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Health & Safety Manager | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Job details
Posting date: 20 June 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £59,490 - £66,239 per anum inc HCAS
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 20 July 2025
Location: Sutton, SM2 5PT
Company: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 7294421/282-OD562

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Summary


The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Interim Health & Safety Manager to cover maternity leave as a 12-month fixed term contract.

The Interim Health & Safety Manager will act as the competent person to provide expert advice on health and safety matters across the Trust. This role involves strategic leadership and direction for health and safety management, ensuring compliance with legislation and standards through risk assessments and audits.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive health and safety advice to the Trust, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.
• Interpret legislation and guidance to develop and implement Trust-wide health and safety policies and procedures.
• Lead the risk assessment programme for non-clinical areas, oversee incident management, and ensure monitoring of health and safety performance.
• Lead the Health, Safety and Security Committee, collaborating with the Chair to develop and deliver health and safety training programmes.


Requirements:

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent postgraduate qualification in Occupational Health and Safety.
• Experience as a safety professional within a healthcare environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a large, complex organisation.

Join us to provide strategic leadership in health and safety management and promote a positive health and safety culture at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (RM) regards its responsibility for health, safety and welfare as a matter of prime importance. The Interim Health and Safety Manager will act as the competent person to provide advice on Health and Safety matters to the Trust, providing expert health and safety advice across the organisation and strategic leadership and direction for the management of health and safety at RM. The post holder must hold a NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent postgraduate qualification in Occupational Health and Safety and have experience as a safety professional with knowledge of working within a healthcare environment. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate experience of working within an organisation of comparable size and complexity.

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

2.1 Fulfilling the role of the competent person to provide advice on health and safety matters and arrangements within the Trust, as required under regulation 7 of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.

2.2 Provide corporate advice on statutory and legal requirements for Health and Safety.

2.3 Provide expert advice, guidance and support to staff at all levels on health and safety matters and arrangements.

2.4 Be the corporate lead for professional advice and support in the continuous development of Health and Safety.

2.5 Provide strategic leadership and direction for the overall management of health and safety within the Trust.



This advert closes on Friday 4 Jul 2025

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