Health, Safety and Security Deputy

Overview

In this role you support the Health, Safety and Security Lead within the Nursing & Professions portfolio, providing expert guidance across services. You will interpret legislation, challenge unsafe practice, and drive risk-based improvements. You will work autonomously with stakeholders across clinical and corporate teams to maintain safe, compliant services. Travel between Trust sites is required, and you will lead defined workstreams and deliver practical training and reporting. This is an opportunity to shape the safety and security function within a values-driven Trust.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working
• permanent contract
• Disability Confident Leader status

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver risk-based audits, inspections and compliance monitoring across services
• Lead investigations into accidents, near misses, violence, security incidents and reported crimes
• Analyze incident, audit, risk and performance data to identify themes and overdue actions
• Produce reports, dashboards, action plans and recommendations for senior management
• Provide specialist advice and practical guidance to staff and managers
• Develop and review policies, procedures, audit tools, training materials and improvement resources
• Design and deliver specialist training, briefings and exercises including emergency preparedness and security activity
• Monitor corrective actions, escalate significant or regulatory risks
• Collaborate with internal teams, regulators, emergency services, contractors and partners as authorized

Key requirements

• Substantial specialist experience in health, safety or security roles
• Autonomous advice, risk assessment, audits, investigations and violence-prevention or security activity
• Experience leading workstreams, improvement programmes or audits across multiple services
• Ability to analyze complex information and make evidence-based recommendations with legal, operational and reputational implications
• Experience developing and implementing policies, procedures, guidance and reporting frameworks
• Experience producing assurance reports and dashboards for governance groups
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines without day-to-day supervision
• Disclosure to undergo DBS check

• analytical thinking
• strong communication
• stakeholder relationship building
• Microsoft 365
• SharePoint
• electronic incident-management systems

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