Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Building - RVI
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-38-34-DR-A-VA1
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/11/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/12/2025
Employer heading
Estates Health and Safety Manager
Band 7
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
The Estates Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and driven Health and Safety Manager to lead on the planning, and delivery of a comprehensive, effective and compliant Health and Safety Service within the Estates Directorate. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience as a Health and Safety Manager within the NHS, Healthcare sector or in a large complex organisation.
Educated to Degree level (Essential) with Chartered membership of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) you will need to demonstrate strong Health and Safety leadership skills and evidence a proven track record of continual quality/service improvements within a complex organisation (preferably healthcare). The successful candidate will sit within the Estates Operations and Maintenance Team and will report into the Estates Manager Operations (Building).
- Interview Date: 15 December 2025
- 37 hours 30 minutes/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
The role will involve development, implementation, management and monitoring of policies and procedures relating to occupational health and safety across all Estates functions, providing assurance of statutory compliance via a regime of continual auditing, monitoring and review. The post holder should have experience in quality/service improvements demonstrating strong auditing skills that includes compliance monitoring and assurance reporting. Candidates require the ability (practical and theoretical knowledge) to deliver with a fast paced and dynamic acute healthcare environment.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
· Freeman Hospital
· Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
· Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
· Newcastle Dental Hospital
· Newcastle Fertility Centre
· Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
· Northern Genetics Service
· Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The post holder will be professionally, technically and managerially responsible for the planning and delivery of a comprehensive, effective and compliant Health & Safety service within the Estates
Directorate. - Duties will involve undertaking all aspects of Health and Safety management including development of operational procedures, protocols, undertaking risk assessments, work place inspections, development and delivery of Estates Health & Safety Action Plans, preparation of specifications for tender/quotation of Health and Safety projects, Health and Safety training, assisting with other Estates compliance matters and undertaking other duties as required.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in a relevant field (or equivalent qualification/experience) and demonstrate an essential high level of Health and Safety managerial experience (preferably in a Healthcare setting).
- NEBOSH Diploma; or General Certificate with substantial experience as a health and safety professional/Manager.
Desirable criteria
- Specialised professional knowledge gained through experience and theory (Master’s level equivalent)
- Chartered member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate specialist expertise in ensuring that appropriate recommendations for service delivery and improvements are developed, communicated and implemented as agreed.
- Experience of providing health and safety services within the NHS, healthcare sector or in a large complex organisation.
- Experience of implementing safety management principles in a large complex organisation (in a construction/operations and maintenance setting is preferred).
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Quality/Service improvements demonstrating strong auditing skills.
- Demonstrate the ability to consistently deal with any contractual, financial or service issues, which may be of a highly complex nature.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Use highly developed skills and knowledge to ensure managers are fully supported to successfully meet their organisational objectives and to deliver a safe healthcare environment.
- Ability to work through difficult situations and to see tasks through to completion.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Lowes
- Job title
- Assistant Director of Estates - RVI
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 22 31008
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