Trust Health and Safety Manager

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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/

Job overview

The post holder is appointed to act as a competent person to provide professional expert guidance and advice on Health and Safety matters. They will be required to support all levels of the organisation as required under relevant statutory provisions.

The postholder will be required to exercise their unique professional judgement to influence decision making at all levels, enacting, and ensuring the Trust can meet compliance or mitigate risks. They will be involved in supporting with the development of a Health and Safety strategy, comprehensive policy framework and associated learning requirements to ensure it can demonstrate compliance with Health and Safety Legislation. In doing so, the postholder will be accountable to The Director of Operations for Resilience, Acute Flow and Transformation in the systematic identification, recording, evaluation, and mitigation of risks arising from non-compliance with statutory legislation relating to the management of Health and Safety within the Trust, focusing on the delivery and maintenance of standards. The postholder will work closely with wholly owned subsidiaries who provide security services at the Trust making sure that the Trust is compliant with any security related Health and Safety legislation.

Previous Applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

Is guided by legislative requirements to ensure compliance with health and safety

• Ensures patient and staff safety by advising senior management on the provision of a safe place of work, safety systems of work and safety within premises.
• Works to deliver performance against a robust Health and Safety Management Strategy and contributes to the Health and Safety Annual Report.
• Leads or participates in working groups that are formed to address issues on aspects of Health and Safety and completes actions plans through task and finish groups.
• Leads the production of policies and procedures with regards Health and Safety and reviews and updates these within deadlines
• Liaises directly with and has working knowledge of other Health Care disciplines, such as Occupational Health, Infection Control and Medical Devices Management.
• Contributes to the development of a Health and Safety annual work plan that is overseen by the Directorate.
• Undertakes Health and Safety audits and risk assessments for the Trust and through service-level agreements with Trust partners.
• Ensures investigations take place in relation to reported incidents or system failures in relation to Health and Safety arrangements.
• Carries out the investigations for Health and safety incidents, as necessary.
• Makes recommendations for risk mitigations and controls. Scrutinises and acts upon all relevant adverse incident and investigation reports

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Professional Duties
• Enhance own performance through continuously developing own knowledge, skills, and behaviours to meet the current and future requirements of the job and respond to the learning needs of the Trust.
• Maintain own continuous professional development and contribute to own personal development by participating in annual appraisal with line manager, developing a development plan and actively participating in agreed learning activities and evaluating effectiveness of learning in relation to role.
• To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development with agreed timescales.
• To contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the teams in which he/she works.

Managerial Duties

• To indirectly line manage the PCSO whilst they are on site. Full line management will remain the responsibility of West Yorkshire Police as per the contract.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential criteria

• Formal health and safety qualification, a minimum requirement is NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent.
• Chartered Safety Professional (CMIOSH) in Occupational Health and Safety.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential criteria

• Extensive Health and Safety knowledge and experience preferably NHS related and within an acute hospital setting.
• Operating as a Health and Safety advisor within an organisation, preferably NHS related and within an acute hospital setting
• Experience working with regulatory bodies
• Experience supporting and implementing Health and Safety policy.
• Experience initiating, conducting, and evaluating risk assessments.
• Experience developing educational programs in Health and Safety
• Experience project working, operating across functional boundaries in multidisciplinary settings
• Thorough working knowledge of current Health and Safety legislation in relation to NHS environments.

Desirable criteria

• Experience presenting important and complex information
• Experience in linking with NHS Security management

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential criteria

• Ability to work on own initiative and to prioritise own workload and deadlines.
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Engaging manner with the ability to develop messages for specific audiences
• Analytical skills requiring assessment, interpretation and comparison of complex information/data and consideration of options
• Resilient with an ability to work with a range of stakeholders with different priorities and interests
• Team working, ability to engage others and build positive relationships
• Influencing and negotiation skills
• IT literate, ability to use Microsoft Office tools
• Excellent time keeping

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that's why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• JD and Person Spec (PDF, 416.4KB)
• Job Description Appendix A (PDF, 259.2KB)