Health and Safety Manager

The duties and responsibilities listed below should be undertaken in accordance with the levels of competence. In addition, all staff are expected to act in accordance with the values and behaviours of our organisation. The main duties and responsibilities of the role include: Interpret complex UK health and safety legislation, regulations, and NHS statutory requirements to ensure organisational compliance, and support the Head of Health and Safety in delivering competent advisory functions as required under Regulation 7 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Contribute to Health and Safety Risk Management reporting for presentation to the Trust Safety and Quality Committee. Keeping up to date with changes to Health and Safety legislation and ensuring any changes relevant to the Trust are communicated through the appropriate committees and to relevant policy owners to be incorporated within Trust policies and procedures. Provide expert advice to senior leaders on maintaining a safe environment, safe systems of work and safe premises for patients, staff and visitors. Actively promote a culture that encourages openness and honesty so staff feel they can report all incidents and near misses. Ensure effective investigation and oversight of complex system failures relating to health and safety incidents of all non-clinical accidents, incidents or near miss events reported through the Trusts incident reporting system and provide advice, guidance and support to investigators of these events, as required, to ensure appropriate investigation and mitigations to prevent reoccurrence. Carry out investigations into health and safety incidents and ensure appropriate followup actions and learning. Maintain a robust Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) investigation processes and contribute to the investigation of RIDDOR incidents to confirm appropriate investigation and action, in line with Trust policy. Analyse relevant accident/incident information and identify trends ensuring significant findings are reported to the Health and Safety Governance Group with recommendations. Ensure that learning from incidents is triangulated with audit and risk data to inform Trust-wide improvement.