About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled and proactive Health and Safety Advisor to make a real impact across Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust.
In this varied Band 7 role, you will lead on specialist health and safety matters, provide expert guidance across the organisation, and help create safer environments for patients, staff, visitors and volunteers. Working with colleagues at every level, you will drive compliance, support innovation, influence best practice and play a key role in improving safety, wellbeing and quality across our communities.
Main duties of the job
Support the trust aims in achieving compliance with its statutory duties under Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. To be the Trust's competent person as required by legislation and provide expert advice and support to ensure compliance. To implement the variety of the Trust's health and safety policies and provide expert guidance and training on all aspects of health and safety, and welfare matters to all Trust staff and volunteers. To lead on security related duties that are required under Health and Safety legislation and the NHS Violence Prevention and Reduction Standard. To undertake the mandatory role of Central Alerting System Liaison Officer. The role includes the management of the safety alert distribution, tracking and monitoring process, often with challenging deadlines. Compliance is monitored by the CQC and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). To act as Chair of the Trust Health and Safety Working Group. To prepare, conduct and evaluate health and safety related risk audits and surveys across the Trust management of the risk profile. Where high risk situations are identified consult and work in conjunction with managers with a view to reducing areas of risk.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information on the role please see the attached document entitled 'Job Description and Person Specification'.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications Essential
MSc in Health and Safety Management (or equivalent) Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (or equivalent) Certified Membership of institute of Occupational Safety & Health (CertIOSH) Level 4 Violence Prevention and Reduction Qualification
Experience Essential
Provision of advice to managers/supervisors Handling of health and safety investigations Experience of formulating, implementing and revising health and safety policies and procedures Experience of working with the Health and Safety Executive and/or other external agencies Significant experience of investigation health and safety incidents
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Excellent planning, organisational and time management skills Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills Able to create, deliver and evaluate effective training packages to meet Trust requirements and appropriate legislation Ability to work on own initiative and autonomously escalating as appropriate for guidance Specialist knowledge of health and safety
Other Essential
Ability to meet the travel needs of the post which will include travel across the Trust's geographical area
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address Mount McKinley, Shrewsbury Business Park
Anchorage Avenue
Shrewsbury
SY2 6FG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)