Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Health & Safety Officer

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Job summary

We are looking for a Health & Safety Officer to join our team at Edward Jenner Court on a full-time permanent basis.

The role will require you:

To provide professional advice on health and safety matters relating to staff, patients and premises, to undertake health and safety audits and inspections and to investigate incidents where appropriate or requested.
To assist in the reporting of RIDDOR incidents in accordance with HSE guidance
To provide full administrative and technical support to the Trust Health and Safety Lead and the Trust ASMS
To assist the Health and Safety Lead maintain the Trust record of audits and inspections.
To cover for the Health and Safety Lead during times of leave or other absence.

Main duties of the job

To update health and safety records to demonstrate the Trust's compliance with statutory requirements.
To assist in the preparation and presentation when required of any health and safety reports for the Trust.
To monitor health and safety under any applicable legislative requirements and to liaise with the appropriate inspectorates.
Reporting incidents to the appropriate enforcing authority, in accordance with Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 to the Health & Safety Executive

Advise, liaise, notify specific departments in the trust as required including the legal department where claims are indicated, estates & facilities and security regarding incidents and extract monthly and ad hoc reports for their Divisional Board/Departmental meetings.
Assist and deliver various face to face Health and Safety training sessions in conjunction with the Health and Safety lead.
Maintain the RIDDOR reporting process in line with the Trust policy to ensure a streamlined procedure from input of the incident data to final closure of the incident investigation.
Undertake general office duties, including photocopying, filing and data input as required

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Date posted

25 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-24-902

Job locations

Edward Jenner Court

Pioneer Avenue

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide managers and staff at all levels of the organisation with routine advice on health and safety matters. Act as the first point of contact before disseminating queries to Health & Safety Lead.
Ensure that any specialised training records that the Health & Safety Lead is responsible for maintaining are accurate, collated and input correctly and provide regular and ad hoc compliance reports
Support to the Trust ASMS as appropriate
To actively promote good health and safety to Trust staff, contractors and, where possible, service users.

To undertake such other duties as shall be allocated by the Health and Safety Lead or the ASMS in accordance with the grade of this post.
To provide advice in accordance with the requirements of this job description to all other Trust staff as and when required.
To maintain and continue professional development as a health and safety officer in order that advice given is founded on up to date appropriate professional knowledge.
To provide health and safety training as required and in line with the Trust Health and Safety Policies
To support Managers with the upkeep of their Health and Safety knowledge and training.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide managers and staff at all levels of the organisation with routine advice on health and safety matters. Act as the first point of contact before disseminating queries to Health & Safety Lead.
Ensure that any specialised training records that the Health & Safety Lead is responsible for maintaining are accurate, collated and input correctly and provide regular and ad hoc compliance reports
Support to the Trust ASMS as appropriate
To actively promote good health and safety to Trust staff, contractors and, where possible, service users.

To undertake such other duties as shall be allocated by the Health and Safety Lead or the ASMS in accordance with the grade of this post.
To provide advice in accordance with the requirements of this job description to all other Trust staff as and when required.
To maintain and continue professional development as a health and safety officer in order that advice given is founded on up to date appropriate professional knowledge.
To provide health and safety training as required and in line with the Trust Health and Safety Policies
To support Managers with the upkeep of their Health and Safety knowledge and training.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Working toward or prepared to work toward NEBOSH General Certificate
Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (or willing to work towards)
Good working knowledge of using Microsoft tools including excel, word, teams etc
Current valid driving licence (not provisional)
Access to own vehicle for business use

Desirable

Previous demonstrable experience of working within a Health and Safety role

Experience

Essential

Substantial experience of working in the field of Health and Safety.
Experience of carrying out Health and Safety Risk Assessments

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Working toward or prepared to work toward NEBOSH General Certificate
Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (or willing to work towards)
Good working knowledge of using Microsoft tools including excel, word, teams etc
Current valid driving licence (not provisional)
Access to own vehicle for business use

Desirable

Previous demonstrable experience of working within a Health and Safety role

Experience

Essential

Substantial experience of working in the field of Health and Safety.
Experience of carrying out Health and Safety Risk Assessments

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

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court

Pioneer Avenue

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court

Pioneer Avenue

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)