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Fire Safety Manager | North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 23 December 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 January 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L6 4EG |
| Company: | North West Ambulance Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6895006/242-4521 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to support the trust with the effective management of Fire Safety. This post will be based within the Estates Department.
The postholder will be expected to work across all sites to support the Trust, Departments and Teams in meeting their statutory responsibilities and Fire Safety needs.
The Fire Safety Manager will provide a range of specialist advice and assistance to a wide range of staff, senior managers and Trust directors.
Experience of Fire Risk Assessments in complex settings is essential together with the relevant Fire Safety qualifications.
The post holder will be formally appointed in line with Health Technical Memorandum 05-01: Managing Healthcare Fire Safety. As the Trust’s ‘competent person’, they will be responsible for providing professional advice and support to the Head of Estates
Reporting to the Estates Manager (Operations) to ensure that the Trust complies with regulatory requirements, especially the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
This will involve but is not limited to:
• Reviewing and updating the Trust’s fire policy and procedures and implementing of robust and effective fire safety protocols, procedures and action plans to mitigate risk.
• Completing fire risk assessments and working with the Estates Managers to address significant findings and implement action plans and associated control measures.
• Delivering the Trust’s fire safety training programme and supervising and managing the performance of fire drills in services.
• Investigating reported incidents and analysing trends on the Trusts electronic incident reporting system and compiling reports/presenting to committees.
• Liaison with key internal and external stakeholders and providing a point of contact for fire services and demonstrate specialist skills, knowledge and expertise in fire safety management
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides 24 hour, 365 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport.
Our highly skilled staff provide life-saving care to patients in the community and take people to hospital or a place of care if needed.
We also provide non-emergency patient transport services for those patients who require non-emergency transport to and from hospital and who are unable to travel unaided because of their medical condition or clinical need.
Alongside the other emergency services, we also work to ensure the safety of the public and treatment of patients in the event of a major incident.
We also deliver the NHS 111 service in the North West. NHS 111 replaced NHS Direct in 2013. This service was introduced to make it easier for people to access local NHS healthcare services in England. It provides non-emergency medical help fast, and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Please read the job description and person specification
This advert closes on Monday 13 Jan 2025