Fire Safety Officer

Job summary

Support the Head of Fire & Security in establishing a "fire and security safety management system" across the organisation and building key working relationships internally and externally.

Support the Head of Fire & Security on how the organisation meets its statutory obligations in respect of fire safety and security.

Support the Head of Fire & Security in the delivery of Fire Strategy and Security Strategy including supporting policy, protocols, and procedures for all Trust sites.

Support the Head of Fire & Security in developing appropriate strategies, guidance, and codes of practice to facilitate effective implementation of Fire Safety Policy and Security Management Policy

Support the Head of Fire & Security in the delivery of training and audits against current fire/security legislation and fire/security practices across the Trust.

Support the Head of Fire & Security for providing accurate fire risk assessments and action plans.

Main duties of the job

Support in providing knowledge planning techniques to deliver an overall tactical plan for dealing with fire emergencies in complex health care environments including evacuation under major incident conditions.

The successful applicant will have a proactive, professional, problem solving approach to fire safety issues and be able to build strong working relationships with a wide range of staff to help promote a positive safety culture across the premises of the Trust and buildings where the Trust delivers care.Reporting to the Head of Fire & Security, you will be joining an existing team where your key area of responsibility will be to assist and support in the delivery of the Fire Safety Advice, Fire Policy, Protocols and Procedures, Fire Prevention techniques including the delivery of Fire Safety Training to all grades of staff as a mandatory requirement.

You will be advising and supporting the Trust in delivering the Trust's Strategy and helping the Trust deliver outcomes to achieve compliance with both current and future requirements of the NHS HTM Firecode and the legislative requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Orders 2005 and the Health and Safety Executive.

About us

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journals Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated Kings Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.