Fire Safety Advisor | North Bristol NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 pro-rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Company: | North Bristol NHS |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6264953/339-CCC4142 |
Summary
We are looking for an experienced Fire Safety Advisor to provide expert advice & training throughout the organisation covering Southmead Hospital and satellite premises.
If you have the key attributes to ensure that our patients, staff & visitors are protected from fire we would love to hear from you.
The successful applicant will be required to uphold the requirements of the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order 2005
• Maintain statutory requirements dictated by HTM Firecode
• Provide specialist advice on all aspects of Fire Safety, legal and technical requirements to the Trust and as necessary to other stake holders
• Support training functions
• Conduct suitable & sufficient Fire Risk Assessments
• Ensure all persons and property are protected from risk of Fire
• Conduct routine monitoring & measuring of Fire Safety performance
• Analyse & apply all current Fire Safety legislation
• Attend Fire Safety meetings
• Undertake investigation of fire Incidents and compile detailed reports
• Monitor the provision, maintenance, and effectiveness of Fire equipment
• Maintain close contact with Fire and Rescue Services
• Ensure continuous improvement in Fire Safety to aid the reduction of false alarms
• Provide advice & support to various Projects teams
• Provide accurate reporting for statutory compliance
• Ensure a positive working relationship is created with all staff & management
• Aid in the production of Local Evacuation Strategies
• The post holder must be competent to provide guidance to all NBT staff on Fire Safety matters throughout the organisation.
• The post holder must have a complete understanding of relevant legislation and statutory requirements.
• The post holder to hold Fire Prevention/Safety qualifications
• The post holder to hold Fire Risk Assessor qualification
• The post holder to have good Presentation and communications skills
• The post holder to have good interpersonal skills
• The post holder to have a commitment to Fire Safety
• The post holder to have excellent Knowledge and understanding of HTM Firecode
• The post holder to have at least 3 years’ experience in Fire Safety or equivalent
• The post holder to have specialist knowledge of a range of Fire Safety procedures and policies
• The post holder to be able to deliver Staff training
• The post holder to have good organisational skills
• The post holder to be good at problem solving
• The post holder to remain up to date in all aspects of Fire Safety legislation
Physical
• The post is office-based but the postholder is expected to spend a large part of the day accessing all parts of the organisations premises.
• The post will require the post holder to access and spend time on construction sites. This may include working at height and an understanding of Construction Design Management (CDM).
• Lifting of training equipment and other various items to conduct all aspects of the role.
• There is a need to travel to different sites as the organisation has a number of satellite premises.
• The postholder will need to be able to accompany others including external stakeholders and interested parties on site visits.
• As a DSE user, the postholder will use computer equipment for lengthy periods of time each working day.
Mental Effort
• Complex and varied workload
• Working to tight deadlines and adapting to changing priorities
• Securing effective involvement and engagement, with a wide range of stakeholders
• Working independently and on own initiative
Emotional Effort
• Overcoming cultural/organisational/personal barriers to change
• Managing the expectations of others
• Maybe exposed to distressing information as a result of incident review
Fire Safety Training
• Where necessary, design, develop, prepare and deliver a wide range of fire safety training to all staff throughout the organisation specific to their individual need and departmental requirements, in the with the Trusts Training needs Analysis
• Where necessary, record attendees, feedback information and outcomes on the NBT systems
• Where necessary, organise training dates, times and locations with all wards / departments to ensure training is delivered to all staff
• Where necessary, support wards / departments with the execution of fire safety drills.
Provide Fire Safety Advice and Guidance to
• Senior management in all statutory compliance, strategy and policy matters
• Estates technical staff on the interpretation and compliance of all fire legislation
• Contractors and Capital Projects teams carrying out work throughout the organisation
• Department / ward managers
• Colleagues as a Fire Safety representative at various meetings
Carrying out inspections, risk assessments, audits & research
• The post holder will be the specialist in carrying out Fire Safety risk assessment in conjunction with all ward/department in compliance of all statutory agreements and HTM part K, providing recommendation to overcome recorded failures or to make improvements
• The inspection of contractor activities with regard to Fire Safety
• Investigate and report on the cause of any Fire related incidents
• Investigate and report on all fire alarm activations and proactively look at reducing UwFS and False alarms
• Liaise with external agencies such as Building Control, HSE, FRS and prepare reports / comments to external bodies such as architects on new buildings / alterations
Emergency Response
• The post holder is to attend/respond, where possible, to all Fire alarm actuations
• Supervise the activities during emergency situations
• Where practically possible, attend emergency incidents outside normal working hours if required.
Administration Activities
• Prepare and compile reports related to fire safety as requested by Fire Safety Management Team
• Prepare and compile reports relating to Fire Safety condition of buildings
• Compile reports with recommendations related to the safety from Fire and escape provisions of new building proposals and alterations to existing buildings
• Prepare/revise in conjunction with Fire committee colleagues the Fire Safety policy
• Maintain/manage record keeping for staff Fire training
• Provide statistical reports for staff training, Fire alarms, Fire incidents for managers
• Support in the preparation and data input of the annual Fire report
• Where necessary, prepare, design and review all training materials used in the training of all staff
• Liaise with external bodies such as fire and rescue services
• Be confident in using software packages that will be used such as - Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Access, Publisher, Email, Intranet and other relevant information gathering sites
• Monitor all Fire related incidents affecting staff, patients, visitors and contractors within their service. Report and recommend relevant changes to reduce the likelihood of re-occurrence
• Develop, implement and review policies and procedures and guidelines on all matters relating to fire safety as requested by Fire Safety Management
• Liaison with Staff and management to improve Fire Safety across the organisation.
• Production of Local Evacuation Strategies for all areas across the organisation.
• The post holder must be self-motivated, mature and articulate, possessing well developed written and oral communication skills, along with diplomacy and tact These qualities should be supported by assertiveness that is required to achieve objectives. It is essential that the post holder possess the influencing skills necessary to ensure the change in attitudes and behaviours that may be required amongst managers and staff
• Ability to work using own initiative including continual reprioritisation of workload
• The post holder is required to have well developed verbal and literate skills, allied with the ability to interpret complex legal prose into relevant and comprehensible advice that can be furnished to all levels of the organisation
• Strong interpersonal, communication, analytical and presentation skills are required and the ability to work under own initiative.
This advert closes on Monday 13 May 2024