JOB SUMMARY
The Health and Safety Officer’s role will primarily be responsible for ensuring occupational health of OUCRU staff; acting as clinical advisor for the Health & Safety Committee and the two Vietnam Units (HCMC and Hanoi), and act as the main Health and Safety Officer for the HCMC unit; reporting to the Programme Risk & Health Safety Manager. The post holder will also work closely with the Human Resources team and colleagues in Hanoi and other Units
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KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Occupational Health
The post holder, who will be a practising clinician will be responsible for (but not limited to)
Work with HR teams in Vietnam to review the vaccination titer, liaise with Group Head to offer advice on necessary vaccination according to risk at work.
Support HR in high- level review of annual and occupational health surveillance; offer advice to staff and Group Heads on occupational health related issues in both HCMC and Hanoi.
Implement policies, procedures, and framework to ensure occupational hygiene, the prevention of occupational diseases, the promotion of better health in the workplace and the prevention of epidemic diseases for employees at OUCRU.
Health & Safety compliance
Provide routine unit HS training: HS Induction, risk assessment workshops, incident report and investigation, cleaners safety training, and other relevant HS training, based on training framework and training needs.
Monitor legal compliance, including international and local and report to the Vietnamese authorities as required
Work closely with the Fire safety, First aid, and HS ambassadors teams of HCMC to ensure emergency preparedness and promote positive culture.
Conduct incident/hazard spotting/feedback records, report and investigation.
Monitoring & review: conduct walkthrough, inspections, monitor the effectiveness of the system through HS indicators. Liaise with the Risk and HS Manager to conduct audit, review.
Maintain effective communications channels, e.g. SharePoint
Organise HS training for the HCMC Unit including: First aid, Fire safety, Ergonomics, Safe clinical work.
Responsible of the health and safety programme of OUCRU- HCMC.
Annually report to Vietnamese authorities.
Where needed, conduct risk assessments and support other groups, to carry out appropriate risk assessment and remedial actions
Support the Risk & HS Manager in the development of documents and framework for the programme.
Member of Health & Safety Committee as OUCRU- HCMC representative and produce written reports to H&S committee as required
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