Overview

Salary: up to £40,000 FTE (depending on level of experience, training and qualification)

Health, Safety and Environmental Lead

Full Time – Permanent 

The Chiltern Hospital in Great Missenden , The Shelburne Hospital in High Wycombe and Circle Reading Hospital are all part of Circle Health Group, Britain's leading provider of independent healthcare with a nationwide network of hospitals & clinics, performing more complex surgery than any other private healthcare provider in the country. 

Circle Health Group are proud to be recognised as one of the UK’s top 5 best big companies to work for as well as top 5 to work for in the health and social care sector.

We have an opportunity for a Health, Safety and Environmental Lead to join our team of staff. 

This is a Full time role for 37.5 hours a week. The role holder will be required to cover a flexible shift pattern and will be required to travel between the three hospitals above. 

Applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Operational experience in a Health & Safety.
  H&S management experience.
• Experience of Undertaking a range of Risk Assessments.
• Contractor safety management experience.
• Training and presenting experience.
• Level 3 qualification in H&S Management or willingness to complete recognised qualification.
• H&S professional registration (IOSH) or willingness to apply for professional registration.
• Fire safety skills.
• Ability to interpret relevant health and safety legislation, Approved Codes of Practice and guidance and to advice managers on a range of health and safety matters.
• Risk Assessor experience.
• RCA / Incident investigation skill.
• Contractor Management skills.
• Experience undertaking audits.

Duties of this role include:

• You advise and assist the Senior Management Team (SMT), interpret and meet obligations under applicable Health & Safety Acts, regulations and guidance.
• You support and advise the SMT on promoting a strong health and safety culture throughout the Hospital.
• You support the facility in demonstrating an appropriate level of compliance with relevant health and safety standards to our regulators i.e., the CQC, HIS, HIW, HSE, EA, local government agents and interested parties.
• You manage environmental risk effectively across the site ensuring compliance with all related legislation and CHG policy.
• You champion environmental management, continually improving performance.
• You escalate inadequately controlled H&S risks to the Operational Manager/Director and to make recommendations for improvement such as relating to car park, water and asbestos safety etc.

Salary & Benefits

Circle Health Group is committed to offering competitive starting salaries and access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service
• Private Pension Scheme
• Private Healthcare Scheme for treatment at our hospitals, covering pre-existing medical conditions
• Friends & Family Hospital Discounts
• Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
• Life insurance
• One paid charity/volunteer day per year
• Extensive rewards and voluntary benefits including blue light card
• Free wellbeing services
• High Value Employee Referral Scheme
• Employee recognition programmes
• Industry leading training and development opportunities

…and much more!

Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work styles…and more.

Circle Health Group are proud to be a Gold member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and we welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces Community. We are also part of The Valuable 500 and we pride ourselves in being a Disability Confident Employer.

We’re passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture. 

To find out ore about the Circle Health Group Philosophy: https://careers.circlehealthgroup.co.uk/why-circle/our-philosophy