Senior Health and Safety Advisor - Gateshead, United Kingdom - QE Facilities

QE Facilities

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Gateshead, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

As theSenior Group Health and Safety advisor
- practitioner, you will be responsible for preventing/reducing accidents, injuries and health problems in the workplace and across the group. Your role will see you promote a positive health and safety culture throughout the group ensuring that employers and workers are adhering to current health and safety legislation by creating and implementing health and safety, audits, developing and presenting H&S training, implementing suitable and sufficient policies and advising on safety working practices and assessments of risk and the investigation of accidents and incidents as well as providing professional Health and Safety advise and support.

The work will focus on the delivery of H&S advice for Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, covering a variety of areas both clinical and none clinical and all relevant workplace legislation applicable to the environment, developing and reviewing policies, participating and preparing assurance papers and stats for the group Health & Safety committee, delivering statutory training and H&S inspections to drive a safe working culture.

Creating topical Tool Box Talks
Undertaking a program of Health and Safety audits

- investigating health-related complaints and cases of ill health or Injury

Report to relevant external authorities all accidents and incidents under RIDDOR
Support the program of risk assessments and site inspections
Ensuring that equipment is installed correctly and is being used safely

- identifying potential hazards

Determining ways of reducing risks, accidents and incidents
Compiling statistics and writing reports
Running health and safety meetings and training courses for employees
Liaising with external health and safety authorities
Maintaining 'Group' compliance with current health and safety legislation
Providing professional Health, Safety and Risk advise and support
Managed and maintain the asbestos register

QE Facilities (QEF) is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust (GHNT), based in the North East of England.

We provide a range of non
- clinical services to GHNT and other NHS organisations

Our services include:

estates, facilities services, procurement, medical engineering and devices, endoscopy decontamination and sterile services, transport, out-patient pharmacy, and prevention & management of violence & aggression training (PMVA).

In addition we provide consultancy services, advising clients on all aspects of establishing a subsidiary company within an NHS body to the provision of VAT compliance advice.

QE Facilities work to their own Terms and Conditions and these are not the same as Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Terms and Conditions.

This is not an Agenda for Change Pay Rate.

Personal specification the individual need to be calm, patient and assertive, with excellent communication skills, as you'll need to explain the law to people who aren't familiar with it.

Other essential qualities and skills include.
- strong analytical and problem-solving skills

IT literate word, PowerPoint, excel

- committed to further study
- an eye for detail
- good interpersonal skills and a willingness to work with people at all levels of an organisation
- written and oral presentations skills
- a willingness to deal and or escalate matters of none conformance, unsafe practice/acts or breeches in policy or law
- interested in health and safety
- willing to follow procedures
- able to train staff at all levels
- able to prioritise
- willing to work under pressure
- calm in stressful situations
- report writing skills
- time management skills
- good planning and organisational skills