Health & Safety Manager - Estates & Facilities

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Manchester is seeking a Health and Safety Manager to oversee health and safety issues. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in health and safety within a complex organization, along with necessary qualifications such as a Masters degree and NEBOSH diploma. This role offers a dynamic environment to develop professional skills while ensuring safety standards are met across the organization.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a health and safety role in a healthcare setting or large organization.
• Ability to engage with clinical and non-clinical colleagues.
• Experience in delivering health and safety training.

Responsibilities

• Embed a positive health and safety culture.
• Ensure effective health and safety management systems are in place.
• Lead incident investigations and write reports.

Skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Risk assessment

Health and safety legislation knowledge

Education

Masters degree or equivalent

NEBOSH National General Diploma or equivalent

Member of IOSH or similar professional body

Job description

Job Summary

Working with the Quality and Standards team and the Health and Safety Lead, the post holder will provide competent specialist advice for the Trust to ensure all health and safety issues are appropriately reported and co-ordinated.

As a Health and Safety Manager you must have experience of working within health and safety in a healthcare setting or large complex organisation and hold the required qualifications, alongside proven leadership and excellent interpersonal and presentation skills at a corporate level.

This position offers a great opportunity to apply and further develop your professional health and safety skills and experience in a supportive and dynamic team.

Main Duties

With responsibility for embedding a positive health and safety culture, the post holder will engage effectively with clinical and non-clinical colleagues, senior managers and key stakeholders to ensure effective health and safety management systems and processes are in place and are utilised to identify, manage and mitigate all levels of risk.

You must be able to demonstrate proven experience in a comparable role within the NHS or other large complex organisation. You will be familiar with health and safety legislation, contributing to policies and procedures, delivering health and safety training, completing of complex risk assessments, writing reports and leading on incident investigations.

About Us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will have a Masters degree or equivalent qualification / experience, NEBOSH National General Diploma or equivalent, and be a member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) or similar professional body.

• Essential qualifications: Masters degree or equivalent, NEBOSH National General Diploma or equivalent, Member of IOSH or similar professional body
• Desirable qualifications: Chartered membership of IOSH or equivalent professional body, Risk Management qualification

For more information about the role and the person specification, please visit our website.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.