Responsibilities
Provide health & safety support to departmental managers / heads of department.
Provide support in relation to health & safety adverse incident investigation, alongside providing independent investigation of their own.
Provide health & safety training when required.
Undertake audits in respect of demand. Provide Health & Safety related advice and support in line with current regulation, directly to Directorate Managers, Heads of Departments. They will provide support to all staff across all of the hospital sites.
They will require strong motivational and persuasive skills and will be responsible for the smooth co‑ordination of specific tasks. This will include an annual Health & Safety audit of their respective areas.
They will take responsibility for revising and monitoring their own Health & Safety related training programmes.
They need to have knowledge of all CTMUHB Policies and Procedures as well as other documentation and advise Heads of Department accordingly.
They will advise Directorate Heads in areas such as Risk Assessments, COSHH, Manual Handling Coordination, Provision of PPE, VDU assessments, Noise etc.
They will co‑ordinate COSHH issues for their area. They will be supported by the COSHH Co‑ordinator.
The post holder will attend Directorate meetings of relevance. They will encourage department heads to implement development actions. They will devise remedial action plans as a consequence of these meetings.
The post holder will be guided by the requirements of Legislation, National Guidance and UHB Strategies and Policies.
Welsh Skills Desirable
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn’t need to have skills in Welsh, we’ll consider it an advantage when short‑listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
About CTM
Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales’s largest employers. Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce in support of 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
CTM’s location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff’s vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore.
Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals.
Benefits
CTM employees enjoy benefits including a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.
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