Health and Safety Advisor

Reporting to the Health and Safety Manager, this highly proactive role will support the Health and Safety Management across the University Hospitals of Liverpool Group. Across the Group your principal role will be support the implementation and management of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System whilst providing assurance via a regime of continual auditing, monitoring and review, that the Group has discharged their statutory obligations across all their operational activity. You will assist with the development, implementation, management and monitoring of policies and procedures relating to Occupational Health and Safety, to ensure that all statutory obligations are met and ensure that key risks are actively managed to minimise their impact, or likelihood of occurrence, via the implementation of appropriate mitigation plans, business continuity planning and emergency preparedness, response and recovery. You will promote at all times a strong 'Safety Culture', and will ensure that delegated health, safety, related projects are delivered to the agreed programme, budget and quality, working to recognised Project Management standards.,

• Attending and participating in the Group Health and Safety Group as appropriate
• Collaborating with external organisations, Contractors and Consultants as appropriate
• Support the Health and Safety Manager with competent professional advice across core areas of
health, safety risk and assurance.
• Coordinating freedom of information requests as appropriate
• Working with Group legal team to analyse and investigate claims as appropriate
• Supporting the development of health and safety codes of practice, policies, procedure and standards
• Delivering training with support of the Health and Safety Manager
• Support with the monitoring and evaluation, via a programme of audits the H&S performance of different care areas.
• Supporting Divisional and Corporate managers in their efforts to embed a safety culture
• Supporting with the development and maintenance of a programme of internal and external health,
safety, training
• Supporting with the development of leading and lagging indicators and monitor performance
• Supporting with the implementation of ISO 45001
• Preparing and providing reports to relevant groups, committees
• Oversight and maintenance of the health and safety internet site
• Support management and coordination of a programme of
health and safety tours and inspections.,
• Actively working with the Trade Unions and their nominated Safety Representatives ensuring effective
two-way communication and consultation, and involvement in joint H&S inspections and audits were appropriate
• Assurance reporting
• Attending and participating in the Group Health and Safety Group as appropriate
• Collaborating with external organisations, Contractors and Consultants as appropriate
• Support the Health and Safety Manager with competent professional advice across core areas of
health, safety risk and assurance retaining an up-to-date knowledge of statutory and mandatory legislation, national guidance documents and policy
• Coordinating freedom of information requests as appropriate
• Working with Group legal team to analyse and investigate claims as appropriate
• Supporting the development of health and safety codes of practice, policies, procedure and standards
are in place and updated accordingly on a regular basis
• Delivering training with support of the Health and Safety Manager to ensure relevant developmental
events and training exercises are delivered
• Support with the monitoring and evaluation, via a programme of audits the H&S performance of
Divisions and Corporate Services, including their directly employed Contractors and Consultants, against an effective health and safety management system to ensure adequate health and safety resources, that control measures are being fully implemented and remain effective, and all works or services provided are carried out in accordance with the relevant statutory requirements, Codes of Practice, and Group policies and procedures
• Support the Health and Safety Manager by providing Health and Safety advice primarily to Divisional
and Corporate staff, but where necessary to the wider Group, to assist with the resolution of health and safety related issues and assists with the implementation of agreed action plans, and develops Health and Safety information resources via a Group Health and Safety web site
• Supporting Divisional and Corporate managers in their efforts to embed a safety culture
• Supporting with the development and maintenance of a programme of internal and external health,
safety, training
• Supporting with the development of leading and lagging indicators and monitor performance against
these, for continual improvement and management related risks
• Supporting with the implementation and operational maintenance of ISO 45001 Occupational Health
and Safety Standard
• Preparing and providing reports to relevant groups, committees
• Oversight and maintenance of the health and safety internet site
• Support the Health and Safety Manager with the management and coordination of a programme of
health and safety tours and inspection across the divisional and corporate management team Other
• Undertake any other reasonable duties considered relevant to the post, and commensurate with the
level of responsibility, The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Our statement on modern slavery We have zero tolerance of slavery and human trafficking and are committed to maintaining and improving systems, processes and policies to avoid complicity in human rights violation and to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain. The Trust policies, procedures, governance and legal arrangements are robust, ensuring that proper checks and due diligence are applied in employment procedures to ensure compliance with this legislation. We also conform to the NHS employment check standards within our workforce recruitment and selection practices. This strategic approach incorporates analysis of the Trust's supply chains and its partners to assess risk exposure and management on modern slavery. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.


• Highly experienced in the provision of written and oral communication at all level of the organisation
Desirable criteria
• Experience of analysing data and coherently report information senior colleagues
• Experience promoting a positive health and safety culture, and implementing improvements
• A proven track record of successfully managing a robust auditing and monitoring regime
• Able to provide high quality professional advice on H&S related matters and support to senior line managers to embed a 'safety culture' into their daily activities, In depth knowledge of health & safety legislation and application, Ability to work on own initiative and to make decisions within the framework of established policies, procedures and standards
• Ability to write and implement health and safety policy and procedure
• Ability to plan and deliver effective health and safety audit programme, NEBOSH National Certificate for Occupational Health and Safety Management
• Educated to Degree level or equivalent
• NEBOSH National Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management or working towards
• Evidence of commitment to continued professional development, ideally through a recognised professional body
Desirable criteria
• Holds chartered membership of a professional health and safety body i.e. Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) or equivalent
• NEBOSH Fire and Risk Management
• NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management
• NEBSOH Construction Certificate
• Holds a recognised qualification in auditing i.e. ISO 45001 Internal Auditor Training Course or equivalent
• Recognised management qualification or demonstrable experience
• Educated to degree level in Health, Health and Safety or Risk Management
  
  NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.
We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West. We operate from five hospital sites: Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services., The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.