Health and Safety Officer - E&F

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Health and Safety Officer to support the Health and Safety Manager in ensuring compliance across Estates and Facilities services. The successful candidate will assist in developing systems, coordinating action plans, and maintaining statutory requirements. A degree in a H&S-related subject and NEBOSH certification are essential. This role offers a salary between £38,682 to £46,580 per year, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Experience of H&S within E&F services, preferably in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrable operational experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing systems for E&F in line with NHS procedures.
• Support and coordinate E&F incident action plans.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Influencing skills

Education

Degree in a H&S-related subject

NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent

Job description

Health and Safety Officer - E&F

The closing date is 10 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Estates & Facilities (E&F) at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, to join the Health & Safety (H&S) Team at WTWA.

We are looking to appoint a H&S Officer to support the Health and Safety Manager (E&F) to ensure that the H&S agenda, across E&F services at WTWA are provided in a safe and compliant fashion and appropriately managed in accordance with current legislation, guidance and MFT policies and procedures.

You will provide support on the implementation of the E&F strategy in line with relevant health and safety legislation and Department of Health strategy and guidance. You will work to ensure that all Statutory and Mandatory requirements for E&F Services provided by In-house teams; PFI partners and other FM Service providers are satisfied, and all known risks recorded on registers and appropriately managed, working as part of the wider Estates and Facilities, Compliance, Risk and Governance Team.

You will liaise and work closely with E&F Teams to ensure that development schemes, backlog maintenance and lifecycle replacement are carried safely.

Successful candidates will have experience of H&S within E&F services and ideally experience within a healthcare setting.

Excellent communication and organisational skills are required, along with proven problem-solving and influencing skills.

Successful candidates will further be able to meet deadlines, work independently and as a member of a team, and demonstrate flexibility.

Main duties of the job

Assist in developing and implementing systems and processes for E&F in line with NHS statutory and regulatory procedures, Health & Safety Legislation, Trust-wide protocols, legal and quality agendas.

Assist in developing short term and long term plans and actions for E&F to deliver quality solutions and new operational practices improving safe delivery of services.

Receiving, interpreting and analysing varied data (including incidents and serious incidents, complaints, local inspections, risks and other sources) to increase understanding of quality, governance and learning across E&F, and in turn, inform decision making within the department.

Supporting and coordinating E&F incident action plans

Ensuring lessons are learned, actioned and appropriately cascaded across all areas of their work, and to benchmark improvements - both across the Trust and against other organisations - to demonstrate continuous improvements.

This list is not exhaustive. Full details are given in the Job Description.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Experience

• Demonstrable operational experience
• Delivering results through others
• Leading cross-functional work programmes and delivering business outcomes to time and budget
• Membership of a relevant professional body

Qualifications

• Degree in a H&S-related subject (or equivalent specialist knowledge)
• NEBOSH Certificate or relevant safety management or be nearing completion of a formal H&S qualification

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Details

Date posted

27 October 2025

Band

Band 6

£38,682 to £46,580 a year Per Annum, pro rata