the H&S team achieve H&S statutory compliance and ensure staff work in a healthy and safe environment .

Ensure legislative compliance is met in line with management ask.

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist advice Trust wide with regard to Health and Safety issues

To undertake delivery of Health and Safety training.

Support, facilitate and advise on incident investigations and relevant documentation

Monitor Datix reports which come under the Health and Safety remit

Attend and contribute to Health and Safety related meetings both internal and external.

Complete reports on visits, give feedback to local managers .

To deputise for the Trust' H&S Senior Operational and Project Lead's

To work closely with the management system to identify, develop, implement and monitor training requirements

Contribute to the development of Health and Safety policies and procedure and thesuccessful implementation

Contribute to the design, delivery and updating of Health and Safety Training programs.

Maintain a record of CPD.

Monitor and audit the divisions and their departments as stipulated across the Trust to ensure they contain the correct information and relevant inspections and that risk assessments have been undertaken Facilitate and support the Health and Safety team in ensuring that COSHH risk assessments are up to date andare using the Sypol system appropriately.

To undertake audits within the area of their responsibility.

To meet their KPI / Appraisal agreed targets.

Closing date of applications: 3 March 2025

Interview date: 17 March 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

---

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

---