Group Director of Health, Safety and Non-Clinical Risk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post-holder will be the representative of the E&F division at the emergency planning groups. This person will monitor, manage, coordinate, report on, and update any issues that require feedback to the emergency planning team for the estate's facilities, clinical engineering, health and safety, and fire divisions. The post-holder will represent the division and be the lead responsible officer for emergency planning. The post-holder will line-manage the individual Trust's Head of Fire Safety and Head of Health and Safety and ensure the delivery of an effective and efficient GESH Group health, safety, fire, and non-clinical risk service. To oversee, manage, monitor, and coordinate the functions of the Health and Safety Team, ensuring that managers and their staff have full access and support in meeting their legal obligations in managing their health and safety responsibilities, which include completing suitable and sufficient health & safety risk assessments. The post-holder will be the GESH Group's representative to collate information and make responses on behalf of the Group CEO, Group Deputy CEO, Group Chief Facilities, Infrastructure & Environmental Officer, and other senior managers to all statutory bodies such as the Health and Safety Executive, NHSE&I, Fire Brigade, and the London Emergency Planning Group. The post-holder will oversee the management of all enforcement notices or general notices issued by statutory authorities in respect of any non-clinical risk systems and processes. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Masters/postgraduate level or equivalent proven experience in a senior management/leadership role in health, safety, and non-clinical risk management. Specialist degree or equivalent level 6 qualification in Occupational Health and Safety and/or Risk Management. Chartered safety and health practitioner (IOSH). Experience Essential criteria Management/professional qualification or at least 10 years of senior management experience in health & safety/non-clinical risk management. Extensive experience in overseeing and conducting accident investigations and root cause analysis. Experience in reporting directly to the Board of an NHS Trust on all areas of non-clinical risk compliance. Knowledge Essential criteria Extensive broad knowledge and experience of all Estates engineering and building compliance requirements. Extensive broad knowledge and experience of the Premises Assurance Model requirements. Skills Essential criteria Able to analyse data and compile reports for presentation up to Board level. Experience of performance management within a senior team. Experience of managing large departments and budgets. We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust - being excellent, kind, responsible, and respectful - and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below. Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email. If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check, we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include: The machine readable zone. An ultra violet image. An infra red image. As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address. Disability Advice Line:

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Confidential Disability Advice Line at: Telephone: 02082963786 Text: 07501066267 Email: esth.dal@nhs.net. Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm. Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions. Documents to download JD & Person Specification (PDF, 198.5KB)

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