- Multi-site role across Horder Healthcare locations
- Full Time | Permanent
- Up to £37,500 per annum (pro rata to 22.5 hours)
Make a Real Difference in Healthcare Safety
Are you a passionate Health & Safety professional looking for a role where you can truly influence culture, drive best practice, and help create safe environments for both patients and colleagues?
At Horder Healthcare, we're looking for a proactive and knowledgeable Health & Safety Advisor to join our Clinical Governance team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting safety, compliance, risk management and continuous improvement across our organisation, including our independent hospital services.
Working closely with leaders, managers and colleagues across the business, you'll provide expert advice, conduct audits and investigations, develop policies and training, and ensure we continue to meet the highest standards of health, safety, and regulatory compliance.
What You'll Be Doing
As our Health & Safety Advisor, you'll be the organisation's subject matter expert on health and safety matters, helping to create a positive safety culture across all sites.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing professional health and safety advice and guidance across the organisation.
- Ensuring compliance with current and emerging Health & Safety legislation and best practice.
- Developing, reviewing and implementing Health & Safety policies and procedures.
- Supporting and leading risk assessments across a variety of operational areas.
- Conducting safety inspections, audits and workplace reviews, ensuring actions are implemented and monitored.
- Investigating incidents, supporting action planning and analysing safety trends.
- Producing reports, safety statistics and performance updates for committees and senior leaders.
- Acting as the key point of contact for external regulators and agencies, including HSE reporting and inspections.
- Delivering and supporting Health & Safety training programmes.
- Working collaboratively with facilities, contractors and project teams to ensure safety is embedded in all activities and developments.
- Facilitating Health & Safety meetings and helping drive continuous improvement initiatives throughout the organisation.
What We're Looking For
You'll be a confident communicator who can build strong working relationships, influence positive change and provide practical, solution-focused advice.
Essential Requirements
- IOSH Managing Safely qualification (minimum).
- NEBOSH National Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety Management, or equivalent experience.
- A minimum of five years' relevant Health & Safety experience if working towards qualification.
- Experience working with external regulatory bodies such as the HSE and Environment Agency.
- Experience working alongside contractors and third-party providers.
- Strong knowledge of risk assessments, safety inspections and audit processes.
- Experience developing and delivering Health & Safety training.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to travel between Horder Healthcare sites.
- Strong IT and database skills.
Desirable
- Membership of a professional body such as IOSH (Tech IOSH or Grad IOSH).
- NEBOSH Fire Safety qualification.
- NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management.
- Experience within healthcare, hospital or clinical environments.
- Knowledge of CQC requirements relating to Health & Safety.
- Training instructor qualification and/or experience.
Why Join Horder Healthcare?
At Horder Healthcare, we're proud of our reputation for delivering outstanding patient care and creating supportive, high-quality environments for our colleagues. You'll join an organisation that values expertise, collaboration and continuous improvement, giving you the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on both patient and employee safety.
If you're a motivated Health & Safety professional who enjoys working collaboratively, influencing positive change and making a genuine difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Benefits:
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Corporate rates for local gym
- Free use of on-site gym at Crowborough
- Discounted rates for fitness classes/physiotherapy
- Competitive company pension scheme
- Free private medical insurance
- Free life insurance
- Free uniform
- Free parking and meal (Crowborough site)
- Free offsite parking and meal (East Grinstead site)
Apply today and help us create safer environments for everyone at Horder Healthcare.