Health & Safety Manager | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
| Company: | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £49,387 - £56,515 per annum |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | North Yorkshire, WF2 0XQ |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Closing date: | 4 Nov 2026 |
Summary
Are you an experienced health and safety professional looking to make a real difference in one of the UK's largest ambulance services?
Yorkshire Ambulance Service is seeking a highly motivated and capable Health and Safety Manager to play a key role in supporting the safety, health and wellbeing of our workforce. This is an exciting opportunity to influence health and safety practice across a complex and diverse organisation, helping to create safer working environments for colleagues delivering critical services to patients and communities across Yorkshire.
As a senior member of the Health and Safety Team, you will provide expert advice, guidance and assurance to managers and leaders across the Trust, supporting compliance with health and safety legislation and contributing to the continuous improvement of our safety culture. Working closely with operational services, corporate departments and external partners, you will help identify risks, investigate incidents, develop practical solutions and ensure learning translates into meaningful improvements.
We are looking for a credible and experienced health and safety professional who combines strong technical expertise with excellent interpersonal and influencing skills. The successful candidate will have experience of managing health and safety within a complex organisation, using data, assurance and learning to drive improvement. They will be confident advising leaders, supporting managers through challenging situations and balancing regulatory requirements with operational realities. Above all, they will be committed to promoting a positive, proactive and learning-focused approach to safety.
The Health and Safety Manager is a specialist lead responsible for supporting the delivery of health and safety activities across Yorkshire Ambulance Service. Reporting to the Head of Health and Safety, the postholder will work with operational managers, clinical leaders, and corporate teams to ensure that health and safety risks are effectively identified, managed and reduced, while supporting compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
Key responsibilities include:
• Providing specialist health and safety advice and support to managers, leaders and staff across the Trust.
• Supporting the development, implementation and review of health and safety policies, procedures, standards and improvement initiatives.
• Leading and supporting investigations into accidents, incidents, near misses and unsafe conditions, ensuring learning is identified and shared.
• Undertaking audits, inspections, risk assessments and assurance reviews to monitor compliance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Analysing incident, risk and assurance information to identify trends, emerging risks and areas requiring action.
• Supporting the management of health and safety governance arrangements, risk registers, action plans and assurance reporting.
• Working collaboratively with operational services, Estates, Fleet, Occupational Health, staff-side representatives and external agencies to improve workplace safety.
• Delivering training, education and coaching to increase organisational capability and strengthen understanding of health and safety responsibilities.
• Contributing to organisational programmes relating to staff safety, violence prevention, risk management, governance and quality improvement.
• Supporting the Trust in maintaining compliance with health and safety legislation, NHS standards, Care Quality Commission expectations and Health and Safety Executive requirements.
This role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced health and safety practitioner to influence organisational improvement, work alongside senior leaders and contribute directly to creating a safer working environment for our people.
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.
Please see attached Job Description for a full breakdown of the main responsibilities of the role.
This advert closes on Monday 12 Oct 2026
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