Job summary
Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions (CHS) Ltd is looking for a Health & Safety Advisor to join our growing team. This is an exciting opportunity to use your expertise to support health and safety across a wide range of hospital environments.
As our Health & Safety Advisor, you'll:
Provide professional, practical advice to teams across estates, facilities, and clinical servicesConduct risk assessments and incident investigations to keep our staff, patients, and visitors safe
Work alongside managers to drive compliance with legislation and support continuous improvement
Help develop policies and governance frameworks to strengthen safety culture
Build strong relationships with staff at all levels, influencing positive change every day
About you
We're looking for someone who is:
Qualified with a NEBOSH General Certificate (or willing to work towards it if you have relevant experience)
Experienced in providing health and safety advice within a complex organisation
Confident in leading incident investigations and supporting risk assessments
A great communicator, able to build trust and influence othersPassionate about creating safer workplaces and fostering a learning culture
What you'll get in return
A supportive team environmentOpportunities for further training and developmentThe chance to make a visible difference to thousands of staff and patients
Main duties of the job
Main Tasks:
Provide health and safety technical support and guidance for department. commensurate with your knowledge and experience and any information, instruction and training received.Provide incident & accident investigation/management for CHS and the trust
Provide H&S guidance and advice on legal matters.
Assist with Inputting of KPI, incidents and RIDDOR information into the company IPR report, assist with delivering this report to the CHS and CHFT board as required.
The identification, management, reporting investigation and learning from health and safety incidents to include those reported under the Reporting of Incidents, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations and Serious Untoward Incident (SUI) investigation.
Compile compliance information on behalf of the Estates team for statutory returns such as ERIC (Estates Return Information Collection) / PAMS (Premises Assurance Model)
Identify and undertake actions to decrease the risk of health and safety related incidents occurring and to improve outcomes in relation to patient, staff, and visitor safety.
Support the implementation, monitoring and compliance of the business with ISO 9001 quality standards.
About us
At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Clinical Engineering, decontamination and procurement service, provides the following:
- Fully managed estate and building maintenance
- Clinical Engineering and Decontamination
- Procurement advice, guidance and governance
- Capital project management
- Transport
- Grounds maintenance.
- Portering
- Catering
- Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)
All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will play a central role in responding to health and safety concerns, across both CHS and the trust undertaking risk-based assessments and reviews and supporting managers following adverse events. They will advise on legal compliance, contribute to policy and governance frameworks, and work collaboratively with staff to identify and reduce risk across clinical and non-clinical environments.
This is an advisory role focusing on reactive or lagging H&S factors that, requires regular engagement with teams across estates, facilities, clinical services and support departments. The postholder will be expected to build strong professional relationships, provide credible advice, and contribute to fostering a culture of safety, learning, and continuous improvement. Whilst the postholder has a corporate role, they will be expected to develop effective, collaborative relationships with the Directors, senior management teams and clinicians to support the governance and risk management structures.
Ensure up to date knowledge of all regulatory framework and best practice, making CHS board aware of changes as they arise.
Take the lead with Service Managers and other stakeholders to ensure that CHSs health and safety processes meet the business requirements of the organisation.
Recruit and train the CHS H&S Champions.
Manage and maintain appropriate databases, of Risk Assessments, Safe Systems of Work, and reporting systems in relation to health and safety data.
Contribute towards the analysis of health and safety related data from multiple sources, drawing conclusions and making recommendations to the Head of Safety on appropriate action(s) to be taken.
Contribute towards the production of periodic qualitative and quantitative reports with supporting narrative regarding health and safety as required.
Represent CHSs health and safety function at the Health & Safety Committees, external meetings, forums, and seminars as appropriate.
Work collaboratively with colleagues in the Calderdale & Huddersfield Foundation Trust to provide a comprehensive and co-ordinated approach to risk management.
Working closely with the trust legal team on compliance, risk, and legal matters.
Support the production, co-ordination and collation of all health and safety risk assessments, site inspections and audits, developing, implementing, and monitoring action plans to reduce identified areas of risk, escalating areas of concern in line with Trust policy.
Support the implementation, monitoring and compliance with other audits including external organisations as required and prepare and monitor action plans.
Develop, review and monitor strategies, policies, and procedures to promote best practice health and safety systems for CHS, liaising with appropriate managers and ensuring compliance with statutory responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will play a central role in responding to health and safety concerns, across both CHS and the trust undertaking risk-based assessments and reviews and supporting managers following adverse events. They will advise on legal compliance, contribute to policy and governance frameworks, and work collaboratively with staff to identify and reduce risk across clinical and non-clinical environments.
This is an advisory role focusing on reactive or lagging H&S factors that, requires regular engagement with teams across estates, facilities, clinical services and support departments. The postholder will be expected to build strong professional relationships, provide credible advice, and contribute to fostering a culture of safety, learning, and continuous improvement. Whilst the postholder has a corporate role, they will be expected to develop effective, collaborative relationships with the Directors, senior management teams and clinicians to support the governance and risk management structures.
Ensure up to date knowledge of all regulatory framework and best practice, making CHS board aware of changes as they arise.
Take the lead with Service Managers and other stakeholders to ensure that CHSs health and safety processes meet the business requirements of the organisation.
Recruit and train the CHS H&S Champions.
Manage and maintain appropriate databases, of Risk Assessments, Safe Systems of Work, and reporting systems in relation to health and safety data.
Contribute towards the analysis of health and safety related data from multiple sources, drawing conclusions and making recommendations to the Head of Safety on appropriate action(s) to be taken.
Contribute towards the production of periodic qualitative and quantitative reports with supporting narrative regarding health and safety as required.
Represent CHSs health and safety function at the Health & Safety Committees, external meetings, forums, and seminars as appropriate.
Work collaboratively with colleagues in the Calderdale & Huddersfield Foundation Trust to provide a comprehensive and co-ordinated approach to risk management.
Working closely with the trust legal team on compliance, risk, and legal matters.
Support the production, co-ordination and collation of all health and safety risk assessments, site inspections and audits, developing, implementing, and monitoring action plans to reduce identified areas of risk, escalating areas of concern in line with Trust policy.
Support the implementation, monitoring and compliance with other audits including external organisations as required and prepare and monitor action plans.
Develop, review and monitor strategies, policies, and procedures to promote best practice health and safety systems for CHS, liaising with appropriate managers and ensuring compliance with statutory responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Formal and verifiable Occupational Health and Safety Qualifications: NEBOSH NGC H&S
- Teacher training or other educational qualification
- Ladders and Stepladders for Managers - Ladder Association
- NEBOSH or similar incident investigation training
Knowledge & Skills:
Essential
- Able to develop and maintaining good working relationships at all levels in a large complex organisation
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Excellent presentation skills written and verba
- Ability to work to timescales and within budgets
- A track record of developing and maintaining good working relationships at all levels in a large complex organisation
- Possess self-confidence, enthusiasm, motivation, tact, and diplomacy
- Ability to problem solve under pressure
- Ability to recover from setbacks and failure
Desirable
- Knowledge of Corporate, Occupational Health and Safety Committees and groups
Experience
Essential
- Experience of undertaking incident investigations
- Sound knowledge of health and safety legislation and its application in the workplace
- Proven experience providing health and safety advice in a complex organisation
Desirable
- Knowledge of health and safety systems and processes
- Knowledge of ISO9001" quality management standards
- Knowledge of health and safety committee and group reports
- Experience of undertaking themed audits and/or inspections
- IT skills particularly use of o Knowledge of COSHH processes and legal compliance
- Experience supporting and leading risk assessments and compliance audit
- Experience of working in NHS or similar health background
General
Essential
- Able to fulfil the health requirements of the post as identified in the Job Description, considering any reasonable adjustments recommended by Occupational Health
- Must be eligible to work in the UK
- Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by the Company/Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Formal and verifiable Occupational Health and Safety Qualifications: NEBOSH NGC H&S
- Teacher training or other educational qualification
- Ladders and Stepladders for Managers - Ladder Association
- NEBOSH or similar incident investigation training
Knowledge & Skills:
Essential
- Able to develop and maintaining good working relationships at all levels in a large complex organisation
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Excellent presentation skills written and verba
- Ability to work to timescales and within budgets
- A track record of developing and maintaining good working relationships at all levels in a large complex organisation
- Possess self-confidence, enthusiasm, motivation, tact, and diplomacy
- Ability to problem solve under pressure
- Ability to recover from setbacks and failure
Desirable
- Knowledge of Corporate, Occupational Health and Safety Committees and groups
Experience
Essential
- Experience of undertaking incident investigations
- Sound knowledge of health and safety legislation and its application in the workplace
- Proven experience providing health and safety advice in a complex organisation
Desirable
- Knowledge of health and safety systems and processes
- Knowledge of ISO9001" quality management standards
- Knowledge of health and safety committee and group reports
- Experience of undertaking themed audits and/or inspections
- IT skills particularly use of o Knowledge of COSHH processes and legal compliance
- Experience supporting and leading risk assessments and compliance audit
- Experience of working in NHS or similar health background
General
Essential
- Able to fulfil the health requirements of the post as identified in the Job Description, considering any reasonable adjustments recommended by Occupational Health
- Must be eligible to work in the UK
- Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by the Company/Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
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.