Health and Safety Advisor

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To promote and support the implementation of the Trusts Health and Safety policies and procedures in the designated sites.

2. To assist in devising, promoting and supporting improvements in health and safety management strategies (policy formulation, organisational structures, planning, implementation of risk control measures, monitoring of performance in health and safety and audit and review).

3. To provide advice and guidance to the relevant health and safety committees/groups and assist in formulating and organising its plans as a key link in the health and safety management strategy of the Trust.

4. Provide specialist advice, reports and professional recommendations to managers at all levels on matters of health and safety, to enable the Trust to meet its statutory duties and reduce risks to staff, patients and others. Develop and produce written health and safety standards, systems of work, guidance and risk assessments, ensuring the information is kept up to date and reflects change in operational delivery and legislation. Produce general and specialist risk assessments (e.g. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, Display Screen Equipment etc.) on own initiative and on request to enable the Trust to comply with statutory health and safety requirements..

5. To assist with the completion of complex risk assessments relating to individuals, equipment, the environment and tasks.

6. Lead on serious accident investigations including RIDDOR ensuring root causes are identified, that lessons are learnt and that appropriate measures are implemented in a timely manner.

7. Ensure all RIDDOR incidents are reported to the Health and Safety Executive timely as per legislation.

8. Investigate incidents relating to civil and criminal legal cases against the Trust and liaise with other key stakeholders within and external to the Trust (e.g. Legal Services Department, NHS Litigation Authority, appointed Solicitors and representing Barristers etc.)

9. To work collaboratively with the Estates and Facilities department on road safety, building and construction safety to ensure that appropriate standards are deployed and maintained.

10. Assist Project Managers to gain assurance that construction phase plans(CPP) and risk assessment/method statements(RAMs) are up to date and robust Provision of information and identifying trends from the incident reporting system to managers and health and safety committees/groups with advice and recommendations as necessary.

11. To perform audits, compliance monitoring, inspections and investigations to support managers To provide guidance, support and motivation to directorates that will enable them to undertake their specific duties and to enable them to implement their action plans.

12. Provide summary reports of the audits for the relevant management teams.

13. Assist to devise, develop and deliver core health and safety training programmes and other specialist health and safety training. Undertake research to identify potential causes of injury and illness on specific subjects and to assist with the future development of risk reduction measures.

14. Assist in designing, adapting and managing the Health and Safety pages of the Trust Intranet.

15. Support meetings that will have senior staff attending from across the Trust and chair meeting as required.

16. Support the effective functioning of the Health and Safety Committee meeting with trade union colleagues.

17. To create and analyse statistical reports for benchmarking, reports for a range of meetings.

18. Provide advice and support to the CQC Quality and Compliance lead in regard to assurance of national regulatory requirements that relate to Health and Safety.

19. To act as a Competent Person for health and safety, liaising with the enforcement authority for health and safety- the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), Executive Directors and Directors to ensure the Trust remains compliant with health and safety legislation.

20. Network with other Risk / Health and Safety Professionals within the NHS and associated organisations and work towards Continuous Professional Development (CPD).

21. Deputise for the health and safety manager and carry out key responsibilities in their absence.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Masters or equivalent experience/knowledge.
• Relevant professional qualifications at Diploma level or above E.g.: NEBOSH Diploma Parts 1&2 in Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent. Membership of a professional body (e.g.: IOSH/ BSC/ CIMOSH)

Desirable

• Teaching/training qualification

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience working in a healthcare setting with exposure to standard setting and use of a risk register.
• Substantial prior experience In a senior Health and Safety
• Advisory role in a large, complex organisation
• Experience in training/teaching in Health and Safety

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to formulate, plan, develop, organise and implement a broad range of complex activities across the Trust, including adapting and adjusting to deal with uncertainty, as necessary: oe.g.: improving Trust performance with mandatory training in health and safety subjects.
• Excellent self and time management

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

University Hospital Lewisham

London

SE13 6LH

Employer's website

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