Health, Safety & Environmental Advisor- Trainer - Chesterfield - ref. z93922515

Job overview

This role is key to the deliver and promotion of Health & Safety for both DSFS and the wider Chesterfield Royal Hospitals NHS Trust. The individual will be responsible for delivering Health, Safety and Fire training to all staff groups. they will all support Health & Safety audit, investigate Health & Safety Related incident and support manager in their investigations.

They will also support the Head of Health & Safety in providing expert advice on Health, Safety and Welfare.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

Main duties of the job

Provide expert advice to the Head of Health and Safety on Health, Safety and Environmental management and compliance. Deliver Health & Safety and Fire training to all staff groups. Manage training schedules and proactively liaise with stakeholder’s line management to ensure candidates are made available and maintain up to date training records.

Provide expert Health and Safety guidance to all “Trust / DSFS “working groups and committees as required. Process manage and undertake the completion of Health, Safety and Environmental Risk Assessments and undertake audits to ensure adherence to the relevant legislatory guidelines.

Understand changes to regulatory guidance, design new learning provisions and undertake regular training updates and seminars to ensure that up to date knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental guidance and regulation is maintained.

Actively participate and promote the control of contractors on site to include Site induction, auditing to ensure quality of service / works being provided including sign off completed works

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Possession of a recognised Health & Safety Qualification IOSH, NEBOSH or equivalent Safety Management Qualification to Diploma level 3 or equivalent
• Teaching Qualification

• Degree level qualification in related field
• Qualification in Supervisory Management

Experience

• 5 years operational experience of practical implementation of safety processes and training.
• Undertaking of risk Assessments in a complex environment
• Experience of implementation of strategies, policies and procedures
• Experience in staff engagement and management of contractors

• Hospital /NHS work environment experience
• Experience in managing budgets

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to produce risk-based reports with financial investment recommendations
• Practical training and presentation skills
• Experience of General Health and Safety Management and specialist implementation of that guidance
• Ability to understand and manage complex situations that require a degree of interpretation and prioritise the resulting actions to effectively manage the issues raised
• Proven track record of being able to communicate effectively on complex subjects at the highest levels

• Operational experience of practical fire safety management and provision of practical realistic fire training
• Ability to manage and motivate colleagues
• Apply specialist knowledge of the fire safety legislation and guidance including experience of practical implementation of those guidelines within a complex healthcare environment.
• Demonstrate ability to negotiate with stakeholders with regard to change leadership subject matters be that process or personnel
• Experience and knowledge of financial management of budgets

Personal Attributes

• Team Player / Can do / Proactive attitude
• Excellent interpersonal/communication Skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to project a professional image
• Ability to interpret data and formulate strategic plans based on data findings and audit reports

• Use of Microsoft office programmes to produce graphical representation of data and production of Multimedia presentation formats

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

VISA's and Immigration system

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered at this point in time.

Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

COVID19 Vaccination

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services (‘DSFS’) is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account, spam folders and NHS Jobs (where applicable) account regularly.

References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore, to speed up the recruitment process please provide an up to date email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the DSFS Human Resources team on 01246 513737 / [email protected] and we will be happy to provide assistance.

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