Job summary
- Main area
- Health & Safety
- Grade
- Grade D
- Contract
- Permanent: full-time 37.5 Hours
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday)
- Job ref
- 166-DSFS-7225202
- Employer
- Derbyshire Support Facilities Services
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- DSFS Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Trust
- Town
- CHESTERFIELD
- Salary
- £29,683 - £32,503 pro rata Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/06/2025 10:00
- Interview date
- 07/07/2025
Employer heading
Health, Safety & Environmental Advisor- Trainer
Grade D
Job overview
This role is key to the deliver and promotion of Health & Safety for both DSFS and the wider Chesterfield Royal Hospitals NHS Trust. The individual will be responsible for delivering Health, Safety and Fire training to all staff groups. they will all support Health & Safety audit, investigate Health & Safety Related incident and support manager in their investigations.
They will also support the Head of Health & Safety in providing expert advice on Health, Safety and Welfare.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
Main duties of the job
Provide expert advice to the Head of Health and Safety on Health, Safety and Environmental management and compliance. Deliver Health & Safety and Fire training to all staff groups. Manage training schedules and proactively liaise with stakeholder’s line management to ensure candidates are made available and maintain up to date training records.
Provide expert Health and Safety guidance to all “Trust / DSFS “working groups and committees as required. Process manage and undertake the completion of Health, Safety and Environmental Risk Assessments and undertake audits to ensure adherence to the relevant legislatory guidelines.
Understand changes to regulatory guidance, design new learning provisions and undertake regular training updates and seminars to ensure that up to date knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental guidance and regulation is maintained.
Actively participate and promote the control of contractors on site to include Site induction, auditing to ensure quality of service / works being provided including sign off completed works
Working for our organisation
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.
DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
Please see below link for the DSFS website.
DSFS - Derbyshire Support & Facilities Services Limited | DSFS
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Possession of a recognised Health & Safety Qualification IOSH, NEBOSH or equivalent Safety Management Qualification to Diploma level 3 or equivalent
- Teaching Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Degree level qualification in related field
- Qualification in Supervisory Management
Experience
Essential criteria
- 5 years operational experience of practical implementation of safety processes and training.
- Undertaking of risk Assessments in a complex environment
- Experience of implementation of strategies, policies and procedures
- Experience in staff engagement and management of contractors
Desirable criteria
- Hospital /NHS work environment experience
- Experience in managing budgets
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to produce risk-based reports with financial investment recommendations
- Practical training and presentation skills
- Experience of General Health and Safety Management and specialist implementation of that guidance
- Ability to understand and manage complex situations that require a degree of interpretation and prioritise the resulting actions to effectively manage the issues raised
- Proven track record of being able to communicate effectively on complex subjects at the highest levels
Desirable criteria
- Operational experience of practical fire safety management and provision of practical realistic fire training
- Ability to manage and motivate colleagues
- Apply specialist knowledge of the fire safety legislation and guidance including experience of practical implementation of those guidelines within a complex healthcare environment.
- Demonstrate ability to negotiate with stakeholders with regard to change leadership subject matters be that process or personnel
- Experience and knowledge of financial management of budgets
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Team Player / Can do / Proactive attitude
- Excellent interpersonal/communication Skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to project a professional image
- Ability to interpret data and formulate strategic plans based on data findings and audit reports
Desirable criteria
- Use of Microsoft office programmes to produce graphical representation of data and production of Multimedia presentation formats
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Theresa Tomlinson
- Job title
- Head of Health & safety Management
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01246513885
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