DNCC25142 Grade VII, Health and Safety Advisor (Grád VII)

• The purpose of the role is to facilitate compliance with the corporate Health & Safety Statement and associated processes, policies and legislation within the IHA.
• To provide specialist advice, guidance and instruction regarding health and safety matters to the IHA Management Team, Heads of Service, frontline managers and staff , to assist IHA management and duty holders in ensuring that the high standards of health and safety as dictated by HSE Corporate and legislation are met and promote continuous improvement based on systematic organisational learning.
• To advise and support management and duty holders in setting up, maintaining and improving systems that underpin an effective integrated health and safety governance system within the IHA.
• To liaise with internal stakeholders such as the National Health and Safety Function (NHSF) and Corporate Committees such as the Health & Safety Management Advisory Committee (HSMAC) and the Risk Committee and external stakeholders such as the State Claims Agency and the Health and Safety Authority.
• The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that national policy issued by the Workplace Health and Wellbeing Unit is implemented locally. This will include statutory and regulatory requirements of the Workplace Health and Wellbeing Unit for the Health and Safety of healthcare workers.
• The post holder will support the Quality & Safety Manager in all communication processes and the collation, analysis and distribution (as applicable) of all IHA policies. Based on this information the post holder will produce regular reports to the following identifying areas for improvement:

• The Quality & Safety Manager
• The Head of Quality Safety & Service Improvement
• The IHA Management Teams

• National Health & Safety Function
• Workplace Health and Wellbeing Unit

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