Health and Safety Assistant

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.