Overview
Contract Type: 0
Salary: £59,798 – £67,020 Per annum, includes Fringe HCAS
Partner Org: Surrey and Borders Foundation Trust Partnership
Job overview
Ensuring that arrangements are in place so that the premises the Trust owns and occupies and the services that the Trust delivery are safe, secure, and legally and statutorily compliant through the active engagement with Trust Services, Teams and Staff, implementation of robust systems, policies and procedures, the communication of best practice, learning and advise and deep auditing to identify learning opportunities and system failures
The Health and Safety Manager
will report to the AD Director of Property Operations and will be responsible for the day-to-day management and delivery of health and safety services to the Trust, with focus on the Property department. This will involve engagement with a number of Teams throughout the Trust, including external contractors and the provision of regular reports highlighting areas of non-compliance.
Main duties of the job
Supporting the Trust’s safety team in the delivery of their strategic role within the Trust, that actively contributes to the safety strategy.
Assess and interpret health and safety Fire and Security management information, that allows the Trust to develop it’s clinical and operational delivery in a safer, healthier, and more compliant way.
Develop monitor and review the strategic approach to Health safety, Fire and security, Ensuring an integrated health and safety approach to service delivery through co-ordination with all departments within the Trust.
Identify and develop responses to health and safety, Fire and security risks and liaison with the SABP stakeholders to mitigate disruption to business-as-usual activities.
Support in the implementation and delivery of Trust wide Quality Improvement projects to improve operational processes and associated organisational procedures that support health and safety delivery.
Identifying new health and safety fire and security initiatives including innovative products and services to contribute to reduced operating costs and enhance health and safety performance.
Responsible to for the management of health and safety, fire and security support across the whole portfolio of buildings to meet statutory requirements and the quality requirements of the Trust.
Supporting the Property Operations team on the handover and commissioning of new properties, including mobilization and de-mobilisation.
Working for our organisation
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Nebosh Diploma (or equivalent)
- Graduate membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
- Graduate membership of the Institution of Fire Engineers (or equivalent)
- Minimum of 5 years experience of operational health, safety and fire management
- Chartered membership of IOSH
Desirable criteria
- Chartered membership of IOSH
- Further H&S or Fire qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Understanding of all elements of health and safety, fire & Security and relevant statutory compliance, and relevant law.
- examples of liaising simultaneously with multiple stakeholders, preferably in a healthcare environment
- • Experience of writing and implementing organisational health and safety policies
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.
Sponsorship
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
