Health, Safety & Risk Manager

at  Spire Healthcare

HEALTH, SAFETY RISK MANAGER | LEEDS | FULL TIME | PERMANENT | 37.5 HOURS | COMPETITIVE SALARY

Spire Leeds have fantastic opportunity for a Health Safety Risk Manager to join the amazing team at Leeds as working at the great Leeds Hospital the candidate will also be covering the new Harrogate clinic
Spire Leeds Hospital is one of Yorkshire’s largest independent hospitals offering treatment across over 30 medical specialties including orthopaedic surgery, cardiology, oncology (cancer care) and general surgery. Treating adults and children and part of the award-winning Spire Healthcare group, multi-disciplinary teams provide fast, personalised healthcare.

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Good standard of secondary education with demonstrable literacy and numeracy skills
• IOSH / NEBOSH Qualification or willingness to undertake this qualification
• Previous experience working in a risk management/Health & Safety management or other relevant role.Previous experience working in the healthcare industry or a similar customer orientated organisation.

JOB PURPOSE

Ensure implementation and delivery of the Spire Healthcare Health & Safety and Risk Strategies.
Reporting to the Hospital Director you will work closely with the whole management team to co-ordinate and provide leadership for the operational management of health, safety and risk and all related systems and initiatives for the hospital with the aim of always ensuring the provision of high quality and safe care and services.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Co-ordinate and further develop the hospital’s health, safety and risk activities, policies and systems.
• Manage the hospital’s Risk Register and risk assessment process ensuring that the main hospital risks are identified, assessed and that mitigating actions are put in place and their effectiveness monitored.
• Collect and collate data to enable analysis and support conclusions about the effectiveness of our health, safety and risk systems. Data analysis will provide evidence of quality improvement and reduction in overall risk.
• Oversee and co-ordinate the analysis and investigation of risks, accidents, incidents and near misses at the hospital producing learning and opportunities to improve safety.
• Identify trends and support activities to eliminate/reduce risk.
• Liaise with Corporate Departments (Legal, Health and Safety, Risk Management, etc) as appropriate to ensure that Spire Leeds systems are either best practice or are actively learning from best practice within the Spire Group.
• Develop Disaster Contingency/Business Continuity Plans for the hospital and ensure that these plans are tested and understood by key personnel in the hospital.
• Develop processes and procedures in which we widely share the learning and actions from adverse health and safety events. These processes and procedures should establish a learning culture in the hospital.
• Review and report on the hospital’s health and safety performance through a programme of internal audit and to demonstrate compliance with all Spire H&S policies.
• To ensure, in conjunction with the Senior Leadership Team that the Requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of the Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 are complied with.
• To produce the annual Health & Safety reports based on activities and issues from within the hospital based on the previous 12 months.
• To review corporate Health, Safety and Risk policies and adapt for local implementation.
• To ensure the Head of Departments or their nominated representative undertakes annual risk assessments and oversee the actions from these by evaluating their effectiveness.
• To provide and maintain a high profile of risk management and Health & Safety within the hospital.
• To lead on relevant facilities projects as directed by the Hospital Director and with the support of the Engineering and Estates team.
• To be the Hospital’s Deputy Fire Safety Manager and work with the Fire Safety Manager to implement the Spire Healthcare Fire Policy.
• Deliver presentations and training sessions as appropriate to ensure staff are competent and confident in fulfilling their own responsibilities to Health, Safety and Risk Management.Maintain appropriate links with relevant external organisations (e.g The HSE) to ensure their involvement and engagement when relevant.