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Health & Safety and Security Advisor

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Protection — indemnity for locally employed doctors from £79
Location
Derby, England
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Profession
Estates and facilities
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
02 Jun 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
19 May 2026

Job overview

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity for a Health & Safety Advisor to join the Health, Safety, Fire & Security Team. The role will be working across all sites of DHCFT within Derbyshire. You will support the Head of Health & Safety, Fire and Security in relation to Health & Safety issues with specific reference to the NHS Fire code standards and the requirements of the HSWA 1974.

The successful candidate will provide professional advice on all Health & Safety / Incident prevention matters relating to staff, patients and premises. . You will also develop and deliver Health &  Safety training in line with the training needs analysis for the Trust, this will include face to face, e-learning and Risk Assessment training to ensure compliance with all relevant Safety legislation and guidance, in particular the Management at Work Regulations 1999 and related Department of Health, Health Technical Memorandums. The above will apply to all Trust sites including areas that work in other Trusts buildings

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide professional advice on all Health &  Safety / Incident prevention matters relating to staff and premises.

To undertake Heath & Safety Audits, write policy, develop safe systems of work, accident/incident investigations and to provide safety advice to all staff.

You will also develop and deliver Health & Safety training in line with the training needs analysis for the Trust, this will include face to face, e-learning and Risk Assessment training to ensure compliance with all relevant Safety legislation and guidance, in particular the The Management at Work Regulations 1999 and related Department of Health, Health Technical Memorandums. The above will apply to all Trust sites including areas that work in other Trusts buildings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To demonstrate the Trust’s values in everything you do in the work environment and live up to DHCFT’s Trust Values