Job overview
Barking Havering and Redbridge NHS University Hospitals Trust are currently recruiting for a Health and Safety Advisor role to work as part of the Corporate Health and Safety Team. Working within Corporate Services and assist the Health and Safety Team in ensuring that the Trust is able to meet its obligations in relation to UK legislation and other relevant standards. To provide an advisory and support service to all Groups and Corporate Functions to enable them to comply with Trust policies and procedures and to achieve the objectives agreed within the Trust Health and Safety plan. Candidates must have a minimum of NEBOSH Certificate, and be undertaking or interested in studying for a Diploma and experience of working in a large multi-disciplinary organisation. Experience in the NHS will be an advantage. All new staff appointed to posts at the Trust are subject to a probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the culture and working environment of the Trust. For further details or to arrange an informal meeting please contact:
Dipak Chauhan, Head of Health and Safety, 07961714419 or by email
Main duties of the job
• Support the delivery of the health and safety policy in a sensible, practical and proportionate way • Assist with administering the health and safety audits, inspection and training programme. • Support the risk and safety assessments process and provide support to areas requiring specialist technical assistance • Assist with ensuring that the reporting systems and data for H&S events in the Trust are efficiently and meticulously maintained. • Administer and support the development and delivery of H&S training within the Trust to ensure the Trust is protected from risk. • Support and maintain the Trust intranet resources for the health and safety department. Develop communication and engagement programmes to improve the Trust’s health and safety culture • Ensure that reportable incidents are promptly reported and filed to assist with investigations, claims and learning. • Educate Groups and Corporate Functions in reporting and monitoring safety hazards • Ensure regular inspections and audits of public areas to check that safety hazards have been identified, their presence reported and the required action taken. • Support delivery of comprehensive risk management system that is easy and efficient to use. • Develop and maintain generic risks assessments as well as other specific risks assessments as required. • Assist Health and Safety team in writing and updating of relevant policies, and procedures.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and, in recognition of our progress, we’ve been shortlisted for Trust of the Year at the Health Service Journal Awards.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
1. Degree level education or equivalent relevant experience.
2. Formal recognised qualification in Occupational Health and Safety or Ergonomics and Human Factors at least minimum Nebosh Certificate/ NVQ.
Desirable criteria
3. Professional Training Qualification.
4. Membership of an appropriate professional body e.g. IOSH, IEHF.
EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
5. In-depth knowledge of current health and safety legislation with the ability to translate into training programmes and advice regarding good workplace practice.
Desirable criteria
6. Ability to conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations.
SKILLS/ ABILITIES
Essential criteria
7. Experience of using measuring devices monitoring equipment.
8. Keyboard skills in Microsoft office packages such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are required with the necessary accuracy and speed to enable the post holder to compile reports, or minutes of meetings and produce accident data reports.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.