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Job overview

Are you an experienced health and safety professional looking for a new and exciting opportunity?

As the Deputy Health and Safety Manager at South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, you will be responsible for providing professional advice whilst assisting to deliver and monitor health and safety arrangements for the Trust. You will assist in ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation in order for the Trust to maintain the highest standards of health, safety and welfare for staff and patients and will support implementation of initiatives for health and safety improvement. 

The post holder will report to the Health and Safety Manager and cover Devon, Cornwall/IoS and Dorset, supporting them in delivering Trustwide work and will provide leadership and management to two Health and Safety Officers.  

The post holder will liaise and work closely with very diverse clinical and non-clinical groups. This includes managers, the recognised Trade Union and its Safety Representatives and staff within the organisation. 

The location of the role is flexible and presents hybrid working opportunities.

Main duties of the job

• Provide health and safety advice to managers and staff on all aspects of health and safety.

• Lead and deliver a schedule of workplace inspections and fire risk assessments.

• Assess health and safety risks, make judgements to inform recommendations for improvement.

• Monitor incident reports and develop complex reports detailing thematic trends and improvement actions required.

• Develop excellent working relationships with key stakeholders.

• Lead on investigations for incidents meeting agreed thresholds.

• Monitor and deliver health and safety objectives.

• Provide leadership and management to a team of health and safety professionals.

• Develop and monitor health and safety policies and procedures.

Please refer to the attached job description for the main responsibilities of this role.

Working for our organisation

Working for us is an experience like no other.  We provide emergency and urgent care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England of 10,000 square miles and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day.

We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients, which is reflected in our new five-year strategy which has continually improving patient care at its very core.  

At the heart of our beautiful and diverse region we employ over 6000 people and are supported by over 575 volunteers.

If you embody our values of one team, compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to peoples’ lives, then we would love to hear from you.

In return we will equip you with the skills, resources and development you need to thrive in your role.

You will have opportunities to progress to roles at a higher pay grade and enjoy continuous professional development.

Benefits

• Competitive NHS salary
• A standard working week of 37.5 hours
• Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Career and salary progression
• Car leasing scheme
• Free parking across Trust sites
• Cycle-to-work and other salary sacrifice schemes
• Staff networks
• Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK