Health and Safety Manager | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Here at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are offering a secondment or fixed term contract opportunity as a Health and Safety Manager and the successful candidate will work alongside an existing health and safety team to support the delivery of compliance with health and safety legislation. We are looking for a candidate with in-depth knowledge of health and safety regulations, standards and governance, the ability to effectively identify, assess, and mitigate risks and be proficient in managing risk assessments, conducting health and safety audits and maintaining comprehensive records related to health and safety., TheHealth and Safety Manager takes the lead in their specialisation and forms part of a multi-disciplinary team. Main duties include supporting the Associate Director Safety and Learning in providing specialist advice and assistance in relation to all aspects of Health, Safety Governance and Management throughout the Trust.

The role requires Health and Safety knowledge and information is provided to support health and safety as a specialist postholder . The duties include implementation of all aspects of the Trusts' Risk Management Policies and Procedures that directly link to Health and Safety.

You will also be proving support to all trust staff on any matters that impact Health and Safety. This is a high-profile post, which will require close liaison with regulatory bodies on behalf of the Trust including but not limited to the Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency, Local Authorities and the Care Quality Commission on behalf of the Trust.

We have 9000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

• Interprets complex legislative requirements and ensures compliance with all statutory, regulatory and best practice guidance provided by UK Government and NHS agencies.


• Ensures patient safety by advising senior management on the provision of a safe place of work, safety systems of work and safety premises.


• Ensures that a robust and co-ordinated Health and Safety management strategy exists and contributes to the Health and Safety Risk Management Report for presentation to the Trust Safety and Quality Committee.


• Chairs working groups formed to address issues on all aspects of health safety and environmental matters and produces policies and procedures and action plans to progress issues through to a satisfactory conclusion for both the Trust and the local health economy.


• Liaises directly with and has a working knowledge of other health care disciplines, such as Occupational Health, Infection Controls and Medical Devices Management.


• Provides a programme and undertakes health, safety audits to test the efficacy of the arrangements in place.


• Ensures that adequate investigations take place in relation to reported complex system failures in relation to Health and Safety incidents.


• Carries out investigations for health and safety incidents, as necessary.


• Carries out specialist risk assessments throughout the Trust and through Service Level Agreement, to other Trusts.


• Makes recommendations for risk treatment and control measures. Scrutinises and Acts upon all relevant adverse incident and investigation reports.


• Undertakes follow up action and further mandatory reporting actions to regulatory authorities and health bodies.


• Liaise with statutory agencies including the Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency and Local Authorities on behalf of the Trust.


• Advises Trust Board and very senior managers in relation to statutory compliance and policy development.


• Collaborates with the Training Department in the development of a comprehensive training regime for staff members on Health and Safety.


• Researches and produces specialist lesson plans for health and safety specific training courses, carries out training needs analysis to ensure that the Trust safety training needs are met.
  
  Ideally you will have a National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NESOSH) degree or equivalent level qualification in health and safety management, and have considerable experience of delivering health and safety in a healthcare setting or similar environment.