Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates and Facilities Division at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust to expand the in-house Health, Safety and Risk Management Team.
We are looking to appoint three Health, Safety and Risk Managers across the division to assist and support the Associate Director of CRAG (E&F) and the Group Director of Estates and Facilities in leading the Estates and Facilities Health, Safety and Risk agenda, to ensure that the estates and facilities services to the whole of MFT are provided in a safe and compliant fashion and appropriately managed in accordance with current legislation, guidance and MFT policies and procedures, ensuring all known risks are recorded on registers and appropriately managed.
The post holders will assist in the development of; a divisional E&F health & safety framework to ensure an effective overall approach to estates and facilities related health, safety and risk management.
The role will require strong interpersonal and organisational skills to manage and prioritise workload, taking a collaborative approach to working with other members of the Compliance, Risk and Governance Team and a variety of stakeholders across the Trust.
The role will primarily be aligned to a site (North Manchester General Hospital / Oxford Road Campus). However, the post holder will also be required to work across all sites covering all areas of estates and facilities health and safety as and when required.
Main duties of the job
To see the main duties/responsibilities in this listed role please view the attached job description. .
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guidethat sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guidethat sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's degree level or equivalent experience
- Chartered member (or working towards Chartership) of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and maintain Chartered status.
- Undergo and committed to own continuing professional development
- NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health
Desirable
- H&S/Risk management qualification
- Recognised training qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive Health and Safety experience and knowledge in health & safety advisory and management role
- Extensive and in-depth knowledge of Health and Safety Law
- Experience of developing and implementing policies
- Experience of working within a large multi-disciplinary organization
- Significant highly complex risk management experience
- Experience in budget management
- Experience of estate related audits and control procedures.
- Experience at working at a senior level and influencing strategic direction
- Experience of developing and implementing health and safety management systems
Desirable
- Awareness of NHS Estates HTMs and HBNs
- Experience working in Estates and Facilities within a large Acute NHS Organisation.
- Experience of working with Private Finance Initiative (PFI) organisations
- Experience of Service Level Agreements
- Experience of utilising Risk Management Systems (e.g. Ulysses; Datix)
- Experience of CAFM systems
Skills
Essential
- Wide range of management skills with the ability to manage the team to deliver results, develop and implement policies and local objectives and action plans
- Ability to plan, organise and work analytically making informed judgments involving complex situations
- Ability to analyse and interpret highly complex data, legislative requirements and other information. Effective interpersonal skills in persuasion, motivation, and negotiation to deliver the role
- Able to establish collaborative working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- Proven ability to develop & implement policy
- Skilled in understanding and interpreting legislation, regulations and able to translate these into operational systems
- Ability to negotiate and influence others
- An effective leadership style
- Excellent communication skills with ability to produce written and verbal reports
- Excellent presentation skills
- Well-developed problem-solving skills and a flexible approach to developing solutions.
- Maintaining continuous Professional Development by training.
- It literate fully conversant in use of Windows Operating Systems, Microsoft Office; Microsoft Teams
Aptitudes
Essential
- Enthusiastic & self-motivated
- Proactive
- Completer/Finisher
- Receptive to change
- Self motivated
- Good communicator & confident with people
- Ability to work under pressure and demanding environment to ensure deadlines are met
- A good team worker who can work effectively with clinical, managerial & other colleagues
- Patient and Understanding
- Ability to interact at all levels
- Flexible and adaptable, ability to cross site work
- Evidence of diplomacy and negotiating skills
- Ability to prioritise
- Honesty
- Strong confident character
- Good persuasive skills
Values
Essential
- Patient first - we put our patients and customers first. We aim to exceed their expectations every time to earn their trust and loyalty.
- Excellence - we are dedicated to developing excellence. We strive to continuously improve the quality of care we give to our patients.
- One team- we aim to attract, excite, develop and retain exceptional people. We work as one team, delivering our best to our patients by supporting each other.
- Open - we embrace innovation and learn from our mistakes. We measure everything we do and we openly share information.
- Leadership - we believe in leadership at all levels. We demonstrate personal courage and role model the behaviour we expect from others.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's degree level or equivalent experience
- Chartered member (or working towards Chartership) of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and maintain Chartered status.
- Undergo and committed to own continuing professional development
- NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health
Desirable
- H&S/Risk management qualification
- Recognised training qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive Health and Safety experience and knowledge in health & safety advisory and management role
- Extensive and in-depth knowledge of Health and Safety Law
- Experience of developing and implementing policies
- Experience of working within a large multi-disciplinary organization
- Significant highly complex risk management experience
- Experience in budget management
- Experience of estate related audits and control procedures.
- Experience at working at a senior level and influencing strategic direction
- Experience of developing and implementing health and safety management systems
Desirable
- Awareness of NHS Estates HTMs and HBNs
- Experience working in Estates and Facilities within a large Acute NHS Organisation.
- Experience of working with Private Finance Initiative (PFI) organisations
- Experience of Service Level Agreements
- Experience of utilising Risk Management Systems (e.g. Ulysses; Datix)
- Experience of CAFM systems
Skills
Essential
- Wide range of management skills with the ability to manage the team to deliver results, develop and implement policies and local objectives and action plans
- Ability to plan, organise and work analytically making informed judgments involving complex situations
- Ability to analyse and interpret highly complex data, legislative requirements and other information. Effective interpersonal skills in persuasion, motivation, and negotiation to deliver the role
- Able to establish collaborative working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- Proven ability to develop & implement policy
- Skilled in understanding and interpreting legislation, regulations and able to translate these into operational systems
- Ability to negotiate and influence others
- An effective leadership style
- Excellent communication skills with ability to produce written and verbal reports
- Excellent presentation skills
- Well-developed problem-solving skills and a flexible approach to developing solutions.
- Maintaining continuous Professional Development by training.
- It literate fully conversant in use of Windows Operating Systems, Microsoft Office; Microsoft Teams
Aptitudes
Essential
- Enthusiastic & self-motivated
- Proactive
- Completer/Finisher
- Receptive to change
- Self motivated
- Good communicator & confident with people
- Ability to work under pressure and demanding environment to ensure deadlines are met
- A good team worker who can work effectively with clinical, managerial & other colleagues
- Patient and Understanding
- Ability to interact at all levels
- Flexible and adaptable, ability to cross site work
- Evidence of diplomacy and negotiating skills
- Ability to prioritise
- Honesty
- Strong confident character
- Good persuasive skills
Values
Essential
- Patient first - we put our patients and customers first. We aim to exceed their expectations every time to earn their trust and loyalty.
- Excellence - we are dedicated to developing excellence. We strive to continuously improve the quality of care we give to our patients.
- One team- we aim to attract, excite, develop and retain exceptional people. We work as one team, delivering our best to our patients by supporting each other.
- Open - we embrace innovation and learn from our mistakes. We measure everything we do and we openly share information.
- Leadership - we believe in leadership at all levels. We demonstrate personal courage and role model the behaviour we expect from others.
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).
Additional information
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).
