Health & Safety Advisor-Estates & Facilities

Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, our mission is: Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities. Our vision to 2030 is: To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service.

We are recruiting for a Health & Safety Advisor who shares our vision to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. As a Health & Safety Advisor, you will provide expert advice, assistance, and support to all levels of the organisation as required under relevant statutory provisions. The post holder will exercise their unique professional judgement to influence decision-making at all levels and ensure the Trust can meet compliance or mitigate residual risks. The Health and Safety Advisor will work closely with the Safety & Security Manager and key stakeholders at all levels of the organisation to review performance and identify risk reduction priorities, contributing to the formulation of the Trust's health and safety plans.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job:

• Undertake and provide support to all areas of the Trust in the development and implementation of Health and Safety risk assessments and its processes to identify hazards and advise on remedial actions.
• Provide a visible, accessible presence in all service areas across the wider Trust and deploy communication, engagement, and influencing skills to convey complex information to a variety of stakeholders.
• Work on own initiative to make judgements and decisions regarding Health and Safety issues in line with associated legislation, direction, and Trust policy.
• Liaise with specialist managers regarding their areas and provide expert health and safety advice/information.

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide. Our dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns.

Person specification:

Experience:

• Breadth and depth of Health and Safety knowledge and experience.
• Extensive experience of audit and review processes.
• Experience of liaising, influencing, engaging, and advising senior management.
• Practical experience of monitoring construction activities.
• Experience of development, implementation, and monitoring senior level action plans.
• Experience of undertaking organisation-wide audits/reviews.
• Experience of managing people/projects/strategic planning.
• Experience of multi-professional working arrangements.
• Experience of managing the development and delivery of Health & Safety training.
• Experience of investigating incidents.
• Setting/managing budgets and financial resources.
• Experience of working within the NHS/Healthcare Sector and/or a good understanding of NHS processes.
• Experience of working within security or risk management field.
• Experience of working with committees.

Skills:

• Excellent written communication skills.
• Management and leadership skills.
• Computer literate (including knowledge of Microsoft Office applications).
• Ability to manage and influence difficult situations.
• Ability to meet challenges and achieve significant improvement/change.
• Ability to work within rigid deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage own time effectively.

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Chartered Member (or working toward) of IOSH.
• Postgraduate qualification in related safety field.
• Committed to Continued Professional Development.
• Member of Risk/Safety Institute.
• Suitable teaching/training certificate.

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate, and live our values in everything we do. Include: We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners. Respect: We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experiences of others. Improve: We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services.