Job overview

SWB Trust is an integrated care organisation. We are dedicated to improving the lives of local people, to maintaining an outstanding reputation for teaching and education, and to embedding innovation and research.  We employ over 8,000 people and are responsible for the care of 530,000 local people.

We are recruiting for a full-time Health & Safety Assistant to join the Health & Safety team. This is an exciting opportunity to move into or further your career in health and safety with support from a highly experienced team. This is a varied and pro-active role, where you will be involved in all aspects of Health & Safety.   The ideal candidate will be based at the Sandwell Health Campus, with the expectation to work across our other SWB sites.

The Trust environment offers a wide variety of health and safety topics ranging from office environments to construction activity.  Previous experience of working in a health and safety role would be advantageous but is not essential.  You will need to have a recognised health and safety qualification (eg NEBOSH certificate) or be willing to successfully complete an appropriate external qualification sponsored by us. 

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong administrative, interpersonal and communication skills.  In addition, you will need to demonstrate that you can talk and present with confidence.  This corporate role will require experience of using a variety of IT packages competently.

Main duties of the job

• Review, as directed, all non-clinical incident reports and identify those that require the attention of the senior managers .
•   Assist with internal health and safety audits and Inspections.
•  Support with incident/accident Investigations
• Report to the Health and Safety Executive, as directed any incidents that satisfy the reporting criteria within the Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR). 
•  Assist with the production of health and safety resources (eg Information leaflets, short videos, short training packages).
•  When competent to do so, provide health & safety advice to Trust staff on topics approved by the Head of Health & Safety.
• Provide Trust colleagues with assistance with Display Screen Equipment (DSE) requirements.
• Assist with Health and Safety Training.
• Provision of administrative for the Head of Health & Safety and other managers within the Health and Safety Department.
• Receive incoming calls, make appropriate notes and were necessary re-direct accordingly.
• Address visitors both internal and external in courteous and professional manner.
• Use of computer systems including Microsoft Office, Safeguard and other software packages.
• Raising purchase orders and the maintenance of the ordering system to include stock and non-stock items.
• Central Alerts System (CAS) – Administrative management of Safety Alerts/Field Safety Notices in accordance with the Trust Safety Alert Policy.  This includes updating the CAS website pages.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Multi-site working 

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond". 

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.