Overview
Join to apply for the DNCC25142 Grade VII, Health and Safety Advisor (Grád VII) role at Community Services for Integrated Health Areas of Dublin North County and Dublin North City & West
We welcome enquiries about the role. For informal enquiries please mail headofQSSI.dncc@hse.ie. Contact Paul Margey (paul.margey@hse.ie) for enquiries relating to the recruitment process. For further support on applying for this role please refer to: https://www.rezoomo.com/contentfiles/hselearning/mod1/story.html
Responsibilities
* The purpose of the role is to facilitate compliance with the corporate Health & Safety Statement and associated processes, policies and legislation within the IHA.
* To provide specialist advice, guidance and instruction regarding health and safety matters to the IHA Management Team, Heads of Service, frontline managers and staff, to assist IHA management and duty holders in ensuring that the high standards of health and safety as dictated by HSE Corporate and legislation are met and promote continuous improvement based on systematic organisational learning.
* To advise and support management and duty holders in setting up, maintaining and improving systems that underpin an effective integrated health and safety governance system within the IHA.
* To liaise with internal stakeholders such as the National Health and Safety Function (NHSF) and Corporate Committees such as the Health & Safety Management Advisory Committee (HSMAC) and the Risk Committee and external stakeholders such as the State Claims Agency and the Health and Safety Authority.
* The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that national policy issued by the Workplace Health and Wellbeing Unit is implemented locally, including statutory and regulatory requirements for the health and safety of healthcare workers.
* The post holder will support the Quality & Safety Manager in all communication processes and the collation, analysis and distribution (as applicable) of all IHA policies, and will produce regular reports identifying areas for improvement.
Purpose of the Post
* The purpose of the role is to facilitate compliance with the corporate Health & Safety Statement and associated processes, policies and legislation within the IHA.
* To provide specialist advice, guidance and instruction regarding health and safety matters to the IHA Management Team, Heads of Service, frontline managers and staff, to assist IHA management and duty holders in ensuring that the high standards of health and safety as dictated by HSE Corporate and legislation are met and promote continuous improvement based on systematic organisational learning.
* To advise and support management and duty holders in setting up, maintaining and improving systems that underpin an effective integrated health and safety governance system within the IHA.
* To liaise with internal stakeholders such as the National Health and Safety Function (NHSF) and Corporate Committees such as the Health & Safety Management Advisory Committee (HSMAC) and the Risk Committee and external stakeholders such as the State Claims Agency and the Health and Safety Authority.
* The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that national policy issued by the Workplace Health and Wellbeing Unit is implemented locally, including statutory and regulatory requirements of the Workplace Health and Wellbeing Unit for the health and safety of healthcare workers.
* The post holder will support the Quality & Safety Manager in all communication processes and the collation, analysis and distribution (as applicable) of all IHA policies. Based on this information the post holder will produce regular reports to identify areas for improvement.
Local Contacts
* The Quality & Safety Manager
* The Head of Quality Safety & Service Improvement
* The IHA Management Teams
National Contacts
* National Health & Safety Function
* Workplace Health and Wellbeing Unit
Employment type: Full-time. Industry: Hospitals and Health Care. Seniority level: Not Applicable. Job function: Other.
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