Fixed Term Contract – 12 Months (Maternity Cover)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Health and Safety Officer to join our small Estates and Facilities team on a fixed term basis for 12 months. Both full time and part time hours will be considered, with a minimum of 21 hours per week required.
Set in the tranquil grounds of Willen Lake, Willen Hospice is the leading provider of specialist palliative care within the Milton Keynes area. We offer 24 hour / seven days a week palliative care to people who have advanced disease, caring for people in our Inpatient Unit which accommodates 15 patients and the local community. Our person centred care is delivered with compassion and respect for people’s wishes. We have an expanding Therapeutic & Wellbeing service offering Psychological Wellbeing, Social Care, Physiotherapy, Occupational and Complementary Therapy. Our dedicated Business Development teams and retail portfolio of shops raise vital funds to deliver this care.
Acting as the sole Health & Safety Officer for all Willen Hospice and Willen Hospice sites, this role provides professional, organisation wide Health & Safety support and guidance. The post is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining robust H&S policies, procedures, and systems that drive continuous improvement in compliance and promote exemplary standards of safe working.
The role champions a proactive “safety first” culture across all locations and service areas, ensuring that staff, volunteers, patients, visitors, and contractors operate within a safe, legally compliant, and risk aware environment.
The successful candidate will require at least 3 years experience in a similar role, with proven experience of carrying out risk assessments, incident investigations and in-house health & safety training. Professional membership to either NEBOSH, IOSH or IEMA will also be required.