Estates and Facilities Health and Safety ManagerNHS

Job summary

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is seeking an Estates and Facilities Health and Safety Manager to join our Estates and Facilities Team, based at Langdon, Dawlish.

Reporting directly to the Deputy Director of Estates and Facilities, the post holder will lead and oversee health and safety matters across Estates and Facilities, while supporting Trust managers, committees and staff as required. The role will involve applying relevant legislation and best practice, identifying health and safety hazards and risks, and developing practical solutions.

The Trust is a growing provider of mental health and learning disability services. Our Estates and Facilities team plays a key role in maintaining a safe, clean, secure and effective estate, operating from 30 owned buildings and managing over 46 leased properties.

The team includes 24 Estates staff, 112 Facilities staff, six Corporate Reception staff, a Sustainability and Energy Manager and this Health and Safety Manager post.

The role is based at Langdon, Dawlish, but flexibility is required to support services across Devon, including travel throughout the county and attendance at Wonford House, Exeter.

Please make contact for an informal discussion if you are interested.

Main duties of the job

You will have experience of working at a senior or management level and of providing professional leadership within a multidisciplinary environment.

The role involves communicating with a wide range of professionals internally at all levels within the organisation and externally, so excellent verbal and written skills are essential. This will be evidenced through assessments, regular reports, risk management, and analysis of highly complex facts and activity/service in relation to performance targets and strategic objectives. The role should ensure that internal and contracted services deliver safe, high-quality, cost-effective services. We expect you to have excellent IT skills and a working knowledge of a variety of software packages.

You will often work under pressure and without direct supervision, so we are looking for someone confident and capable who can present work methodically, accurately and in a professional manner. You will prioritise tasks and manage your own workload, providing support for our colleagues where required.

You will become an important part of the team, working to ensure that all aspects of work are patient-focused. You will provide support to staff members, which could include dealing with staff grievances and disciplinary issues.

Job description

The Estates and Facilities Health and Safety Manager (Band 7) is the lead specialist adviser for Health and Safety matters relating to Estates and Facilities, the built environment and associated activities.

The post holder will:

• Lead and oversee Health and Safety arrangements across Estates and Facilities.
• Provide expert advice on Health and Safety legislation, regulations and best practice.
• Identify hazards and risks and recommend practical and proportionate solutions.
• Undertake and coordinate inspections, audits, risk assessments and incident investigations.
• Lead the development and review of relevant Health and Safety policies, procedures and standards.
• Develop and deliver Health and Safety and risk management training.
• Monitor incidents, risks, actions and performance to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Prepare reports, assurance information, recommendations and business cases for senior managers and committees.
• Work closely with Trust teams, contractors, specialist advisers and external regulatory bodies.
• Challenge unsafe practices and advise on appropriate action where significant risks are identified.
• Support compliance with statutory reporting and regulatory requirements.
• Travel across Trust sites to provide advice and undertake inspections and investigations.

Overall, this is a senior specialist role responsible for providing Health and Safety leadership, advice, assurance and practical support across Estates and Facilities, helping to ensure that the Trust maintains a safe and compliant environment for staff, patients and visitors.

About us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.