Health & Safety Advisor

Health & Safety Advisor

Location: Belfast
Salary: £19.10 p/h

Hours of work: Monday - Friday / 37.5 hours per week

Duration: Temporary ongoing

About the Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Health & Safety professional to join our Risk Management Team. You will provide specialist advice, guidance, and support on health and safety matters across the Trust, ensuring we meet our legal and organisational responsibilities.

A key part of this role will be planning, managing, and delivering Face Fit testing across the Trust in line with HSENI legislation and guidance. You will also help develop and implement a sustainable fit-testing service model to support staff and protect patients.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact on health, safety, and wellbeing across a large and diverse organisation.

What You'll Do

• Provide expert advice on health & safety matters to managers, staff, and committees.
• Support the development, implementation, and review of health & safety policies, procedures, and training.
• Carry out risk assessments, audits, inspections, and incident investigations.
• Monitor and analyse safety data, identifying trends and supporting improvements.
• Lead on the delivery and management of Face Fit testing across multiple sites, including training and supporting Fit Testers.
• Maintain accurate records, manage equipment, and produce reports for senior management.
• Work with a wide range of stakeholders including operational managers, infection control, occupational health, and external regulators.

Essential qualifications/experience:

• A degree and a recognised Health & Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH General Certificate)
  OR a recognised Health & Safety qualification plus at least 3 years' experience working as a Health & Safety manager/advisor.
• Working towards or achieved Membership of IOSH.
• Experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining administrative systems.
• Experience managing services/resources across multiple sites.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car (reasonable adjustments considered for applicants with disabilities).

Skills & knowledge:

• Strong knowledge of health & safety legislation and best practice, ideally within a healthcare environment.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and build relationships.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise workloads under pressure.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel).
• Experience working with incident, risk management, or audit systems (desirable).

If you are interested and available for this position, please upload your CV to the link provided or contact Ray McPhillips. [email protected] or call on 02890242824

To be shortlisted for this role all applicants MUST meet the essential criteria. Please note that these roles may be filled quickly but your CV will be kept on file for future similar roles. As there are so many applications, unsuccessful candidates may not be contacted.

Successful candidates may need to apply for an Access NI Certificate with Staffline regardless if you already have a valid certificate. It will be a cost of between £16 - £32 depending on clearance level.