Trainee Health & Safety Officer

The post is a trainee position which will require study to take place outside of the contracted hours.
The qualifications that will be provided as part of this role include:
NEBOSH National General Certificate
Level 3 Award in Education & Training (PTLLS)
The study fees will be covered by the Trust and will be subject to a learning agreement being signed by the post-holder. The study fees will be recoverable should the post-holder leave within a set period of time.
The expected timeframe for completion for both qualifications is 9months.
We are recruiting for a Health & Safety Officer who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Reporting to the Health & Safety Lead, this post forms part of the Health & Safety Team to support the delivery of the Trust's Quality Strategy and vision to ensure 'Best of care by the best of people' through the delivery of safe, effective and high quality services, that ensure the people who use our services, their families, carers and visitors receive a positive experience., Delivering the day to day systems and processes to support effective health & safety across the Trust, providing support and information to staff to deliver trust wide systems and processes
Supporting a culture that improves quality by enabling the delivery of high quality care through the effective identification of lessons/areas for improvement and promotion of learning as a result of data analysis and investigation, using audit and evaluation cycles to seek assurance.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust., Support the development and delivery of the health & safety team programme of work/plan in line with local and statutory requirements.
Support the collation of documentary evidence needed to support any external assessment in relation to health & safety.
Support actions identified and undertaken to decrease the risk of incidents occurring and to improve outcomes in relation to people who use our service, their families or carers, staff and visitor safety.
Effective liaison and communication with all Trust staff in relation to health & safety policies, procedures and guidelines ensuring that all staff are aware of their responsibilities.
Contribute to internal and external Trust publications as required to promote robust management and reporting.
Monitor and ensure the health & safety sections of the Trust's intranet and internet sites are up to date. Ensure the pages provide relevant and up to date information for staff, patients and the public on quality and health & safety issues.
Monitor the implementation and progress of action plans to reduce identified areas of risk, and enable continuous and quality improvement, escalating as appropriate areas of concern in line with Trust policy.
Support the implementation, monitoring and compliance of any audits relating to health & safety, including external organisations as required. Prepare and monitor action plans as required.