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The Health and Safety Services Team are looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Health and Safety Advisor to make a real difference to the quality, safety and experience of both patients and staff, and to ensure that our organisation is equipped to meet legislative and best practice requirements in Health and Safety across NHS Fife.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your organisational and teaching skills as you will be involved in the full range of activities from writing policies and delivering training, conducting risk assessments, ligature assessments, preparing reports, DSE Assessments, and conducting walk rounds / audits.
You will help with the day to day running of the department by reviewing the incident management system and providing advice and support where required to those involved. An engaging and positive approach is required to raise awareness and engagement in Health and Safety issues throughout the organisation.
The successful post holder will ideally have experience of Health and Safety within a health / social care setting and good communication and presentation skills are essential and a working knowledge of IT including word processing, databases and presentation software an advantage.
Informal enquires are welcomed and should be directed to Annie-Marie Marshall – Health and Safety Advisor / Manual Handling Team Leader tel.: 01592 643355 ext.: 20416 email: annie-marie.marshall@nhs.scot
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.