REPORTING TO: Director

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• NEBOSH or IOSH qualified or equivalent
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Good numerical and word processing skills
• An appreciation of need for confidentiality
• Satisfactory Police Check and check against the POVA List (where applicable)

Desired:

• Experience / knowledge of health and safety legislation and procedures in a care home setting
• Team player
• Ability to work on own initiative and with minimum supervision

JOB PURPOSE:

As the Health and Safety Manager, your primary function is to manage, champion and promote occupational Health and Safety awareness in the Home and monitor that safety-related functions including risk assessments and training are satisfactory at the Home. Your duties and responsibilities will include:

Health and Safety:

• Management and development of the Home’s Health and Safety Policy and needs.
• Reviewing and updating of the Home’s Health and Safety Policy to meet current legislation. 
• Producing and preparing all relevant documentation and signage.
• Liaising with external organisations and authorities, providing assistance and co-operation concerning audits and remedial actions, including HSE, Environmental Health and Fire Officers.  
• Drafting risk assessments and ensuring that risk assessments are completed for all activities with significant risks.
• Maintaining up to date knowledge of best practice relating to the implementation of risk control systems covering the range of risks arising from the Home’s activities including Legionella, fire, Asbestos and infection control practices. 
• Investigating, resolving and reporting on accidents, dangerous occurrences and damage and co-ordinating any subsequent mitigating measures including ensuring lessons are learnt and shared throughout the Home.
• Maintaining systems for recording, reporting and investigating injuries, accidents and dangerous occurrences.
• Maintaining accurate and systematic records.
• Carrying out regular inspections of the workplace.
• Preparing and coordinating health and safety audit(s) and monitoring that audit recommendations are being implemented with agreed timescales.
• Interpreting and analysing information used to monitor Health and Safety at the Home.
• Providing statistical summaries to draw attention to significant trends and occurrences.
• Providing advice and guidance on the interpretation of outcomes.
• Ensuring that Staff are inducted, as per the Safety Procedure on Induction and Training.
• Promoting understanding and compliance with CQC inspection framework.
• Encouraging Provider self-evaluation.

Communication:

• Raising the level of awareness of Health and Safety at the Home and engaging the commitment of Staff at all levels.
• Participating in Staff and Client meetings, as and when required.

Marketing:

• Actively marketing the Home and promoting a positive personal / professional profile within the local community, and ensuring the good reputation of the Home at all times.

Training & Development:

• Identifying the training needs of Staff and liaising with Management to nominate Staff for training courses.
• Attending mandatory training days / courses, on or off site, as and when required.
  Maintaining professional knowledge and competence.

Health & Safety:

• Reporting immediately to the Home Manager, or Person in Charge, any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by a Client, colleague, self or another.
• Understanding and ensuring the implementation of the Home’s Health and Safety, Infection Control and Hygiene policies, and Emergency and Fire procedures.
• Reporting to the Home Manager, or the Handyperson, any faulty appliances, damaged furniture, equipment or any potential hazard.
• Promoting safe working practice in the Home.

General:

• Contributing to the safeguarding of adults by ensuring you are aware of your role in relation to the Home’s Safeguarding Adult’s Policy, taking steps to protects Residents from any form of abuse or neglect and use the appropriate reporting mechanisms to inform the Home’s Management of any concerns.
• Adhering to all new, and changes in Local and Central Government initiatives as and when they are implemented.
• Ensuring that all information of a confidential nature gained in the course of duty is not divulged to third parties.
• Notifying the Home Manager, or the Person in Charge, as soon as possible of your inability to work, and also on your return to work from all periods of absence.
• Ensuring the security of the Home is maintained at all times.
• Adhering to all Company policies and procedures within the defined timescales.
• Ensuring all equipment is clean and well maintained.
• Carry outing any other tasks that may be reasonably assigned to you.

This Job Description indicates only the main duties and responsibilities of the post. It is not intended as an exhaustive list.