Health & Safety Assistant
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
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Job overview
This post is for internal candidates to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, The Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital or The Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System. If you are not currently working for one of these organisations your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
We are looking for a Health and Safety Team Assistant to join our busy Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) Team.
The successful applicant will have a good standard of education including GCSE's in Maths and English (or equivalent) along with relevant experience of undertaking practical tasks in accordance with written procedures.
This post will be based at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, and there will be some cross-site working to The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford and other Trust sites when required.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will undertake respiratory protective equipment (RPE) face fit testing using Accufit and Portacount machines, in support of colleagues whose work requires protection from infection or chemical exposures.
The post holder will undertake administration duties supporting face fit testing, including entering information into ESR, and supporting Ward and Department Managers to arrange repeat fit testing appointments.
The post holder will support the work of our Hood Library, which provides loose-fitting RPE wearers. This involves user training plus equipment inspection and maintenance.
From time to time the post holder will work in Trust workplaces to support staff who wear RPE for biological and chemical protection, undertaking audit, inspection and monitoring activities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See job description for further details of this post, and please note that we actively welcome conversations about the job and its duties before and during the application process.