Job summary
Are you an experienced health and safety leader looking for a new and exciting opportunity?
As the Health and Safety Manager at South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, you will be responsible for providing specialist professional advice whilst coordinating health and safety arrangements for the Trust, reporting directly to the Head of Health and Safety.
The post holder will provide the necessary leadership to support and embed health and safety matters within the Trust and will lead and deliver on agreed work plans through leadership and management of a team of subject matter experts. The post holder will ensure high quality delivery of this work, helping the Trust to achieve an environment that is safe and secure for staff and patients.
This role requires technical skill but also involves building great working relationships and positive health and safety cultures with managers and staff across our diverse organisation; working with them to resolve issues and advising and guiding them on how to work more efficiently.
The right candidate will have extensive experience at a management level working in the health and safety field and will be able to demonstrate excellent people management skills. Experience of effectively managing a team is essential.
The location of the role is flexible and the successful candidate can be based anywhere within the Trust's geographical area.
Main duties of the job
- To be a competent person for health and safety advice
- Develop and present complex reports on health and safety performance
- Develop, deliver and monitor health and safety objectives, leading multiple work streams simultaneously
- Develop health and safety policies and procedures
- Undertake thematic reviews and audits on the health and safety management system
- Provide leadership and management to a dynamic team of professionals
- Identify health and safety risks, ensure plans are implemented to manage them
Please refer to the attached job description for the main responsibilities of this role.
About us
Working for us is an experience like no other. We provide emergency and urgent care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England of 10,000 square miles and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day.
We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients, which is reflected in our new five-year strategy which has continually improving patient care at its very core.
At the heart of our beautiful and diverse region we employ over 6000 people and are supported by over 575 volunteers.
If you embody our values of one team, compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to peoples' lives, then we would love to hear from you.
In return we will equip you with the skills, resources and development you need to thrive in your role.
You will have opportunities to progress to roles at a higher pay grade and enjoy continuous professional development.
Benefits
- Competitive NHS salary
- A standard working week of 37.5 hours
- Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Career and salary progression
- Car leasing scheme
- Free parking across Trust sites
- Cycle-to-work and other salary sacrifice schemes
- Staff networks
- Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the main responsibilities of this role.
Please note the interviews for this role will take place on 16 August 2024.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the main responsibilities of this role.
Please note the interviews for this role will take place on 16 August 2024.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Essential
- Educated to master's degree or equivalent, with relevant significant post qualification knowledge acquired through professional experience.
- Significant experience in a similar senior health and safety management role in a healthcare environment or equivalent complex organisation.
- Fire safety qualification.
- Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH).
- Training qualification.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Formal management and/or leadership qualification.
- Significant experience in the line management and leadership of a team and ability to lead a team effectively.
- Experience in writing and producing concise and accurate reports.
- Experience of management of budgets and service contracts.
- Experience in managing projects.
- Experience in completing complex risk assessments and accustomed to supporting effective risk management.
- Experience of developing, implementing and monitoring health and safety policies and procedures.
- Proven change management experience.
- Experience in dealing with challenging issues, taking a problem solving approach to support effective resolution.
- Experience of working with large incident reporting databases for audit, analysis of trends and complication of reports.
- Effective negotiating and influencing skills and ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with professional and managerial disciplines.
Desirable
- Member of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers (MIFSM)
- Other recognised health and safety qualifications.
- NHS experience.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Essential
- Educated to master's degree or equivalent, with relevant significant post qualification knowledge acquired through professional experience.
- Significant experience in a similar senior health and safety management role in a healthcare environment or equivalent complex organisation.
- Fire safety qualification.
- Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH).
- Training qualification.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Formal management and/or leadership qualification.
- Significant experience in the line management and leadership of a team and ability to lead a team effectively.
- Experience in writing and producing concise and accurate reports.
- Experience of management of budgets and service contracts.
- Experience in managing projects.
- Experience in completing complex risk assessments and accustomed to supporting effective risk management.
- Experience of developing, implementing and monitoring health and safety policies and procedures.
- Proven change management experience.
- Experience in dealing with challenging issues, taking a problem solving approach to support effective resolution.
- Experience of working with large incident reporting databases for audit, analysis of trends and complication of reports.
- Effective negotiating and influencing skills and ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with professional and managerial disciplines.
Desirable
- Member of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers (MIFSM)
- Other recognised health and safety qualifications.
- NHS experience.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Flexible within Trust's geographical area
Flexible within Trust's geographical area
EX2 7HY
Employer's website
https://www.swast.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
