Head of Health & Safety

Do you have the energy and passion to drive health and safety across NWAS? NWAS are looking for a Head of Health and Safety to act as the trust's competent person for health and safety as the recognised expert for analysing levels of health and safety practices across the organisation and providing professional advice.

The Head of Health and Safety 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 need to have excellent leadership skills to support both the trust and the health and safety team to move forwards to achieve their objectives.

You will play an integral role in strengthening health and safety with integrated governance, risk and assurance perspective this will include the identification of residual risk from risk assessments and other activities to inform risk management processes, and the connection between incident management and the improvement of staff safety.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as the competent person as described under the terms of Regulation 7 of the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and is responsible for ensuring organisational compliance with statutory duties.

The post holder is responsible for ensuring the Trust has effective policies, systems and processes in place to meet the obligations and requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act and associated Regulations.

The post holder will take the lead role in the organisation for all matters of health & safety and associated underpinning legislative requirements. This includes the provision of health and safety reports and information to senior meetings internally and externally. The post holder will promote leadership and ownership of Health & Safety management throughout the organisation to ensure that risks are managed as an integral part of business delivery.

Using expert Health and Safety knowledge, the post-holder is responsible for advising managers, representatives and colleagues on any/all issues relating to health and safety at work, and for the development, delivery and co-ordination of health and safety training for colleagues.

To provide sources of assurance on Health and Safety and the wider compliance agenda for the Trust including providing data for reports and regulatory bodies.

About us

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides 24 hour, 365 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport.

Our highly skilled staff provide life-saving care to patients in the community and take people to hospital or a place of care if needed. We also provide non-emergency patient transport services for those patients who require non-emergency transport to and from hospital and who are unable to travel unaided because of their medical condition or clinical need.

Alongside the other emergency services, we also work to ensure the safety of the public and treatment of patients in the event of a major incident.

We also deliver the NHS 111 service in the North West. NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct in 2013. This service was introduced to make it easier for people to access local NHS healthcare services in England. It provides non-emergency medical help fast, and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description.

All leadership roles at NWAS at every level are required to promote and role model our Be Think Do Philosophy. NWAS is committed to attracting managers and leaders who are more than subject matter experts, but exemplary in demonstrating their experience and commitment to values-based leadership challenging workforce and health inequalities operating successfully in ambiguity, complexity and uncertainty.

Person Specification
Skills / competencies
Essential

• Advanced keyboard skills and be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook & Teams).
• Requirement to travel across the North West as required.
• High standard of report writing skills.
• Understanding of the complexity of service delivery in a large organisation.
• Demonstrate evidence of inspirational leadership skills and ability to motivate a team.
• Practical problem solving ability.
• Change management skills.
• Undertaking investigations of a complex nature.
• Persuasive and influencing skills.
• Ability to make sound judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
• Experienced and able to develop strong collaborative working relationships within the immediate team and key stakeholders (internal and external).
• Self-motivated and resourceful with the ability to manage multiple competing demands and effectively prioritise own and other's work.
• Evident commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership working.
• Commitment to improving quality of employee experience and so patient care.
• Evidence of self-awareness and personal values of integrity, objectivity and fairness.
• Able to learn from experience and adapt to changes and new challenges.
• Must be committed to the promotion and improvement of quality.
• Able to challenge conventions.
• Open non-judgemental attitude and able to positively work with a wide range of multi-professional staff groups.
• Passion for creating an inclusive and safe environment for all workers.
• Demonstrable ability to resolve challenging, difficult or contentious situations quickly and effectively.
• Demonstrable compassionate and inclusive leadership.

Qualification and knowledge
Essential

• Educated to Degree level qualification or substantial health & safety knowledge and experience.
• Chartered Membership of IOSH.
• Experience of health and safety provision in a large and complex organisation.
• Experience of managing and/or leading health and safety function within a health care setting.
• Highly developed knowledge of health and safety regulations, management systems and processes (HSG65).
• Extensive and demonstrable knowledge and experience in the application of Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the associated regulations, approved codes of practice, guidance and practical implications and applications.
• Evidence of significant contribution to health and safety developments.
• Evidence of continual professional development.

Experience
Essential

• Extensive experience in delivering service transformation and change processes.
• Previous management and leadership experience in a senior position.
• Experienced and able to produce high quality reports and presentations that convey complex information in a meaningful way.
• Experienced in analysing complex data and information collectively from a variety of sources to triangulate and draw out themes and trends.
• Experienced in producing a range implementation plans to translate policy into practice.
• Experienced in undertaking complex investigations, surveys or audits.
• Experience of effectively working within H& S governance and working with collaboratively with TU Safety representatives.
• Demonstrable experience of line management responsibilities and application of HR processes.

Values and behaviours
Essential

• Working together - demonstrate collaborative and inclusive working and challenge behaviour that is not inclusive or acceptable.
• Being at our best - professional and adaptable and takes pride in work.
• Making a difference - act with compassion, kindness and integrity towards everyone.

Employer details
Employer name
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Address
Estuary Point
Liverpool
L24 8RL
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242-4489-LR