Health and Safety Manager

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• To act as the appointed Competent Person (defined in law as the person competent to advise the Trust Board on legal requirements for Health and Safety matters).
• Take responsibility for the development, implementation and monitoring of the Trust's Health and Safety Policies and processes ensuring alignment with relevant UK and European health and safety law. They will ensure the policies meet the requirements of the Trust and external regulators (eg. Care Quality Commission and Health Safety Executive).
• Lead implementation of the health, safety and risk management systems, in particular incident reporting, hazard identification and risk assessment.
• Responsible for ensuring health and safety risk assessments are undertaken by managers and staff in the Trust, providing training and assistance where necessary, and that actions plans are developed and monitored.
• Lead the health and safety audit process across the Trust ensuring safety inspections are carried out, across all areas at which Central London Community Health staff deliver services, to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation and to follow up on incidents.
• Work closely with the organisations Lead Director for Health and Safety, Lead Director for Operational Resilience and Support Services, the Health and Safety Committee/Group, and Divisional and service leads in delivering assurances to the Trust board with regards to the implementation of Health and Safety policies and procedures in the organisation. There will also be a need to work in partnership with Capita colleagues who deliver our Estates and Facilities function.
• Take a key leadership role in attending and providing expert reporting/advice on the management of Health and Safety and risk to the Health and Safety group
• Monitor compliance against statutory or internal legislation or guidance by taking responsibility for relevant indicators and undertaking or organising pre-planned audits of departments, services or sites.
• Responsible for ensuring legal compliance for incidents reportable under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) and ensuring these are reported to the Health and Safety Executive within statutory time requirements.
• Ensure health and safety incidents and near misses are reviewed on the organisations software system (Datix) enabling lessons to be learnt.
• Identify trends and review incident investigations carried out by Divisions/Services and where necessary undertake a more detailed investigation in accordance with Trust investigation policies and protocols.
• To work collaboratively with the Trust’s designated Fire Safety Manager to maintain appropriate fire safety standards and to ensure Trust actions are managed.
• Prepare and produce reports for the Trust Board (and other groups) on the performance of Health and Safety and risk against priorities, emerging issues, trends and actions plans.
• Responsible for identifying and supporting Health and Safety and Fire training needs for staff at all levels within the Trust, whether this be through packages on the Trusts electronic learning system (iLearn) or face to face delivery.
• Liaise with other Trust and Capita Health and Safety Managers and Advisers in related areas such as infection control, fire safety, occupational health etc to ensure there is a cohesive and integrated approach to providing a safe working environment.
• Liaise with all enforcement agencies, NHS agencies and auditors on behalf of the Trust in relation to health, safety and risk.
• Establish a library of health and safety literature and guidance and maintain, ensuring the information is up to date and available to all staff through dissemination and Hub self-selection.
• Undertake regular reviews of the health and safety/risk management training needs of the Trust.
• To support the Trust’s approach to ergonomic and manual handling and appropriate policies and procedures, providing specialist advice as needed.
• To support the Trust’s system for the management of medical devices; including the procurement, storage, maintenance and replacement and the provision of training on the safe use of medical devices.
• Work in partnership with and, where necessary, provide specialist advice to those departments and services that have particular health and safety requirements such as the Estates and Facilities department.
• Work in partnership with the Estates and Facilities department to lead and maintain comprehensive and effective systems for the Trust for the management of fire safety.
• Where necessary, work with the Estates and Facilities department to liaise with contractors on fire, health and safety issues to ensure that appropriate standards are deployed and maintained. This may include site meetings, inspections and agreeing risk assessments (method statements), policies and procedures.
• To attend such meetings as is necessary so as to provide advice on health and safety issues. Represent the Trust at local, regional and national level on health and safety by the delivery of presentations or membership of groups or committees.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities