Health and Safety Officer

Solihull, England, United Kingdom

12/17/2024

Job Description

Health & Safety Officer | Spire Hospital | Solihull & Sutton Coldfield | West Midlands | Competitive salary - dependent on experience | Private healthcare | Full Time 37.5hrs per week

Spire Parkway Hospital have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Health and Safety Officer to join our team. This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week working across two sites, Spire Parkway Hospital and Spire Little Aston Hospital (Sutton Coldfield). The Health and Safety Officer will support line managers to ensure that working practices are established for employees, contractors and volunteers who visit or work at the facility do so in a safe and healthy environment in accordance to the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of the Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 are complied with.

Spire Parkway Hospital in Solihull, West Midlands offers a comprehensive range of private hospital services. Our hospital is rated Good by the CQC for all parts of the inspection except for Patient Care, which is rated Outstanding. The report states, “Staff treated patients with compassion and kindness, respected their privacy and dignity, took account of their individual needs, and helped them understand their conditions. They provided emotional support to patients, families and carers.”

Our dedicated hospital team are passionate about excellent patient care and we offer a range of specialist treatments to patients across Birmingham, Warwickshire and the West Midlands. This includes diagnostic services, rehabilitation, cutting-edge surgical procedures and excellence in specialist fields like orthopaedics, women’s health and cancer care. We have 51 bedrooms and five operating theatres.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time

Duties And Responsibilities

• Responsible as the H&S Officer for the oversight of the day-to-day management of health and safety across the hospital through support and guidance.
• Advising the Hospital Director, Senior Management Team and the hospital Health and Safety Committee on general health and safety matters, seeking further information from the appropriate Group specialists, or retained consultants, as necessary
• Assisting the Hospital Director and Senior Management Team in undertaking and implementing risk assessments, in accordance with Group procedures, for the premises and activities undertaken at the premises, the use of computer workstations, manual handling activities of staff and the use of, or exposure to, hazardous materials and agents used during, or arising from, work undertaken.
• Assisting the Hospital Director in ensuring the requirements of the fire safety risk assessment, relating to practice fire evacuation drills and staff training, are implemented. Assisting the Fire Manager with the coordination of practice fire evacuation drills, fire warden/marshal training, fire safety refresher training and monitoring the implementation of actions arising from the Fire Safety Risk Assessment
• Assisting the Hospital Director in ensuring that details are obtained from all relevant managers on dangerous substances used on the premises, together with up-to-date material safety data sheets for them, and reviewing, at least every six months, with each relevant manager, the procedures and facilities for the delivery, storage, transport and disposal of dangerous materials, including flammable, oxidising, toxic and infectious materials and clinical waste.
• Assisting the Hospital Director / Operations Manager with the planning and implementation of the Business Continuity Plan drills and scenarios
• Involvement in all renovation / construction projects within a facility from start up to completion to advise and support from a health and safety aspect in compliance with HS 21 Management of Contractors
• Monitoring the health and safety standards of any contract work undertaken on the hospital premises and advising the relevant manager of any defects identified.
• Attending Company-wide health and safety update meetings held for Health and Safety Officers.
• Monitoring of the quarterly AMAT health and safety audits to ensure compliance.
  
  

Who We're Looking For

• Good standard of secondary education with demonstrable literacy and numeracy skills.
• IOSH Managing Safely / IOSH Working Safely course
• NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (or the willingness to undertake qualification )
• Professional Membership within Health and Safety / Risk Management
• Track record of successful people and process management, ideally in a multi-functional environment
• Previous experience working in the healthcare industry or a similar customer orientated organisation.
• Understanding of Health & Safety and risk issues and legislation in a healthcare organisation
• Competent user of the MS Office suite of products in order to meet the requirements of the role
• Car Driver
  
  

Benefits

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Free onsite parking
  
  

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion.
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together
  
  

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Lukala Weber on Lukala.weber@spirehealthcare.com

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

About Us

At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We’re committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.

About The Team

At Spire Parkway Hospital, we’re a leading provider of private hospital treatments for our patients across the Midlands and beyond. We offer specialised and personalised healthcare through fast access to consultations with specialists in a wide range of treatments, supported by advanced imaging and diagnostic technology.