The Estates Shared Service Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) and Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) is looking to recruit a Health and Safety Advisor.

The post holder will provide support to the Health & Safety Team serving the needs of LPFT, LCHS, and other partnerships. The Health & Safety Advisor is a vital member of our team and will work closely with senior colleagues, Exec leads and ICS colleagues contributing to the overall delivery of statutory H& S compliance, Trust policy, and Best Value engineering methods/practices.

The Health and Safety Advisor will support the Health & Safety Manager to ensure that the Trust fulfils its compliance obligations and H& S duties ensuring that the delivery of a comprehensive range of high-quality Healthcare services are provided by staff who are suitably-qualified, trained, and fully supported. The services will be delivered in line with all relevant legislation, regulation and guidance appertaining to the field of work.

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated individual with good communication skills and possess the ability to work on their own initiative. Whilst desirable it is not essential that applicants have experience in working in a Healthcare environment.

If you feel that you have the right skills and you are keen to develop then we look forward to hearing from you.

For further details contact Kirsty Johnson on 07583082307 or kirsty.johnson15@nhs.net.

Main duties of the job

Act as one of the Trust's competent 'persons' for health and safety in accordance with the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

Support the Health and Safety Manager when developing, reviewing and implementing the Trust's Health and Safety policy, associated guidance documents and safe systems of work.

Undertake accident, incident and near miss investigations and to identify potential gaps or lessons learned.

Regularly undertake health and safety inspections and audits and prepare relevant reports on findings.

Respond to day-to-day health and safety issues and escalate significant issues and actions taken to the Health and Safety Manager

Assist in ensuring sound risk management procedures and hazard identification systems are in place.

Drive a positive health and safety culture throughout the Trust.

Work closely with staff to support the review of risk assessments to ensure they are suitable and sufficient and meet the Trust Standard

Develop and deliver health and safety information, instruction and training as appropriate.

Contribute to the effective use of Datix including the management of risk registers and assessments.

Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas as determined by the Health and Safety Manager

Prepare health and safety reports as and when required.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life .Visitbeinlincolnshire.com to find out more .

Job description

Job responsibilities

Act as one of the Trusts competent persons for health and safety in accordance with the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

Provide advice and guidance to managers on all health and safety issues.

Support the Health and Safety Manager when developing, reviewing and implementing the Trusts Health and Safety policy, associated guidance documents and safe systems of work.

Undertake accident, incident and near miss investigations and to identify potential gaps or lessons learned.

Support the Legal Team in the investigation and management of public liability claims when required.

Regularly undertake health and safety inspections and audits and prepare relevant reports on findings.

Respond to day-to-day health and safety issues and escalate significant issues and actions taken to the Health and Safety Manager

Assist in ensuring sound risk management procedures and hazard identification systems are in place.

Drive a positive health and safety culture throughout the Trust.

Work closely with staff to support the review of risk assessments to ensure they are suitable and sufficient and meet the Trust Standard

Develop and deliver health and safety information, instruction and training as appropriate.

Contribute to the effective use of Datix including the management of risk registers and assessments.

Interrogate health and safety accident and incident data to identify trends and areas where further investigation may be required.

Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas as determined by the Health and Safety Manager

Prepare health and safety reports as and when required.

You may occasionally be asked to undertake such other duties that are deemed necessary in order to support business continuity within the Trust. This will only include tasks where you are appropriately trained

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience/knowledge

Desirable

• NEBOSH National Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management Professionals
• SMSTS

Experience

Essential

• Experience and up to date knowledge to promote best practice of health and safety
• Previous experience of risk management, from surveys, assessments, and action plans through to implementation of control measures.

Desirable

• Leading health and safety initiatives
• Experience of working within the NHS and an Estates function
• Ability to design and deliver training programmes and able to communicate with various audiences who may have varying knowledge ranges

Skills

Essential

• Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Able to communicate clearly and effectively complex information both verbally and electronically using appropriate methods
• Flexible approach
• Working knowledge of HTMs/HBNs and Statutory Instruments.

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Welton House,

Lime Kiln Way

Lincoln

LN2 4WH

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