Health and Safety Senior Advisor | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 06 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 07 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Wakefield, WF2 0XQ |
| Cwmni: | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7598774/174-HSSA-071125 |
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AtYorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS), our people make a difference. We are proud to provide vital emergency and healthcare services to the people of Yorkshire and beyond. As we continue to grow and evolve, we are committed to ensuring our workforce and the public we serve are safe, protected, and supported.
We’re now looking for aHealth & Safety Senior Advisorto join our dedicated Safety Team — a passionate professional who can bring leadership, innovation and expertise to our health and safety transformation journey.
As our newHealth & Safety Senior Advisor, you’ll be a key member of our Safety Team, working closely with theHealth and Safety Managerto provide expert guidance and leadership across the organisation. You’ll drive forward health and safety transformation, embedding a culture of continuous improvement and ensuring our systems and practices support a safe, effective and high-quality environment for staff, patients and visitors.
You’ll take a leading role in delivering the Trust’s Health and Safety strategy — translating vision into tangible results through clear milestones, KPIs and measurable outcomes. You’ll work collaboratively with Clinical Business Units, Corporate Directorates and operational teams to identify, manage and monitor health and safety risks, ensuring compliance and continual improvement.
Your work will involve:
• Providing expert advice and guidance on all aspects of health and safety management.
• Supporting the development, implementation and maintenance of Trust-wide Health & Safety policies, procedures and systems.
• Leading on safety transformation projects and cultural change initiatives.
• Conducting inspections, training, and promoting proactive safety management across all levels of the organisation.
• Ensuring effective investigation, reporting and learning from incidents, near misses and safety concerns.
About You:
You’ll be an experienced and passionate Health & Safety professional with:
• A recognised Health & Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent).
• AMaster’s degree(or equivalent qualification/experience) in a relevant subject area.
• Demonstrable experience of leading health and safety change and improvement in a complex organisation.
• Strong leadership, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage and inspire others.
• A collaborative approach and a commitment to continuous improvement and learning.
Above all, you’ll share our passion for keeping people safe and supporting a culture where everyone takes ownership of health and safety excellence.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.
We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.
Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.
Benefits:
• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
• Contributory Pension.
• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes (salary dependent)
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.
Check out our YAS One Team Simulation! https://www.nwyhelearning.nhs.uk/elearning/yorksandhumber/yas/yasoneteam/index.html
Please see attached job description for a full breakdown of the main responsibilities of the role.
This advert closes on Friday 14 Nov 2025