Senior Health & Safety Advisor

As the Senior Group Health and Safety advisor- practitioner, you will be responsible for preventing/reducing accidents, injuries and health problems in the workplace and across the group. Your role will see you promote a positive health and safety culture throughout the group ensuring that employers and workers are adhering to current health and safety legislation by creating and implementing health and safety, audits, developing and presenting H&S training, implementing suitable and sufficient policies and advising on safety working practices and assessments of risk and the investigation of accidents and incidents as well as providing professional Health and Safety advise and support., The work will focus on the delivery of H&S advice for Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, covering a variety of areas both clinical and none clinical and all relevant workplace legislation applicable to the environment, developing and reviewing policies, participating and preparing assurance papers and stats for the group Health & Safety committee, delivering statutory training and H&S inspections to drive a safe working culture.

QE Facilities (QEF) is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust (GHNT), based in the North East of England.

We provide a range of non- clinical services to GHNT and other NHS organisations. Our services include estates, facilities services, procurement, medical engineering and devices, endoscopy decontamination and sterile services, transport, out-patient pharmacy, and prevention & management of violence & aggression training (PMVA).

In addition, we provide consultancy services, advising clients on all aspects of establishing a subsidiary company within an NHS body to the provision of VAT compliance advice.

QE Facilities work to their own Terms and Conditions, and these are not the same as Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Terms and Conditions. This is not an Agenda for Change Pay Rate.

We do not hold a sponsorship licence and are unable to offer employment under any sponsorship arrangement.