SHEQ & Governance Coach

SHEQ & Governance Coach
Home based with occasional travel to sites required 

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week,
Salary: £35,000 to £37,500 DOE (Car allowance or company car, company bonus scheme post probation)

This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward-thinking community equipment services provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field! 

Join us as our new SHEQ & Governance Coach at Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd and let us empower you to truly make a difference. 

Our continued employee development programmes, internal training and exceptional leadership will give you the ability to continuously develop yourself professionally whilst providing person-centred support.

You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever developing co-workers who all identify and align with Medequip’s values.

Who are Medequip? 

Medequip is the leading provider of medical equipment services to local authorities and the NHS across the UK, delivering a wide range of equipment and support to people in their own homes, keeping people independent for longer. 

About the role

As the SHEQ & Governance Coach for Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd you will assist the Head of SHEQ and the SHEQ Team with implementing the SHEQ Strategy, working within all areas of the SHEQ management group. 

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• To support Medequip in all elements of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) management as defined by the Head of SHEQ and HR Director to provide continuous performance improvement
• To work with the Operational Teams and the SHEQ Team to ensure that Medequip Health, Safety & Environmental management systems’, policy, procedures & documents etc. a
• Conduct regular workplace inspections/audits as prescribed by the Medequip SHEQ management system and feed the findings back into the Operational Teams and Head of SHEQ for corrective/improvement action.re fully understood and implemented
• Provide guidance and coaching across the organisation, as required, on all aspects of the Medequip SHEQ management systems, policy, procedures & documents etc
• Undertake regular SHEQ site visits and internal audits.  Assist in the preparation of external SHEQ audits and participate as requested by the Head of SHEQ and/or the HR Director.   Assist in the implementation of the corrective/improvement actions following the issue of the audit report.
• Assist the operation teams to carry out thorough and detailed investigations into accidents and incidents.  Support the Appointed Formal Investigation Leader in the timely completion and return of the investigation. 
• Support the Head of SHEQ and the HR Director in the development, implementation and delivery of Health, Safety & Environmental coaching programmes as required
• Liaise with local leadership and the relevant enforcement authorities/agencies on the notification of incidents, accidents, dangerous occurrences, and the reporting/recording of these incidents
• Attend, where appropriate, leadership meetings, Health, Safety & Environmental meetings, contract meetings and workplace Health, Safety & Environmental committees/Safety Improvement Teams
• Escalate and cascade matters of concern through the appropriate channels to ensure that issues are dealt with and that future risk is controlled, supporting the SHEQ Team and the local operations to do the same where appropriate
• Other task and duties as commensurate to the post / grade and per specific contract requirements

About you

Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:

• We keep our promises.
• We empower people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
• We help people with empathy, courtesy, dignity and kindness.
• We show respect and are trusted by our colleagues, suppliers and customers.
• We believe in teamwork and are passionate about our work.
• We encourage innovation and the development of technology.
• We embrace change and seek to achieve excellence.
• We deliver cost effective, efficient and safe healthcare solutions.

Qualifications and experience required.

• Minimum of 5 GCSE’s or equivalent at Grade C or above (including English, Maths), or equivalent training or experience is essential
• Minimum of three years’ experience of working within a Safety, Health, Environmental & Quality management field is essential
• Full valid driving licesnse is essential
• NEBOSH National General Certificate / Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety and NEBOSH National General Certificate / Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety is desirable 

What we offer

• 33 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Company Bonus
• Car allowance or company car
• Continued professional development, training and learning support and opportunities for career progression.
• Pension scheme
• Healthcare scheme
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free eye test, provided by Specsavers
• 15% Manage At Home discount
• Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
• Access to Perkbox discount platform
• Free DBS check 

We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know. 

We take our data privacy seriously and commit to processing your data in line with GDPR guidelines. Medequip’s Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed in connection with our recruitment processes.  

This role may be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable.