JOB DESCRIPTION. Date: June 2017

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1 JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: Supervisor s Title: Health & Safety Manager Head of Clinical Excellence Date: June 2017 MAIN PURPOSE: To ensure that health and safety policies and practices are correct, adopted in practice and adhered to. To provide good quality training to staff as required ensuring compliance with regulations and best practice. To be responsible for ensuring that all employees and volunteers of Brunelcare have the knowledge and skills to enable them to comply with health and safety legislation through organisational training. MAJOR JOB CHALLENGES: Brunelcare provides a safe and healthy environment for all those who work or live on our sites. However we require a qualified Health & Safety lead in order to sustain quality and compliance in safe working practices. The major challenges in this role will be to determine the Health & Safety needs of the organisation, plan and implement how these will be addressed, and maintain robust systems of quality assurance in line with current legislation. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: The Health & Safety Lead is to: Ensure Brunelcare sites are a safe environment without risk to health. Develop Health & Safety policies, systems of work and procedures. Ensure that all Health & Safety policies, procedures, regulations and legislation are clearly visible on all sites. Ensure Brunelcare meets its statutory obligations in all areas pertaining to health, safety and welfare at work, including statutory training and reporting. Ensure the completion and regular review of risk assessments for all work equipment and operations working in partnership with the Site Managers. Ensure that all accidents involving members of staff and volunteers are documented, investigated and reported to the HSE and Safeguarding Adults where necessary. Look for trends in incidents and after identification of a problem investigate to determine how improvements could be made. Ensure any recommended improvements are implemented.

2 Ensure that property based inspections of safety equipment, such as that for fire, are correctly carried out and any recommendations for improvement of safety are carefully analysed and, where necessary, followed through. Establish a structured programme of health & safety training throughout Brunelcare. Provide training to staff in areas such as fire safety, manual handling, health & safety in the office, water safety and carrying out risk assessments. Ensure full and accurate Health and Safety premises, equipment and training records are maintained for each site. Establish a full programme of documented health & safety inspections, audits and checks using an organisational quality assurance tool. Manage and devise the agenda for, chair and formulate & distribute minutes for any Health & Safety Committee meetings. Ensure that all agreed action points are completed within deadlines. Keep up to date with all aspects of relevant health, safety & welfare at work legislation and communicate relevant changes to the Senior Management Team (SMT). Provide regular reports to the Care Homes Director, SMT and Board of Trustees on relevant health and safety activities. Participate in meetings when required to report on relevant Health & Safety matters. Liaise with suppliers i.e. Insurers, solicitors etc. Audit and implement actions required by fire risk assessments. Any other reasonable duties which may be required from time to time. MAJOR JOB CONTACTS: Externally Health & Safety Executive Safeguarding Boards. Care Quality Commission Internally SMT. Away Day Managers. All staff and volunteers. ENVIRONMENT: Brunelcare is a registered charitable housing association with more than 1,000 properties in Bristol and the surrounding areas. Its main purpose is to provide housing, care and support for older people, whether in sheltered housing, residential or nursing homes, or in the community. The majority of staff are carers and support staff who work either at one of our sites or within the community.

3 MEASUREMENTS: Level of health & safety knowledge and skills within the staff. Evidence of % of staff completed H&S training. Robust QA H&S audits in place on each site up to date and reflective of any issues. Proactive H&S management across the organisation Number of HSE reportable incidents. Cost of external training. LEVEL OF AUTHORITY: Accountable to Care Homes Director but autonomous within limits of approved financial plan. APPROVALS: Date when prepared: June 2017 Prepared by: Sandra Payne

4 PERSON SPECIFICATION Job title: Health and Safety manager Essential Skills/Abilities Skills required to provide good training and education Provision of advice to managers/supervisors Handling of H&S investigations Experience of formulating, implementing and revising H&S policies and procedures Strong interpersonal skills. Excellent planning, organizational and time management skills Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills Strong IT skills Ability to work on own initiative Ability to work in, and adapt to a rapidly changing environment Ability to work co-operatively with others to complete tasks and implement process improvements Desirable Gathering, analysing and reporting on key H&S data/statistics Knowledge of Microsoft packages Knowledge Understanding and knowledge of Social Care. Legislative knowledge of Community Care and supporting People. Understand CQC requirements for the service. Experience At least 3 years recent and relevant experience in a similar role Worked within the health or social care sector Mentoring skills Qualifications NEBOSH (General Certificate) qualified or working towards NEBOSH certificate accreditation. NEBOSH Environmental Certificate COSHH Trained NEBOSH Diploma Member of institute of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH)

5 Personal Attributes/ Behaviours Essential Can give examples of : Being kind to others. Promoting the rights of individuals. Connecting with people. Demonstrating empathy and sensitivity. Communicating effectively. Developing others. Using initiative. Keeping customers more than satisfied.. Being willing to participate in training and evidence of learning. Managing effectively. Managing the performance of others effectively. Motivating groups of people to achieve high standards. Keeping promises. Being flexible and co-operative. Following rules and procedures. Working hard for others. Always putting the needs of a team before their own. Desirable Can give examples of: Able to communicate with a wide range of people in different situations. Being able to feel what is good and bad in situations and environments. Improving the lives of others Thriving on challenges. Understanding how a business operates. Being approachable Displaying high energy to achieve results. APPROVALS: Date when prepared: June 2017 Prepared by: Paul Musgrove Approved By: