Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Health and Safety Manager . This highly proactive role will include responsibility for Health and Safety Management across the Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Across the Trust your principle role will be to implement and manage ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System whilst providing assurance via a regime of continual auditing, monitoring and review, that the Trust has discharged their statutory obligations across all their operational activity.

You will develop, implement, manage and monitor policies and procedures relating to Occupational Health and Safety, to ensure that all statutory obligations are met. And that key risks are actively managed to minimise their impact, or likelihood of occurrence, via the implementation of appropriate mitigation plans, business continuity planning and emergency preparedness, response and recovery.

You will promote at all times a strong 'Safety Culture', and will ensure that delegated health, safety, related projects are delivered to the agreed programme, budget and quality, working to recognised Project Management standards.

The role holder will be responsibility for:

Attending and actively contributing towards the work of relevant groups, boards, committees and meetings across the Trust consistent with the scope of the position

Attending and participating in the Trust Health and Safety Group as appropriate

Competent professional advice

Development implementation and maintenance of risk driven audit

Working with Trust legal team to analyse and investigate claims as appropriate

Ensuring health and safety codes of practice, policies, procedure and standards are in place and updated accordingly on a regular basis. Identifying and developing training with support of the Health and Safety Training Manager to ensure relevant developmental events and training exercises are delivered

Monitoring and evaluation, via a programme of audits the H&S performance



Supporting with the development of leading and lagging indicators and monitor performance against these, for continual improvement and management related risks

Supporting with the implementation and operational maintenance of ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Standard

Preparing and providing reports to relevant groups, committees and boards

Oversight and maintenance of the health and safety internet site

Management and coordination of a programme of health and safety tours and inspection



Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.



We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.



UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.



For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.



Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.



For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page .

The role holder will be responsibility for:

1. Actively working with the Trade Unions and their nominated Safety Representatives ensuring effective two-way communication and consultation, and involvement in joint H&S inspections and audits were appropriate

2. Assurance reporting

3. Attending and actively contributing towards the work of relevant groups, boards, committees and meetings across the Trust consistent with the scope of the position

4. Attending and participating in the Trust Health and Safety Group as appropriate

5. Collaborating with external organisations, Contractors and Consultants as appropriate

6. Competent professional advice across core areas of health, safety risk and assurance retaining an up to date knowledge of statutory and mandatory legislation, national guidance documents and policy

7. Coordinating freedom of information requests as appropriate

8. Development implementation and maintenance of risk driven audit programme with clear SMART focussed action plans, undertaking investigations and the provision of reports to give assurance to the Trust

9. Working with Trust legal team to analyse and investigate claims as appropriate

10. Ensuring health and safety codes of practice, policies, procedure and standards are in place and updated accordingly on a regular basis

11. Day to day management of the divisional/corporate Health and Safety support team

12. Identifying and developing training with support of the Health and Safety Training Manager to ensure relevant developmental events and training exercises are delivered

13. Liaising with outside agencies as required on Health and Safety

14. Monitoring and evaluation, via a programme of audits the H&S performance of Divisions and Corporate Services, including their directly employed Contractors and Consultants, against an effective health and safety management system to ensure adequate health and safety resources, that control measures are being fully implemented and remain effective, and all works or services provided are carried out in accordance with the relevant statutory requirements, Codes of Practice, and Trust policies and procedures

15. Providing Health and Safety advice primarily to Divisional and Corporate staff, but where necessary to the wider Trust, to assist with the resolution of health and safety related issues and assists with the implementation of agreed action plans, and develops Health and Safety information resources via a Trust Health and Safety web site

16. Providing operational support to Divisional and Corporate staff in relation to the completion of risk assessments, and the effective implementation of the necessary control measures, and use delegated Directorate authority to take prompt action with respect to unsafe conditions or equipment, including prohibition of activity or use where appropriate

17. Supporting all Divisional and Corporate managers in their efforts to embed a safety culture

18. Taking the lead in the development, promotion and maintenance of a healthy and safe working environment for patients, providing leadership and support to divisional and Corporate staff in relation to Health and Safety governance, risk management and compliance with Health and safety legislation, ensuring the consistent implementation of Trust policies and standards for Health and Safety

19. Implementation of a health and safety plan

20. Supporting with the development and maintenance of a programme of internal and external health, safety, training

21. Supporting with the development of leading and lagging indicators and monitor performance against these, for continual improvement and management related risks

22. Supporting with the implementation and operational maintenance of ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Standard

23. Preparing and providing reports to relevant groups, committees and boards

24. Providing advice and guidance on health, safety and risk to Divisional and Corporate Directors, Heads of Department and relevant staff as appropriate

25. Working with procurement to influence standards through the procurement process

26. Oversight and maintenance of the health and safety internet site

27. Management and coordination of a programme of health and safety tours and inspection across the divisional and Corporate management team