Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities listed below should be undertaken in accordance with the levels of competence. In addition, all staff are expected to act in accordance with the values and behaviours of our organisation. The main duties and responsibilities of the role include:
* Interpret complex UK health and safety legislation, regulations, and NHS statutory requirements to ensure organisational compliance, and support the Head of Health and Safety in delivering competent advisory functions as required under Regulation 7 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
* Contribute to Health and Safety Risk Management reporting for presentation to the Trust Safety and Quality Committee.
* Keeping up to date with changes to Health and Safety legislation and ensuring any changes relevant to the Trust are communicated through the appropriate committees and to relevant policy owners to be incorporated within Trust policies and procedures.
* Provide expert advice to senior leaders on maintaining a safe environment, safe systems of work and safe premises for patients, staff and visitors.
* Actively promote a culture that encourages openness and honesty so staff feel they can report all incidents and near misses.
* Ensure effective investigation and oversight of complex system failures relating to health and safety incidents of all non-clinical accidents, incidents or near miss events reported through the Trust's incident reporting system and provide advice, guidance and support to investigators of these events, as required, to ensure appropriate investigation and mitigations to prevent reoccurrence.
* Carry out investigations into health and safety incidents and ensure appropriate follow-up actions and learning.
* Maintain a robust Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) investigation processes and contribute to the investigation of RIDDOR incidents to confirm appropriate investigation and action, in line with Trust policy.
* Analyse relevant accident/incident information and identify trends ensuring significant findings are reported to the Health and Safety Governance Group with recommendations.
* Ensure that learning from incidents is triangulated with audit and risk data to inform Trust-wide improvement.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
* Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience gained in a health, safety, operational, governance or risk related role.
* Holds relevant degree/higher degree or has NEBOSH qualifications in Occupational Safety and Health or working towards or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
* Certified member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) or working towards or equivalent.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
* Understanding of key principles in health and safety management and how they apply operationally.
* Experience of supporting or leading activities related to safety, governance, risk management or compliance within a healthcare or complex organisational environment.
* Experience developing policies, procedures, guidance or improvement plans.
* Broad understanding of the non-clinical risks and issues within a health setting.
* Experience in overseeing and conducting investigations and implementing and communicating risk mitigation control measures.
* Experience undertaking risk assessments and managing risks.
* Experience interpreting and triangulating data from incidents, audits, or performance reports and taking mitigating actions.
* Awareness of statutory requirements relating to safe working practices, with willingness to develop deeper knowledge of civil and criminal regulatory frameworks.
* Experience of chairing or leading meetings.
* Able to demonstrate a working knowledge of issues associated with Health and Safety Management.
* Have a general understanding of guidance released by regulatory authorities, utilities, professional bodies and the Department of Health relevant to the work activities undertaken.
Desirable criteria
* Experience engaging with external regulators (e.g. HSE, CQC, Environment Agency, ICB).
* Experience improving safety systems or risk management arrangements in a large or complex organisation.
* Experience developing dashboards, trackers or performance monitoring tools.
* Practical exposure to applying legal frameworks in safety-related decision-making.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post. Our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders is available.
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