Health, Safety and Security Manager

We are appointing to a key postion within County Durham and Darlington NHST Foundation Trusts management structure. The Health, Safety and Security Manager will lead and manage the delivery of the Trust's Health and Safety, Security and Fire services, including the management of staff and outsourced contracts.

You, and your team, will provide specialist, professional expertise to staff at all levels, including directors, senior managers, estates and clinical staff in all matters relating to health and safety, fire safety, security and violence prevention and reduction (VPR). You will also act as the Trusts Security Management Specialist and as a Strategic Lead for the development and roll out the Trusts VPR programme, meeting NHS security management standards and the national VPR standard.

This rewarding role will allow you to fully utilise your specilaist and leadership skills to support both the organisation and the Health and Safety team to delivery outstanding services., The post holder will have overall responsibility for ensuring that health and safety, fire safety and security services are provided in line with all applicable legislation, CQC Fundament Standards of Care, Health Technical Memoranda, NHS and applicable professional and industry standards.

Using your expert knowledge, you will be responsible for advising managers, representatives and colleagues on all issues relating to Health and Safety at work and for the development, delivery and coordination of Health and Safety training for colleagues.

You will need to work closely with staff at all levels to ensure confidence in health and safety of users of our services, and our staff. We cover a large geographical area and staff work in multiple buildings, across both our own and service partner's buildings.

You will be responsible for the prompt and thorough investigation of all security and health and safety incidents (including incidents of violence and aggression against staff), and for the identification and implementation of learning and remedial actions. In the case of VPR incidents, this will also include supporting department line managers to implement any learning

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented

From April 1 2024 we are unable to offer sponsorship for healthcare roles that do not meet the minimum salary £23,200, If you are in the UK on a VISA please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post. Pay award Pending