Head of Health and Safety in Liverpool

Site: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Spaces at The Spine, Town Liverpool

Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 28/05/2026 23:59

In cases where we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to automatically close any vacancies prior to the specified closing date. All vacancies are capped at a sufficient number; you are advised to submit your completed application form as early as possible.

We want our recruitment process to be fair, inclusive, and accessible for everyone. If you need support or a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the application or interview process, please contact our Recruitment Team - 0151 5565176 or ccf-tr.recruitment@nhs.net. Adjustments may include alternative formats, extra time for assessments, communication support, accessible interview arrangements, interview questions prior to interview or other changes tailored to your needs.

Sponsorship will only be assigned in line with Trust procedure and UKVI guidelines.

Job overview:

The Head of Health and Safety will be the lead for Health and Safety and Medical Devices across the Trust, providing expert specialist advice and leadership. The role is essential to ensure the safety of staff, patients, and visitors across the Trust.

Main duties of the job:

• Trust wide expert in Health & Safety overseeing all Trust activity relevant to Health & Safety, Fire Safety and Security.
• Ensure all health and safety frameworks and systems are in place that will withstand regulatory scrutiny, compliance is monitored and reported and effective remedial actions are implemented.
• Be designated Fire Manager for the Trust and contact for all external partners, regulators and agencies for all associated occupational safety activity including inspections.
• Implement and oversee the Trust's H&S/Security and Fire Safety work programme and manage the Occupational Safety Team.
• Line manage the Medical Devices Safety Officer and oversee the medical devices activity programme for the Trust.

Working for our organisation:

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man. Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future.

We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do. Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work. We are - Kind, Empowered, Responsible, Inclusive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

Person specification:

• Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent experience
• NEBOSH Diploma
• Chartered member of IOSH
• willingness to maintain continuing professional development
• Professional courses related to H&S/Fire Safety/Security

• Highly specialist and extensive knowledge Health & Safety, Fire Safety and Security
• Knowledge of when and how to report serious incidents to the HSE under RIDDOR including appropriate follow up.
• Robust understanding of the politically sensitive and potentially contentious nature of this role
• Knowledge and understanding of national frameworks, policies and guidance and how these relate to the NHS
• Policy and strategy development and its relevance to clinical governance in the NHS
• Ability to exercise independent and professional judgement across a range of risk areas
• Able to demonstrate strategic thinking and develop/formulate long term strategic plans over a number of years
• Able to communicate effectively with staff at all levels and professions across the organisation
• Ability to prepare comprehensive, fit for purpose and audience specific reports and briefing papers
• Ability to prepare and deliver training and presentations on H&S, Fire Safety and Security to staff at all levels with credibility
• Able to deal with a large and unpredictable workload ensuring key priorities and conflicting deadlines are met through effective time management
• Able to work flexibly

• Experience of working in a complex public sector environment
• Experience of multi-agency working across a range of organisations with competing priorities and needs
• Experience of managing Health & Safety and Fire Safety in a large multisite organisation
• Experience of leadership, line management or supervision and performance management.
• Demonstrate excellent planning and organisational skills
• Demonstrate credibility in working with and influencing senior staff
• Working at a senior level. Leading programmes and strategic activity
• Experience of managing cross organisational projects and programmes through to conclusion.
• Track record in promoting and implementing change and improvement.

If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be invited for an interview via email. Please ensure you regularly check your emails (including junk folders) following your application and let us know if you have any problems. If you would prefer for us to communicate with you in a different way, or need adjustments to the interview process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 556 5176 or ccf-tr.recruitment@nhs.net. All interviews will be undertaken in person unless extraordinary circumstances apply. If you do not receive confirmation that you have been shortlisted for interview, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. It is with regret that we are unable to provide feedback to all non-shortlisted candidates.

The cost of processing a new DBS application is met by the successful applicant. DBS costs are recovered via salary deduction following commencement in post - further details including cost are available from the Recruitment Team. It is a Trust recommendation that candidates requiring a DBS check subscribe to the DBS Update Service - further details are available here - https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service. Candidates who withdraw post-DBS submission will be invoiced for the full cost of the check including administration fee.

The Trust takes active responsibility for meeting national guidance and legal requirements in relation to our Safeguarding Policy, including local arrangements for the protection of adults at risk. The Trust is committed to providing high standards of both patient and staff experience. To support us in doing this the Trust, in partnership with Trade Unions has developed and embedded key values and behaviours that all staff are required to demonstrate throughout their employment. The Trust's values and behaviours support the Trust Vision 'to provide the best cancer care to the people we serve' and our Mission 'to improve health and wellbeing through compassionate, safe and effective cancer care'. We promote and support diversity in our workforce. The Trust have staff networks such as Ethnic Diversity Staff Network, LGBTQ+ Staff Network, Armed Forces Staff Network, MAPLE Staff Network & Menopause Support Group. The Trust does not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment and has firmed up processes for reporting this, including a dedicated Freedom To Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian.

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.