Health and Safety Officer

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen at South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust for a Health and Safety Officer. This is a hybrid site/home-working permanent role with the flexibility of covering different areas/counties within the Trust's geographical footprint. As such, the post holder can be based anywhere within this area, but have the ability and willingness to travel as required by the work plan.

The Health and Safety Department's role is to provide competent and technical advice, guidance and support to the Trust in meeting its statutory duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and all associated regulatory requirements. You will provide professional skills and expertise to achieve the Trust's objectives and work plans for health and safety.

You will be a qualified health and safety professional with post-qualification experience, excellent interpersonal skills, displaying diplomacy and tact through proactive engagement activity in order to build trust and increase safety culture to support the Trust's objectives for health and safety. You'll be self-motivated, able to work autonomously and as part of a wider team of health and safety professionals. You'll be supported by an innovative and collaborative team who have a passion for promoting and improving health and safety management.

Main duties of the job

• Provide competent health and safety advice for a wide range of health and safety subjects.
• Regularly produce and effectively communicate reports involving health and safety data.
• Regularly monitor accident/incident reports, proactively providing advice and guidance to managers in the investigation of RIDDOR incidents.
• Develop and provide training to managers and staff in relation to health and safety.
• Facilitate and attend meetings with key stakeholders and present reports on health and safety performance.
• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Assess the risks present in a specific work areas, workplaces or processes to identify unsafe working conditions and practices. Make judgements to inform recommendations to remedy any defects found and ensure any recommendations made are acted upon.
• Develop, implement, and report on a programme of health and safety inspections and audits.
• Proactively ensure health and safety actions arising from health and safety activities are monitored and updated accordingly.
• Facilitate and assist with the completion of risk assessments for all aspects of Trust work. These will include generic risk assessments, site specific risk assessments, DSE assessments, COSHH assessments, fire risk assessments, noise assessments, vibration assessments and manual handling risk assessments (list not exhaustive).

Please note the Job Description is currently under review so the banding is indicative.

About us

At South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) we have a culture where everyone is valued for being themselves. Our aim is to work together to promote the most inclusive environment possible, which attracts people from the widest range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work that we do together, for the benefit of all of our employees, our patients and the communities we serve. We offer flexible working opportunities, inclusive policies and a range of feedback mechanisms to support individuals and to enable a positive, welcoming environment where our people and their careers can thrive in.

We employ over 5,000 employees mainly clinical, operational and emergency response staff as well as supporting roles. We also employ Doctors and volunteers which include community first responders and fire co-responders.

We take all the steps needed to provide the most compassionate patient care possible whilst also providing an enjoyable and safe place to work. We actively promote a positive set of behaviours as being key to our performance both individually and collectively. Our recruitment, selection and screening processes are designed to uphold these standards and we invite all our candidates to actively share with us through these processes how they will bring these behaviours to life.

Employer details

Employer name

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust Wide

Bristol

BS32 4QJ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust Wide

Bristol

BS32 4QJ

Employer's website

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

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