Health & safety advisor

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

The main purpose of the job is to provide specialist health and safety advice to NHS Trust, demonstrating a significant knowledge of the legislation and regulatory framework, including NHS guidelines. The post-holders will also be responsible for the provision of high quality health and safety training to Trust staff.  

Post-holders will be responsible for supporting the development, implementation and communication of all health and safety related strategies, policies and procedures in order to ensure compliance with national standards and best practice.

Location: Milton Keynes 

Job Type: Temporary 

Duration of booking: Expected to last 10 months with possible extension.

Proposed start date: ASAP.

Pay Rates: Up to £21 per hour Umbrella or £19 per hour PAYE inclusive of holiday pay.

Hours / Working Days: 37.5 hours per week / Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm. 

Sector: Healthcare. 

Based: Office / Hospital 

Remote working: YES 3 days on site & 2 days WFH

SKILL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Health and Safety qualification  (e.g. BSc Occupational Health & Safety Management or
• NEBOSH Certificate / Diploma) or relevant qualification accompanied by significant experience of working in a health and safety role
• Significant experience of working in a health and safety advisory post in a complex organisation 
• In-depth knowledge of health and safety legislation required to advise on all aspects of risk management within the Trust  

PRINCIPLE DUTIES (i.e. Key responsibilities)

• Provide expert advice, support, training and leadership on all aspects of health and safety   
• Support the Safety & Resilience Manager in the development of an annual work plan in line with the needs of the organisation and statutory requirements.   
• In liaison with the Safety & Resilience Manager, ensure the Trust is made aware of new applicable legislation and guidance as it arises.  
• Investigate health and safety incidents, including Serious Untoward Incident (SUI) to identify relevant root causes, risk management strategies and support the sharing of lessons learnt
• Deliver interventions aimed at mitigating the risk to the health and safety of staff and others and improving the outcomes in relation to patient, staff and visitor safety.   
• Support the development, monitoring, implementation and review of strategies, policies and procedures to promote and develop safe systems of work for the Trust, liaising with appropriate managers to support compliance with statutory responsibilities.  
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of Risk Registers, maintaining an oversight on the implementation of strategic actions required to mitigate risks.  
• Support Service Managers and other stakeholders in ensuring the Trust’s health and safety processes meet the business requirements of the organisation and the local needs of services
• Support and coordinate the undertaking of health and safety risk assessments across services to ensure relevant hazards are identified and controlled as far as reasonably practicable
• Undertake regular site inspections and audits and develop and monitor the implementation of action plans necessary to mitigate identified risks, escalating areas of concern in line with the Risk Management Policy for the Trust.  
• Support the implementation, monitoring and compliance with other action plans resulting from audits undertaken by other department or external organisations, including statutory returns to external regulatory bodies
• Support the Safety & Resilience Manager to ensure corporate policies, processes and procedures are regularly reviewed and updated to meet relevant requirements.  
• Produce regular reports for Divisional and Corporate Health and Safety Groups, providing an effective overview of the Trust performance against key indicators for health and safety.
• Upon request, produce reports to analyse health and safety related data, draw conclusions and make recommendations on appropriate actions to be taken.  
• Support the Emergency Planning and Business Continuity Manager to ensure that appropriate plans are in place and provide support to local managers in reviewing these.   
• Represent the Trust’s health and safety function at external meetings, forums and seminars.   
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Trust to provide a comprehensive and coordinated approach to risk mitigation across the Trust.  

TRAINING  

• Design and deliver high quality health and safety training is provided to Trust staff in line with statutory requirements.  
• Support the undertaking of training needs analysis to identify the training requirements for Trust staff.  
• Develop and make available a range of learning materials to support competence of staff and compliance with health and safety legislation.  
• Monitor and report on health and safety training compliance data, escalating areas of concern to relevant internal stakeholders.  
• Liaise effectively with the Learning & Development team to ensure that training records are accurate, up to date and that appropriate reports can be generated as required.