Hub Health and Safety Coordinator | Manchester | Full Time and Permanent | 37.5 hrs | up to £25,000 per annum DOE
Spire Healthcare have an exciting opportunity for a Health and Safety Coordinator to join our team at our Greater Manchester hub, consisting our Manchester Hospital, The OrthTeam Centre and Spire Histology Centre (Path lab).
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom, with 39 private hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. Working in partnership with around 7,300 experienced consultants, Spire Healthcare deliver tailored, personalised care to in-patients and day care patients, and is the leading private provider, by volume, of knee and hip operations in the United Kingdom. We are proud that over 90% of our hospitals are rated 'good' or better by the CQC. We are committed to the highest quality of patient care and have earned a reputation as a leader in our field.
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Monday to Friday between 8am and 5 pm
The purpose of the Hub Health and Safety Coordinator is to support the HUB Health & Safety Manager to coordinate the implementation and management of the Spire Healthcare Health & Safety Management Systems in the HUB sites.
You will assist the HUB Health & Safety Manager in ensuring the provision of high quality and safe care and services at all times in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and ensure the Management of the Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 are complied with.
Duties and responsibilities - not limited to
All administration requirements for the maintenance of the Health & Safety Management System folders
Preparation of Datix H&S incident reports to assist the HUB Health & Safety Manager with the analysis of trends, near misses, incidents etc.
Updating local health and safety arrangements as required and distributing throughout the HUB sites.
Maintenance of Local Hospital Wide Action Plan spread sheet in each HUB site, and follow up on outstanding actions as directed by the HUB Health & Safety Manager
Maintenance of the Local Hospital Wide Risk Assessment Library in each HUB site, ensuring actions have been added to the Hospital Wide Action Plan for monitoring
Administration of Health & Safety Flash Alerts, responding to Central Health and Safety Team within the time frame of 7 days and collation of departmental responses across the HUB sitesWho we're looking for:
Good standard of secondary education with demonstrable literacy and numeracy skills
IOSH Managing Safely / IOSH Working Safely course
NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (or the willingness to undertake qualification )
Previous experience working in the healthcare industry or a similar customer orientated organisation in essential
Track record of successful people and process management, ideally in a multi-functional environment
Understanding of Health & Safety and risk issues and legislation
Competent user of the MS Office suite of products in order to meet the requirements of the role
Ability to understand and manage effectively the impact of competing pressures and conflicting priorities
Ability to challenge constructively in a solution orientated way
Strong communication skills
Appropriate interpersonal and team working skillsBenefits:
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
Private medical insurance
Life assurance
Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car parkOur Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
Driving clinical excellence
Doing the right thing
Caring is our passion
Keeping it simple
Delivering on our promises
Succeeding and celebrating togetherOur people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Balazs Zeles on
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications