Health and Safety Officer

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the safety and wellbeing of staff, patients, visitors, and contractors within one of the largest NHS organisations?

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated and highly organised Health and Safety Officer to join our Health and Safety Team. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to health and safety services within a complex healthcare environment.

The role provides essential operational, governance, and administrative support to the Trust's Health and Safety Managers and Competent Advisers. You will coordinate health and safety activities, support audits and inspections, maintain compliance records, monitor actions arising from incidents and risk assessments, and assist in producing reports and performance information.

A key aspect of the role involves supporting health and safety governance arrangements, including organising meetings, preparing agendas and papers, producing minutes, maintaining action trackers, and monitoring agreed actions. This includes acting as secretary to the Trust's Health and Safety Group.

We are looking for someone with excellent organisational and communication skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities while building effective relationships across the Trust. In return, you'll play an important role in supporting compliance, continuous improvement, and a positive safety culture.

Main duties of the job

This role is ideally suited to an organised, detail-oriented individual who can manage multiple priorities and work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders. You will support health and safety activities, governance processes, compliance monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives that promote the safety of staff, patients, visitors, and contractors.

Key responsibilities include providing administrative and organisational support to the Health and Safety Team; coordinating governance arrangements; organising meetings and preparing agendas, papers, minutes, and action trackers; and acting as secretary to the Trust's Health and Safety Group and other governance meetings.

The postholder will produce reports and assurance information; maintain health and safety records and databases; monitor actions arising from audits, inspections, incidents, and risk assessments; support compliance activities and workplace inspections; assist with incident investigations; and contribute to the development and implementation of health and safety policies and improvement initiatives.

The successful candidate will have excellent organisational, communication, and administrative skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to analyse and present information clearly. They will be confident managing competing priorities, producing high-quality documentation, and building effective working relationships across the Trust.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Details

Date posted

12 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 a year

Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-COR-BA-5839

Job locations

Basildon

Nethermayne,

Basildon

SS16 5NL

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.We look forward to your application!Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires.

Job responsibilities

For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.We look forward to your application!Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline (e.g. Health & Safety, Occupational Safety, Risk, Governance)

Desirable

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent Level 3 qualification)

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience working within a health and safety, governance or risk management environment Applied knowledge of health and safety legislation, standards and regulatory frameworks
• Experience of analysing complex data (e.g. incidents, audits, risk assessments) and identifying trends

Desirable

• Experience within NHS or complex healthcare environment
• Experience contributing to governance reporting and assurance processes
• Experience engaging with external regulators, auditors or multi-agency stakeholders

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline (e.g. Health & Safety, Occupational Safety, Risk, Governance)

Desirable

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent Level 3 qualification)

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience working within a health and safety, governance or risk management environment Applied knowledge of health and safety legislation, standards and regulatory frameworks
• Experience of analysing complex data (e.g. incidents, audits, risk assessments) and identifying trends

Desirable

• Experience within NHS or complex healthcare environment
• Experience contributing to governance reporting and assurance processes
• Experience engaging with external regulators, auditors or multi-agency stakeholders

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon

Nethermayne,

Basildon

SS16 5NL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon

Nethermayne,

Basildon

SS16 5NL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.We look forward to your application!Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline (e.g. Health & Safety, Occupational Safety, Risk, Governance)

Desirable

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent Level 3 qualification)

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience working within a health and safety, governance or risk management environment Applied knowledge of health and safety legislation, standards and regulatory frameworks
• Experience of analysing complex data (e.g. incidents, audits, risk assessments) and identifying trends

Desirable

• Experience within NHS or complex healthcare environment
• Experience contributing to governance reporting and assurance processes
• Experience engaging with external regulators, auditors or multi-agency stakeholders