The post holder will be responsible for:
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- Providing professional and justifiable guidance to all levels of staff with regard to the expected Health and Safety legislative standards.
- Planning inspection and audit timetables for their team and ensuring that operating regions and support functions are complying with Service and legislative standards. Where deficiencies are found, to identify the appropriate means of correction and to ensure that the new controls are put in place by the local management team
- Proposing changes to local policies and working practices as well as national policies and expected to comment on all new and proposed H&S policies.
- Managing staff, eg: Appraisal, grievance, recruitment, allocation of work, pdps.
- Writing reports or documents for national groups, local management teams and station staff as necessary and conducting accident and incident investigations for all serious incidents in your region (or as directed by Head of Health and Safety).
- Providing training and instruction on the expected Health and Safety standards.
This post will require a significant amount of driving to visit each of our stations in East Region. Home working may be considered.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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