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Health & Safety Advisor

Employer
Finegreen
Location
South East England
Salary
£25.00 - £30.00 per hour
Closing date
18 Jul 2019
Reference
DL19653

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Specialist Area
Health & safety
Job Level
Consultant
Sector
Healthcare, FM service provider
Contract Type
Interim, contract & temporary
Hours
Full Time
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Job Details

A large NHS organisation is currently seeing the appointment a Health and Safety Specialist with experience working in a healthcare environment. 

Main Responsibilities:
  • Provide expert support, training and advice to the Trust and trust staff on all aspects of Health and Safety and Fire Legislation;
  • Ensure that the Trust is able to demonstrate full compliance with this legislation and to prevent incidents and protect Trust employees;
  • Provide competent advice to all Oxleas staff on the requirements of current Health and Safety legislation, initiatives and guidelines;
  • Hold the role of competent person for the trust when required;
  • Deputise for the Health and Safety Manager when required, lead the trust in Health & Safety compliance, providing specialist advice to the trust on risk assessments and controls;
  • Promote a positive Health and Safety culture and ensure all works are
  • undertaken with the highest regard to the safety of patients, staff, visitors and contractors;
  • Actively participate in, design, schedule and deliver Trust wide health and safety promotional and training programmes;
  • Continually review Health and Safety Policies and Procedures (e.g. security, fire safety, food safety, major incident etc.);
  • Initiate and co-ordinate the investigation and follow-up of level 4 incidents and ensure RIDDOR reportable incidents have been reported as appropriate;
  • Work closely with the FM team and contractors to ensure that the
  • necessary risk assessment e.g. waste management, food safety,
  • legionella, fire and asbestos risk assessments are carried out and that the appropriate controls are in place.
A successful candidate will have:
  • Hold a NEBOSH Diploma, ideally hold membership (CMIOSH) of the
  • Chartered Institute of Occupational Safety and Health;
  • 5 years Health and Safety related experience gained within the NHS,
  • or other similarly complex organisations;
  • Working knowledge of all relevant statues, codes of practice, British
  • Standards, Hospital Technical Memorandum (HTMs) & Building
  • Regulations.
For further information on this role please contact Donna Larder on 0161 241 9674, alternatively email donna.larder@finegreen.co.uk

Company

Finegreen are a leading independent recruitment consultancy for both Interim and Permanent appointments in various disciplines and market sectors throughout the UK & overseas, with specific strength within the Healthcare and Education sectors.

Our Estates & Facilities division manages a database of immediately available, cost effective, fully referenced candidates with significant experience of the following ;

  • Executive & Director level
  • Soft Facilities Management
  • Hard Facilities Management
  • Surveying and Property Management
  • Engineering (including Building Services and Maintenance)
  • Health and Safety / CDM
  • Project Management
  • Energy & Environmental Management
  • Fleet & Logistics
  • Procurement
  • Bid & Contract Management
  • Compliance
  • Change Management
  • Consultancy
  • Business Development

Please visit our web-site to view brief candidate profiles or to view our latest vacancies.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0345 130 4006
Location
Universal Square
Devonshire Street North
 Manchester
Greater Manchester
M12 6JH
GB
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