Health and Safety Officer

CHS is able to offer a wide range of services. Our scale enables us to offer competitive rates and we have a long track record of providing high quality, customer-focused services.

We offer comprehensive estates, facilities management, medical engineering, catering solutions and procurement services supporting the provision of safe, effective healthcare to our communities. We are committed to delivering our Green Plan goals of reducing carbon emissions, air pollution, waste generation and improving recycling throughout delivery of our services. We also enable profit to go back into patient care.

CHS recognises that its staff are its greatest asset and that its business is its people. The company aims to create an environment and culture of openness, trust and honesty. We encourage and celebrate diversity because broader perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge will enrich and enhance the value we bring to each other, our clients, shareholders and other stakeholders.

Job overview

The Health & Safety Officer will support the delivery of the Health & Safety service across Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions (CHS) and Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT).

This is a development role for someone wishing to establish and progress a professional career in health and safety.

Working alongside the Group Health & Safety Manager and Health & Safety Adviser, the postholder will take responsibility for defined areas of H&S activity while progressively developing the knowledge, experience and professional competence required to progress towards a Health & Safety Adviser role.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will undertake a varied range of operational H&S duties including workplace inspections, audits, incident investigations, DSE assessments and compliance monitoring.

They will coordinate and monitor actions arising from incidents, risk assessments and inspections; maintain H&S records and electronic monitoring systems; support COSHH management arrangements; and prepare reports, dashboards and management information.

The postholder will also provide practical H&S advice to managers and staff within their level of competence and escalating more complex or specialist matters to senior members of the H&S team

Working for our organisation

At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Clinical Engineering, decontamination and procurement service, provides the following:

• Fully managed estate and building maintenance
• Clinical Engineering and Decontamination
• Procurement advice, guidance and governance
• Capital project management
• Transport
• Grounds maintenance.
• Portering
• Catering
• Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)

All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed Job Description

• The Health & Safety Officer will hold operational responsibility for a number of defined H&S compliance workstreams, including the Trust-wide DSE programme, action tracking systems, electronic compliance monitoring and elements of COSHH quality assurance.
• The postholder will independently manage a varied workload across multiple departments, engage directly with managers and staff to resolve compliance issues and progress corrective actions, and undertake lower and medium-complexity investigations within their competence.
• They will analyse information from incident and compliance systems, identify trends and areas requiring intervention, contribute to organisational assurance reporting and identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and consistency of H&S systems and processes.

Main Responsibilities

• The postholder will be responsible for managing allocated H&S workstreams and ensuring that associated assessments, records and actions are appropriately monitored and progressed.
• They will exercise judgement in determining priorities and appropriate follow-up action, challenge unsafe practices where identified, and escalating significant or complex concerns appropriately.
• The role requires regular engagement with staff and managers across CHS and CHFT and increasing day-to-day autonomy as competence develops.
• The postholder will be expected to actively participate in training, mentoring and professional development, with the longer-term objective of developing the professional competence and qualifications necessary to undertake a broader Health & Safety Adviser role

Person specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Confident communicator able to speak with staff at all levels of the organisation from senior leadership to front-line staff
• Comfortable taking the initiative to contact staff, visit work areas and open honest discussions, even where there may be resistance or discomfort
• Displays the confidence and integrity to engage in difficult conversations, challenge unsafe practice and stand by professional advice in order to support effective, well led and safe services
• Ability to explain health and safety matters clearly and practically
• Ability to interpret and apply procedures and compliance processes within defined areas of responsibility
• Basic IT skills including Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel
• Ability to organise workload, prioritise competing demands and manage tasks effectively
• Ability to analyse information and identify trends or areas requiring follow-up
• Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships across departments
• Able to work independently within defined areas of responsibility while seeking support and guidance appropriately
• Able to use initiative to identify and progress tasks and support the wider workload of the Health and Safety team
• Able to organise workload effectively and manage routine tasks with limited supervision as confidence and experience develop

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience maintaining electronic records, databases or monitoring systems
• Experience communicating with managers or coordinating actions across teams

Desirable criteria

• Experience in an administrative, customer service, compliance or office environment
• Experience supporting compliance, governance, safety or quality systems
• Experience working in healthcare, estates or facilities environments

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSEs or equivalent including English and Maths at Grade 4 (C) or above
• A Levels, Level 3 qualification or equivalent education

Desirable criteria

• HND, Foundation Degree or equivalent higher education qualification
• Health and safety qualification such as IOSH Working Safely or NEBOSH National General Certificate

Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions (CHS) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It's important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. CHS will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

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