Health, Safety and Security Manager

The Health, Safety and Security Manager will

• - Advise relevant external partners, agencies and regulators on matters relating to health and safety, fire safety, security and VPR including: local police contacts, other care providers, PFI partners, estates contractors, service suppliers, the HSE and local authorities.
• Ensure the implementation of best practice throughout the Trusts Security, Fire and Health & Safety systems and processes.
• Be responsible for the day to day operational management and strategic development of all services within their portfolio, balancing the need for proactive service development and strategic leadership against the reactive demand of operational responsibilities and stakeholders.
• Provide professional and managerial leadership to staff within the department and advise the Head of Assurance and Compliance and Senior Associate Director of Assurance and Compliance of technical and environmental issues in relation to areas of responsibility.
• Work independently guided by applicable legislation, regulations and organisational policies and specific local and national guidelines, advising how these should be interpreted and implemented.
• Assimilate and summarise complex, multi-stranded, sensitive and sometimes contentious information, comparing facts and analysin situational data from a range of sources, developing options and assessing risks and opportunities to the organisation and making recommendations to:
• Facilitate decision making by directors and senior managers, and
• To assure statutory committees such as the Health and Safety Committee of the Trusts adherence to legislation or risks arising.
• Proactively manage the budgets for services (staff, contracts and software) within the remit of this post, ensuring that expenditure remains within agreed limits and strategies for resource utilisation.
• Be responsible for the prompt and thorough investigation of all security and health and safety incidents (including incidents of violence and aggression against staff), taking account of their severity, and for the identification and implementation of learning and remedial actions.

• Negotiate with suppliers of security and lone worker services, and with contractors and partner organisations to ensure value for money for services within their portfolio and robust assurance of compliance with health and safety legislation where necessary.
• Line manage the Health and Safety Team, including appraisal and development of team members and supporting their wellbeing.