Job description

• 3 Months Fixed Term contract , full time 37.5 hours/week
• Band 7 - £41,659 - £47,672 Per annum
• Location : Crawley HQ

The post holder’s primary responsibility is to ensure that the Trust meets it

legal obligations under Health and Safety legislation by developing, implementing, and reviewing the trust health and safety management system, policies, and procedures and by;

• Acting as the regional specialist in relation to Health and Safety regulations, policy, systems, processes, training, and resources, fulfilling the role of a competent person.
• Supporting staff to continue building a positive Health & Safety culture, proactive health and safety management, risk assessment and training.
• Facilitating regional health & safety management and practices including raising awareness and working with staff and senior managers to reduce the Trust’s exposure to all safety risks. Advising managers to ensure a safe and secure environment is provided for all staff, patients, and visitors.
• Provide expert advice, support, training, and leadership on all aspects of health and safety.
• Contribute to the department annual work plan.
• Submit regional health and safety reports to the Trust health and safety committee.
• Work with colleagues to ensure that health and safety data is triangulated with other measures to identify trends and highlight areas of concern.
• Undertake Health and Safety Audits.
• Ensure that robust systems are in place for the identification, management, investigation and learning from health and safety incidents.
• Ensure that actions are identified and undertaken to reduce the risk of health and safety related incidents occurring and to improve outcomes in relation to staff, patient, and visitor safety.
• Report RIDDOR incidents to the Health and Safety Executive.
• NHS employees will be eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme
• A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing with service.
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
• Access to our award-winning Wellbeing services
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.

The post holder’s primary responsibility is to ensure that the Trust meets its legal obligations under Health and Safety legislation by developing, implementing, and reviewing the trust health and safety management system, policies, and procedures.