We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled and proactive Health and Safety Advisor to make a real impact across Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust.
In this varied Band 7 role, you will lead on specialist health and safety matters, provide expert guidance across the organisation, and help create safer environments for patients, staff, visitors and volunteers. Working with colleagues at every level, you will drive compliance, support innovation, influence best practice and play a key role in improving safety, wellbeing and quality across our communities.
Support the trust aims in achieving compliance with its statutory duties under Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
To be the Trust’s competent person as required by legislation and provide expert advice and support to ensure compliance.
To implement the variety of the Trust’s health and safety policies and provide expert guidance and training on all aspects of health and safety, and welfare matters to all Trust staff and volunteers.
To lead on security related duties that are required under Health and Safety legislation and the NHS Violence Prevention and Reduction Standard.
To undertake the mandatory role of Central Alerting System Liaison Officer. The role includes the management of the safety alert distribution, tracking and monitoring process, often with challenging deadlines. Compliance is monitored by the CQC and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
To act as Chair of the Trust Health and Safety Working Group.
To prepare, conduct and evaluate health and safety related risk audits and surveys across the Trust management of the risk profile. Where high risk situations are identified consult and work in conjunction with managers with a view to reducing areas of risk.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
For further information on the role please see the attached document entitled 'Job Description and Person Specification'.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
