Senior Health & Safety Advisor
QE Facilities
The closing date is 16 January 2025
Job summary
As the Senior Group Health and Safety advisor- practitioner, you will be responsible for preventing/reducing accidents, injuries and health problems in the workplace and across the group. Your role will see you promote a continuous improvement culture aligned to ISO 14001 standards. With the ability to influence and drive change which promotes positive health and safety culture throughout the group ensuring all who attend Trust sites are adhering to current health and safety legislation by creating and implementing health and safety, audits, developing and presenting H&S training through various communication methods including tool box talks, ELearning / virtual learning and presenting face to face to multi-disciplinary groups, implementing suitable and sufficient policies and advising on safe working practices and assessments of risk this also includes the investigation of accidents and incidents as well as providing professional Health and Safety advise and support in a unique and variable role.
Main duties of the job
As part of the SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment and Quality) Team our Senior Health and safety advisers are a valuable asset and ensure all who attend our sites are safe. This is driven by adopting a continuous improvement culture and working with key stakeholders from various roles across the group to communicate and embed those cultures, promoting shared learning and acting on feedback. They develop policies and procedures to make sure people aren't harmed by their jobs, investigate and report accidents, and provide guidance to multi-disciplinary stakeholders on how to comply with the law.
We have multiple work sites from time to time you will be required to travel to complete necessary works tis could include - investigate an accident or to carry out a risk assessment.
About us
QE Facilities (QEF) is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust (GHNT), based in the North East of England.
We provide a range of non- clinical services to GHNT and other NHS organisations. Our services include estates, facilities services, procurement, medical engineering and devices, endoscopy decontamination and sterile services, transport, out-patient pharmacy, and prevention & management of violence & aggression training (PMVA).
In addition, we provide consultancy services, advising clients on all aspects of establishing a subsidiary company within an NHS body to the provision of VAT compliance advice.
QE Facilities work to their own Terms and Conditions, and these are not the same as Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Terms and Conditions. This is not an Agenda for Change Pay Rate.
We do not hold a sponsorship licence and are unable to offer employment under any sponsorship arrangement.
Date posted
03 January 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£47,659 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
297-QEF-6808086-A
Job locations
QE Facilities, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Sheriff Hill
Gateshead
NE9 6SX
Employer details
Employer name
QE Facilities
Address
QE Facilities, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Sheriff Hill
Gateshead
NE9 6SX
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