Fire Safety Trainer
| Posting date: | 25 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9339-25-0565 |
Summary
Train appropriate staff in the safe use of firefighting equipment, emergency medical gas shutdown and the deployment / use of evacuation equipment where required. Jointly work with the local managers and the EPPR Team to provide realistic scenario training (fire drills and tabletop exercises) to test fire, contingency planning and resilience arrangements. Ensure all relevant training is conducted in accordance with training guidance in FIRECODE HTM 05-01 ' Managing Healthcare Fire safety', the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and the Health & Safety at Work Act and associated legislation. Work proactively with the Fire Safety Manager and Senior Managers to plan complex activities or programmes such as fire drills, tabletop evacuations exercises and building evacuations. This will require the formulation and adjustment of strategies across the organisation. Deliver presentations in a clear and concise manner in both formal and informal training settings in order to ensure that the key points are clearly understood by the participants. Have empathy and good communication skills. Information communicated may be contentious in nature e.g., the requirement for an area to change an established way of working in order to comply with Fire Safety guidance. In such situations the post holder will be expected to have the communication skills to work through the issues in a supportive way and achieve a positive outcome. Undertake daily administration duties including confident use of computers, including competent use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, database and other software packages as required. Use initiative to prioritise own workload, exercising discretion as to the degree of urgency, importance and confidentiality The role will require occasional exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances as a result of reading incident reports, participating in emergency evacuations drills and ensuring the organisation is resilient in the event of emergencies. Produce data and reports to be submitted to the Fire Safety Manager and data to be used for meetings and annual reports etc