NHS
Health and Safety Advisor
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Job Description
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- To provide competent advice to all Oxleas staff on the requirements of current Health and Safety legislation, initiatives and guidelines and Trust policies, safe systems of work and procedures.
- To be a 'competent person' for the Trust in Health and Safety matters as required.
- To undertake an annual programme of Health and Safety compliance-based audits across Trust teams. This will include scheduling the annual programme of audits, of the teams and Directorates allocated to the Postholder and within specified timescales.
- To ensure all Health and Safety Audits conducted (within allocated sites) are evidenced based and appropriate remedial actions are assigned to Team Managers to address all non-conformities, to ensure continuous improvement.
- To promote a positive Health and Safety culture and ensure all works are undertaken with the highest regard to the safety of patients, staff, visitors and contractors.
- Promoting a culture of ownership of health and safety, and risk management throughout the Trust. Working with partner organisations to ensure equitable compliant standards.
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
- Auditing departments, clinical teams and directorates.
- Writing training and education material.
- Training staff and management on all aspects of health, safety and compliance.
- Providing data for the writing of status and monitoring reports and statistical analysis.
- Supporting Directorates with all health and safety and risk management related enquiries.
- Collaborative working with departments, clinical teams and directorates, promoting good practice in risk management and risk reduction.
- Monitoring incidents and assisting accident/incident investigation, ensuring RIDDOR reportable incidents are notified to the HSE in timely manner.
- Implement robust processes to ensure best practice health and safety policies, procedures and safe systems of work.
- Minimum of NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent).
- Significant previous experience of working in a Health and Safety post is essential.
- Previous experience of auditing; ideally with some community/mental healthcare experience.
- Strong communication skills, and ability to influence and engage with people at all levels.
- Strong interpersonal, IT and organisational skills.
- Auditing departments, clinical teams and directorates.
- Writing training and education material.
- Training staff and management on all aspects of health, safety and compliance.
- Providing data for the writing of status and monitoring reports and statistical analysis.
- Supporting Directorates with all health and safety and risk management related enquiries.
- Collaborative working with departments, clinical teams and directorates, promoting good practice in risk management and risk reduction.
- Monitoring incidents and assisting accident/incident investigation, ensuring RIDDOR reportable incidents are notified to the HSE in timely manner.
- Implement robust processes to ensure best practice health and safety policies, procedures and safe systems of work.
- Minimum of NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent).
- Significant previous experience of working in a Health and Safety post is essential.
- Previous experience of auditing; ideally with some community/mental healthcare experience.
- Strong communication skills, and ability to influence and engage with people at all levels.
- Strong interpersonal, IT and organisational skills.
- NEBOSH Diploma Qualified
- Other relevant Health and Safety Qualifications
- Additional Qualifications in EPRR
- Additional Qualifications in Fire Safety
- 5 Years Experience in Health and Safety Environment
- NHS Experience in Health and Safety or large organisation
- NHS Experience in Estates and Facilities
- Experience in EPRR in Public Organisation
- Experience in Fire Safety in Large Organisation
- H&S Legislative Knowledge
- Knowledge of HTMs, British Standards etc.
- Delivery of H&S Training
- Multi Discipline Knowledge
- Knowledge of H&S KPI's
- Information technology skills, Microsoft Office packages
- Communication skills,
- Report Writing
- Prioritising Workload
- Negotiating Ability
- Ability to interface with Directors and Clinical Leads
- Physically Fit
- Cross Site Experience
- Good Knowledge of English Language
- Experience of working collaboratively with external agencies
- Continued professional Development
- Behavioural Safety Skills
- Self Motivated
- Valid and Current Driving License
- Access to Road Worthy, Taxed and Insured Vehicle
- NEBOSH Diploma Qualified
- Other relevant Health and Safety Qualifications
- Additional Qualifications in EPRR
- Additional Qualifications in Fire Safety
- 5 Years Experience in Health and Safety Environment
- NHS Experience in Health and Safety or large organisation
- NHS Experience in Estates and Facilities
- Experience in EPRR in Public Organisation
- Experience in Fire Safety in Large Organisation
- H&S Legislative Knowledge
- Knowledge of HTMs, British Standards etc.
- Delivery of H&S Training
- Multi Discipline Knowledge
- Knowledge of H&S KPI's
- Information technology skills, Microsoft Office packages
- Communication skills,
- Report Writing
- Prioritising Workload
- Negotiating Ability
- Ability to interface with Directors and Clinical Leads
- Physically Fit
- Cross Site Experience
- Good Knowledge of English Language
- Experience of working collaboratively with external agencies
- Continued professional Development
- Behavioural Safety Skills
- Self Motivated
- Valid and Current Driving License
- Access to Road Worthy, Taxed and Insured Vehicle
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a full-time experienced competent H&S Advisor at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.The Trust has over sixty premises ranging from in-patient mental health buildings to GP practices, and Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup.
We are seeking a highly motivated and committed individual with H&S experience in a designated H&S role to join our specialist NHS Trust. The postholder will be an integral team member of the H&S and Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Team.
Candidates will need to demonstrate ability to work closely with team members from all professions, and with wider risk teams to help coordinate the Trust's Health & Safety and Risk agenda.
Previous experience of risk management procedures and Datix are desirable but not essential. Candidates should have excellent IT and communication skills and experience working with structured annual workplans and strategic vision.
Acting in collaboration with our Estates and Facilities department and our H&S Team, you will be an excellent communicator, able to train multidisciplinary team members, partners and contractors regarding risks, controls, and complex procedures. You will assist in providing assurance to the Trust board as to status of health and safety. To work within the team, striving to build a positive Trust safety culture.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the job
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
Details
Date posted
28 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£53,751 to £60,651 a year pa inc
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-7373387-CORP
Job locations
Pinewood House
Pinewood Place
Dartford
DA2 7WG
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensure there is compliance with all regulatory provisions regarding Health and safety in all Trust owned or operated properties. To undertake an operational role within the Health and Safety Team, being first link to clinical and non-clinical teams, working with them to help develop safe systems of work to improve the safety of staff whilst at work, including lone workers, contractors and agency staff.
Essential experience and qualifications for the role(s):
Full Job Description and Person Specification is attached.
Job responsibilities
Ensure there is compliance with all regulatory provisions regarding Health and safety in all Trust owned or operated properties. To undertake an operational role within the Health and Safety Team, being first link to clinical and non-clinical teams, working with them to help develop safe systems of work to improve the safety of staff whilst at work, including lone workers, contractors and agency staff.
Essential experience and qualifications for the role(s):
Full Job Description and Person Specification is attached.
Person Specification
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Knowledge
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Environment
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Environment
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Other Requirements
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Pinewood House
Pinewood Place
Dartford
DA2 7WG
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Pinewood House
Pinewood Place
Dartford
DA2 7WG
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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