Assistant Director of Health & Safety
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the health & safety Team working across the Northern Care alliance. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to provide managerial and professional leadership.
You will develop, manage and monitor the annual health and safety plan which ensures demonstrating compliance with health and safety legislation for the trust in meeting its statutory and regulatory obligations.
You will be the lead specialist in the field of Health & Safety and use your own initiative to provide leadership and specialist expertise at all levels of the organisation. You will work closely with Executives, Corporate Directors and Trust Senior Managers to develop, promote and advise on requirements, processes and practices to ensure compliance with health and safety statutory requirements.
Main duties of the job
Provide strategic advice and leadership across the Trust for Health and Safety and develop, deliver, review and maintain policy and standards to meet best practice and compliance with all current health and safety legislation.
To provide leadership and support and participate in the Trust’s work relating to external scrutiny and compliance with regulatory bodies including Care Quality Commission, Health and Safety Executive and NHS Litigation Authority.
To assist the organisation in ensuring its responsibilities under health and safety legislation are effectively discharged. Evaluate the effectiveness of organisational Health & safety arrangements to ensure continuous improvement in health & safety performance is promoted.
To act as the ‘competent person’ across the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) in accordance with the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, providing professional and expert advice on all matters of health and safety legislation and practice
Lead on the development, implementation, monitoring and review of a Health & Safety Strategy for the NCA to ensure that appropriate health and safety arrangements are in place in order to ensure the safety of staff, patients, service users and others who may be affected by its activities.
Lead and provide line management to the health and safety team comprising of Group Health & Safety Manager, health and safety advisors and administrators in all care organisations.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Educated to a minimum of Masters level or equivalent.
- NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent or relevant experience
- Chartered Membership of Institute of Occupational safety & Health (CMIOSH)
- Post-graduate qualification
- Member of Institute of Occupational safety & Health
- Leadership Qualification
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential criteria- Significant experience of working in a senior health and safety role in a complex setting preferably NHS.
- Previous management and leadership experience in a senior position
- Making strategic recommendations regarding health & safety issues
- Experience in Leading Health and Safety initiatives.
- Good Understanding of Root Cause Analysis and other investigative techniques
- Appreciation of and ability to relate to national NHS priorities
- Ability to challenge and negotiate on difficult issues.
- Effective problems solving skills, skilled negotiator and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Significant working knowledge of Health and Safety legislation
- Contribute to department budget setting, financial management and influence spend within targets
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Some previous NHS experience
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong leadership and motivational skills
- People management skills, including supervision, allocation of work, monitoring including performance.
- Excellent written and presentation skills.
- Ability to deliver and develop specialist training to staff across all disciplines and at all levels of the organisation.
- Ability to effectively present information to all levels of the organisation
- Able to work on own initiative, prioritise, work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
- Commitment to continuous improvement activities
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met).As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]
For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
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