Band 6 Health and Safety Advisor

The closing date is 16th Oct 2022

Job summary

Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for the post of Health and Safety Advisor at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

If you are an enthusiastic Health and safety Professional with a broad range of health and safety experience, who can work well on you own initiative or as part of a team, then this could be a great opportunity for you.

You will be joining a well-established team to continue embedding a positive health and safety culture throughout the Trust and be responsible for providing competent health and safety advice in a varied, complex and dynamic setting.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Based at Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, but working across all Trust sites, the successful applicant will be appropriately qualified and have relevant experience in the subject of Health and Safety, ideally within a Healthcare Environment. You will have a good understanding of Health and Safety Regulations and their application throughout Healthcare premises, and be able to demonstrate an in depth knowledge of approved codes of practice and guidance.

Specific responsibilities will include undertaking workplace inspections, audits and risk assessments and developing associated action plans; delivering the Trust Health and Safety training program (including organising, preparing and delivering training sessions); reviewing and investigating incidents (including recording and monitoring for trends); preparing reports for and attendance at relevant Trust meetings; the provision of safety information to all staff and advice to local management on technical safety matters.

You will need excellent communication, negotiating and interpersonal skills and will need to be self-motivated, personable, able to plan their own workload and have the flexibility to work across the Trusts different acute hospital and community sites.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified to Degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent experience working within the profession.

NEBOSH National Certificate (Level 3) or equivalent/ NVQ 4 in relevant subject or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Significant experience of providing health & safety support within a complex organisation, minimum of 12 months.

Experience of undertaking risk assessment

Experience of performing audit and inspection

Experience of delivering promotional campaigns to raise awareness and engage staff

Experience of developing and delivering training

Experience of implementing health and safety measures

Knowledge of current health and safety legislation

Working knowledge of health & safety databases and operational processes.

Working knowledge of Microsoft packages

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.

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.

For help with your application, contact: 

Nick Rudge 

nick.rudge@uhb.nhs.uk 

07785659584 

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change 

Band

Band 6 

Salary

£33706.00  to £40588.00 Yearly 

Contract

Permanent 

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working 

Reference number

304-1067892DH 

Job locations

Trustwide 
Mindelsohn Way 
Birmingham 
West Midlands 
B15 2TH 

Attachments

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