Job summary: 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.
The successful candidate will 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.
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.
About us
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 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. 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.
Person Specification
EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS
Essential: Degree level education or equivalent relevant experience. Formal recognised qualification in Occupational Health and Safety or Ergonomics and Human Factors at least minimum Nebosh Certificate/ NVQ.
Desirable: Professional Training Qualification. Membership of an appropriate professional body e.g. IOSH, IEHF.
EXPERIENCE/ KNOWLEDGE
Essential: In-depth knowledge of current health and safety legislation with the ability to translate into training programmes and advice regarding good workplace practice.
Desirable: Ability to conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations.
SKILLS/ ABILITIES
Essential: Experience of using measuring devices monitoring equipment. 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.
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