Health and Safety Advisor

at  Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our Health and Safety team as Health and Safety Advisor.
This post presents an excellent opportunity to work across the organisation, assist in the implementation of a health and safety strategy that will ensure compliance with health and safety legislation within the Trust.
Previous Applicants Need Not Apply.
Working with the Health and Safety Manager, the post holder will provide leadership to the development and implementation of effective risk management strategies and health and safety policies across the Trust. With significant responsibility for developing and embedding a risk-based culture, the post holder will engage effectively with clinical and non-clinical colleagues, senior managers and key stakeholders to ensure effective health and safety management systems and processes are in place and are utilised to identify, manage and mitigate all levels of risk.
You must be able to work with senior managers and all colleagues and be able to demonstrate proven experience in a senior role within the NHS. You will be familiar with Health and Safety legislation, completing of complex risk assessments risk and leading on serious accident investigations including RIDDOR ensuring root causes are identified, that lessons are learnt and that appropriate measures are implemented in a timely manner.
This post will provide leadership and expert knowledge in all matters relating to Health and Safety risk and risk management. You will contribute to operational services delivery which meets the Trusts objectives and targets and will ensure the Trust complies with all statutory requirements in terms of Health and Safety and ensuring continuous improvement and audits. You will be confident in using of MS Office apps, have experience of using IT tools for data analysis.
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream
To promote and support the implementation of the Trust’s Health and Safety policies and procedures in the designated sites.
To assist in devising, promoting and supporting improvements in health and safety management strategies (policy formulation, organisational structures, planning, implementation of risk control measures, monitoring of performance in health and safety and audit and review).
To provide advice and guidance to the relevant health and safety committees/groups and assist in formulating and organising its plans as a key link in the health and safety management strategy of the Trust.
Provide specialist advice, reports and professional recommendations to managers at all levels on matters of health and safety, to enable the Trust to meet its statutory duties and reduce risks to staff, patients and others. Develop and produce written health and safety standards, systems of work, guidance and risk assessments, ensuring the information is kept up to date and reflects change in operational delivery and legislation. Produce general and specialist risk assessments (e.g. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, Display Screen Equipment etc.) on own initiative and on request to enable the Trust to comply with statutory health and safety requirements..
To assist with the completion of complex risk assessments relating to individuals, equipment, the environment and tasks.
Lead on serious accident investigations including RIDDOR ensuring root causes are identified, that lessons are learnt and that appropriate measures are implemented in a timely manner.
Ensure all RIDDOR incidents are reported to the Health and Safety Executive timely as per legislation.
Investigate incidents relating to civil and criminal legal cases against the Trust and liaise with other key stakeholders within and external to the Trust (e.g. Legal Services Department, NHS Litigation Authority, appointed Solicitors and representing Barristers etc.)
To work collaboratively with the Estates and Facilities department on road safety, building and construction safety to ensure that appropriate standards are deployed and maintained.
Assist Project Managers to gain assurance that construction phase plans(CPP) and risk assessment/method statements(RAMs) are up to date and robust Provision of information and identifying trends from the incident reporting system to managers and health and safety committees/groups with advice and recommendations as necessary.
To perform audits, compliance monitoring, inspections and investigations to support managers To provide guidance, support and motivation to directorates that will enable them to undertake their specific duties and to enable them to implement their action plans.
Provide summary reports of the audits for the relevant management teams.
Assist to devise, develop and deliver core health and safety training programmes and other specialist health and safety training. Undertake research to identify potential causes of injury and illness on specific subjects and to assist with the future development of risk reduction measures.
Assist in designing, adapting and managing the Health and Safety pages of the Trust Intranet.
Support meetings that will have senior staff attending from across the Trust and chair meeting as required.
Support the effective functioning of the Health and Safety Committee meeting with trade union colleagues.
To create and analyse statistical reports for benchmarking, reports for a range of meetings.
Provide advice and support to the CQC Quality and Compliance lead in regard to assurance of national regulatory requirements that relate to Health and Safety.
To act as a ‘Competent Person’ for health and safety, liaising with the enforcement authority for health and safety- the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), Executive Directors and Directors to ensure the Trust remains compliant with health and safety legislation.
Network with other Risk / Health and Safety Professionals within the NHS and associated organisations and work towards Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
Deputise for the health and safety manager and carry out key responsibilities in their absence

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