Employer Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Bath NHS House Town Bath Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum (pending pay award) Salary period Yearly Closing 16/03/2026 23:59
Band 5 - Assistant Health and Safety Advisor - Bath
Band 5
Job overview
This is a development role within the Health and Safety Team, supporting the organisation in maintaining its Health and Safety requirements. The post holder must be willing to complete the NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health and to gain a range of Health and Safety Advisor competencies. Once qualified and suitably experienced, the post holder will be eligible to be considered for a Band 6 Health and Safety Advisor role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to assist with the delivery of health and safety support across all areas of the Trust. This will include providing support to a range of services and managers to maintain compliance with policies and procedures, undertake incident investigations, and promote a positive health and safety culture.
The post holder will be working in a fast‑paced environment that must respond quickly to organisational risks and operational demands. They must be an effective communicator and demonstrate strong problem‑solving skills.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We deliver services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire, and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person‑centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees provide better care.
AWP is committed to supporting and creating a positive, research‑active and evidence‑based environment and culture, which has a beneficial impact on everyone who works within the organisation and on the care we provide to those who use our services.
At AWP, we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We are particularly keen to receive applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. We welcome people bringing their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will support managers, staff and the Health & Safety Team to ensure the effective delivery of the following key functions:
Health and safety policy development and review.
Incident investigation and incident data analysis.
Providing health and safety advice to staff, service users, contractors and members of the public.
Health and safety auditing and monitoring at both local and Trust-wide levels, and devising and monitoring resulting action plans.
Undertaking and advising on statutory risk assessments, and completing specialist assessments as required.
Promoting health and safety across the Trust.
Supporting the Health & Safety Manager and Health and Safety Advisors in the investigation of employer liability and public liability claims.
Contributing to the development of high levels of health and safety awareness across all service areas.
Undertaking workplace assessments in support of HR and Occupational Health.
Supporting the provision of health and safety advice relating to estates issues, including new buildings, refurbishments and existing facilities.
Liaising with FM user groups.
Maintaining strict confidentiality at all times regarding matters relating to service users and staff.
Reviewing reported incidents on the Ulysses system and analysing statistics to inform risk assessments and reports.
The post holder will assist the Health and Safety Team in providing advice and support to managers and staff in relation to topics covered within the statutory risk assessment programme.
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
* Educated to degree standard, and/or experience of working at an equivalent level
* Experience of interpreting and processing information/data to substantiate reports
* Ability to plan, organise and manage conflicting priorities, coping with varying demands and high levels of activity
* Willingness to undertake training and complete the NEBOSH General Certificate within reasonable time period, any other specialist training as required whilst continually improve in role
We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with ‘lived-experience’ of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,– we are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’ offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.
Please apply to join us, we would love to hear from you. Any personal details you supply to us are kept safe in line with the General Data Protection Regulations.
Adverts normally close for application a few minutes before midnight on the closing date and we will let you know if we are offering you an interview by email via our recruitment system ‘TRAC’ by email via our recruitment system ‘TRAC’. We contact all applicants within 4 weeks after the closing date, so please check your emails regularly once you have submitted your application; you are welcome to contact us, via the TRAC system, if you have any queries about your application.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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