Job summary
Fixed term or secondment opportunity until 31st December 2026.
As
the Health and Safety Manager at NHS South Yorkshire ICB your primary
responsibility is to ensure the well-being and safety of all individuals
affected by our activities, including employees, customers, visitors, and the
public. You will develop and implement policies, conduct risk assessments,
provide training, investigate incidents, and monitor compliance to
maintain a safe workplace environment.
Location/Base: One of the four places in either Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham or Sheffield.
Interviews: 27th to 31st May 2024 TBC
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities include the development and
administration of health and safety (H&S) and fire safety training,
tailored for various audiences within the organisation. Additionally, you'll
play a vital role in team communication and stakeholder management, both
internally and externally.
The role includes handling confidential
information with discretion while contributing to performance reporting. The
successful candidate will analyse data to support delivery, and the writing
of reports for senior management.
Coordinate and monitor training sessions on
fire, health, and safety to ensure compliance. Additionally, the post holder
will efficiently organise meetings, events, and documentation, ensuring
seamless coordination and support for team activities.
Contribution extends to policy and service development,
as the post holder will develop and implement procedures to ensure legislative
compliance. Furthermore, they will contribute to service improvement
initiatives and policy development, aligning with organisational objectives.
About us
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board oversees health
and social care for a population of 1.4m people. Working through our four places, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield, we are building on the
strengths, capacity and knowledge of all those directly involved with our local
communities to deliver our four key aims of Improving outcomes in
population health and healthcare; Tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience
and access; Enhancing productivity and value for money; and Helping the NHS
support broader social and economic development.
Our near 1,000 staff are committed to addressing the broader
health, public health, and social care needs of the population across South
Yorkshire through our values of One Team, Empowered and Innovative. We work as a key partner with the
Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) of health and care providers within the South
Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) to collectively deliver health and care
services that meet the needs of the local population. In total there are 186 GP
practices in the region, 72,000 health and social care professionals working
across seven NHS trusts and four local authorities, and a further 6,000
voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) organisations. We work
alongside all these colleagues through local councils, our VCSE
partners and other partners to address health inequalities and wider
determinants of health in South Yorkshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Experience of developing and implementing policies and standard operating procedures to ensure legislative compliance using expert knowledge and best practice guidance. E.g. Fire policy, Manual handling procedure, DSE procedure, Driving for work policy.
- Experience of researching best practice, interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform, advising on policy implementation.
- Organise and manage documentation for meetings and events, including preparation of agendas and minutes of meetings, tracking actions and timeframes as appropriate.
- Planning of training requirements on all aspects of Fire, Health and Safety to ensure legislative compliance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Experience of developing and implementing policies and standard operating procedures to ensure legislative compliance using expert knowledge and best practice guidance. E.g. Fire policy, Manual handling procedure, DSE procedure, Driving for work policy.
- Experience of researching best practice, interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform, advising on policy implementation.
- Organise and manage documentation for meetings and events, including preparation of agendas and minutes of meetings, tracking actions and timeframes as appropriate.
- Planning of training requirements on all aspects of Fire, Health and Safety to ensure legislative compliance.
Person Specification
Attributes
Essential
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do and seeks out innovation.
- Maintains effective working relationships at all levels and with staff in other offices.
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promoting high standards in all they do.
- Professional, calm and efficient manner.
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Fosters good working relationships and values diversity and difference.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Extensive knowledge and experience in the application of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and its associated regulations.
- Significant experience working in a large/busy team and with Director level stakeholders.
- Demonstrable experience dealing with sensitive and confidential information.
- Experience initiating and maintaining office systems.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft software applications (outlook, word, excel and PowerPoint etc.)
Desirable
- Understanding of project management principles and /or experience working in a project environment.
- Previous similar role in a healthcare or public sector environment.
- Experience project managing events or visits for senior officials.
- Experience in dealing with the public.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area such as NEBOSH qualification: NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety or NEBOSH Certificate with required health and Safety experience.
Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive Health and Safety legislative and best practice knowledge.
Desirable
- Significant experience of health and safety management.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Experience in conducting health and safety training.
- Excellent planning and organising capabilities, with exceptional attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Able to respond to changing demands and reprioritise when necessary.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and oral/written communication skills.
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
- Willingness to adapt to change, and to develop services and systems to meet changing demands.
- Proven ability to respond to the unexpected and ability to make judgements around when to make decisions independently or when it may be appropriate to escalate.
- Able to undertake a diverse range of tasks at the same time.
- Able to maintain confidentiality and trust and an awareness of information governance requirements and data protection.
Desirable
- Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and letters.
Person Specification
Attributes
Essential
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do and seeks out innovation.
- Maintains effective working relationships at all levels and with staff in other offices.
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promoting high standards in all they do.
- Professional, calm and efficient manner.
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Fosters good working relationships and values diversity and difference.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- Extensive knowledge and experience in the application of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and its associated regulations.
- Significant experience working in a large/busy team and with Director level stakeholders.
- Demonstrable experience dealing with sensitive and confidential information.
- Experience initiating and maintaining office systems.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft software applications (outlook, word, excel and PowerPoint etc.)
Desirable
- Understanding of project management principles and /or experience working in a project environment.
- Previous similar role in a healthcare or public sector environment.
- Experience project managing events or visits for senior officials.
- Experience in dealing with the public.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area such as NEBOSH qualification: NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety or NEBOSH Certificate with required health and Safety experience.
Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive Health and Safety legislative and best practice knowledge.
Desirable
- Significant experience of health and safety management.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Experience in conducting health and safety training.
- Excellent planning and organising capabilities, with exceptional attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Able to respond to changing demands and reprioritise when necessary.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and oral/written communication skills.
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
- Willingness to adapt to change, and to develop services and systems to meet changing demands.
- Proven ability to respond to the unexpected and ability to make judgements around when to make decisions independently or when it may be appropriate to escalate.
- Able to undertake a diverse range of tasks at the same time.
- Able to maintain confidentiality and trust and an awareness of information governance requirements and data protection.
Desirable
- Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and letters.