Health and Safety Officer

Job summary

The Health & Safety Officer will support the delivery of the Health & Safety service across Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions (CHS) and Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT).

This is a development role for someone wishing to establish and progress a professional career in health and safety.

Working alongside the Group Health & Safety Manager and Health & Safety Adviser, the postholder will take responsibility for defined areas of H&S activity while progressively developing the knowledge, experience and professional competence required to progress towards a Health & Safety Adviser role.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will undertake a varied range of operational H&S duties including workplace inspections, audits, incident investigations, DSE assessments and compliance monitoring.

They will coordinate and monitor actions arising from incidents, risk assessments and inspections; maintain H&S records and electronic monitoring systems; support COSHH management arrangements; and prepare reports, dashboards and management information.

The postholder will also provide practical H&S advice to managers and staff within their level of competence and escalate more complex or specialist matters to senior members of the H&S team

About us

At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Clinical Engineering, decontamination and procurement service, provides the following:

• Fully managed estate and building maintenance
• Clinical Engineering and Decontamination
• Procurement advice, guidance and governance
• Capital project management
• Transport
• Grounds maintenance.
• Portering
• Catering
• Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)

All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed Job Description

• The Health & Safety Officer will hold operational responsibility for a number of defined H&S compliance workstreams, including the Trust-wide DSE programme, action tracking systems, electronic compliance monitoring and elements of COSHH quality assurance.
• The postholder will independently manage a varied workload across multiple departments, engage directly with managers and staff to resolve compliance issues and progress corrective actions, and undertake lower and medium-complexity investigations within their competence.
• They will analyse information from incident and compliance systems, identify trends and areas requiring intervention, contribute to organisational assurance reporting and identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and consistency of H&S systems and processes.

Main Responsibilities

• The postholder will be responsible for managing allocated H&S workstreams and ensuring that associated assessments, records and actions are appropriately monitored and progressed.
• They will exercise judgement in determining priorities and appropriate follow-up action, challenge unsafe practices where identified, and escalate significant or complex concerns appropriately.
• The role requires regular engagement with staff and managers across CHS and CHFT and increasing day-to-day autonomy as competence develops.
• The postholder will be expected to actively participate in training, mentoring and professional development, with the longer-term objective of developing the professional competence and qualifications necessary to undertake a broader Health & Safety Adviser role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed Job Description

• The Health & Safety Officer will hold operational responsibility for a number of defined H&S compliance workstreams, including the Trust-wide DSE programme, action tracking systems, electronic compliance monitoring and elements of COSHH quality assurance.
• The postholder will independently manage a varied workload across multiple departments, engage directly with managers and staff to resolve compliance issues and progress corrective actions, and undertake lower and medium-complexity investigations within their competence.
• They will analyse information from incident and compliance systems, identify trends and areas requiring intervention, contribute to organisational assurance reporting and identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and consistency of H&S systems and processes.

Main Responsibilities

• The postholder will be responsible for managing allocated H&S workstreams and ensuring that associated assessments, records and actions are appropriately monitored and progressed.
• They will exercise judgement in determining priorities and appropriate follow-up action, challenge unsafe practices where identified, and escalate significant or complex concerns appropriately.
• The role requires regular engagement with staff and managers across CHS and CHFT and increasing day-to-day autonomy as competence develops.
• The postholder will be expected to actively participate in training, mentoring and professional development, with the longer-term objective of developing the professional competence and qualifications necessary to undertake a broader Health & Safety Adviser role

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Confident communicator able to speak with staff at all levels of the organisation from senior leadership to front-line staff
• Comfortable taking the initiative to contact staff, visit work areas and open honest discussions, even where there may be resistance or discomfort
• Displays the confidence and integrity to engage in difficult conversations, challenge unsafe practice and stand by professional advice in order to support effective, well led and safe services
• Ability to explain health and safety matters clearly and practically
• Ability to interpret and apply procedures and compliance processes within defined areas of responsibility
• Basic IT skills including Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel
• Ability to organise workload, prioritise competing demands and manage tasks effectively
• Ability to analyse information and identify trends or areas requiring follow-up
• Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships across departments
• Able to work independently within defined areas of responsibility while seeking support and guidance appropriately
• Able to use initiative to identify and progress tasks and support the wider workload of the Health and Safety team
• Able to organise workload effectively and manage routine tasks with limited supervision as confidence and experience develop

Experience

Essential

• Experience maintaining electronic records, databases or monitoring systems
• Experience communicating with managers or coordinating actions across teams

Desirable

• Experience in an administrative, customer service, compliance or office environment
• Experience supporting compliance, governance, safety or quality systems
• Experience working in healthcare, estates or facilities environments

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSEs or equivalent including English and Maths at Grade 4 (C) or above
• A Levels, Level 3 qualification or equivalent education

Desirable

• HND, Foundation Degree or equivalent higher education qualification
• Health and safety qualification such as IOSH Working Safely or NEBOSH National General Certificate

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Confident communicator able to speak with staff at all levels of the organisation from senior leadership to front-line staff
• Comfortable taking the initiative to contact staff, visit work areas and open honest discussions, even where there may be resistance or discomfort
• Displays the confidence and integrity to engage in difficult conversations, challenge unsafe practice and stand by professional advice in order to support effective, well led and safe services
• Ability to explain health and safety matters clearly and practically
• Ability to interpret and apply procedures and compliance processes within defined areas of responsibility
• Basic IT skills including Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel
• Ability to organise workload, prioritise competing demands and manage tasks effectively
• Ability to analyse information and identify trends or areas requiring follow-up
• Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships across departments
• Able to work independently within defined areas of responsibility while seeking support and guidance appropriately
• Able to use initiative to identify and progress tasks and support the wider workload of the Health and Safety team
• Able to organise workload effectively and manage routine tasks with limited supervision as confidence and experience develop

Experience

Essential

• Experience maintaining electronic records, databases or monitoring systems
• Experience communicating with managers or coordinating actions across teams

Desirable

• Experience in an administrative, customer service, compliance or office environment
• Experience supporting compliance, governance, safety or quality systems
• Experience working in healthcare, estates or facilities environments

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSEs or equivalent including English and Maths at Grade 4 (C) or above
• A Levels, Level 3 qualification or equivalent education

Desirable

• HND, Foundation Degree or equivalent higher education qualification
• Health and safety qualification such as IOSH Working Safely or NEBOSH National General Certificate

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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 .


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. .


Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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 .


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. .

Employer details

Employer name

Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions

Address

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary


CHS Headquarters


HUDDERSFIELD

HD3 3EA


United Kingdom



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