Fire Safety Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

Fire Safety Management

• Provide advice to the Trust as necessary to maintain a safe place of work and safe working environment in relation to fire and fire safety seeking guidance from the Senior Fire Safety Advisor when required.
• To assist in the conducting and reviewing of the Fire Risk Assessment programme on all Trust premises, carrying out such assessments as necessary, when deemed competent to do so.
• Liaise with the Fire Authority, Health and Safety Executive and local Police as necessary.
• Monitor the Trusts compliance with Fire Safety legislation and local Fire Safety Policy through a programme of auditing.
• To support in the monitoring and reporting on fires, unwanted fire signals and incidents.
• Lead investigations and report on fire related incidents recorded on Ulysses.

Fire Training

• Take a leading role in the preparation and delivery of fire safety training as required, including mandatory fire and other specialist bespoke training i.e. fire warden, response and disabled evacuation equipment.
• Support local managers with the upkeep of fire safety arrangements, log books and manuals, fire drills, regular site inspections and evacuations as required.
• Conduct periodic fire drills on Black Country Healthcare sites.

Risk Management

• Deliver appropriate advice and support to all staff to ensure that risk registers are populated and appropriately maintained with fire safety risks.
• Provide support and guidance to managers in conducting and documenting risk assessments in all relevant areas with a view to reducing areas of risk.
• Plan, prepare, conduct and evaluate risk audits and surveys in connection with fire safety issues in order to inform management of their risk profile.
• Develop into a Competent Fire Risk Assessor, to eventually undertake Fire Risk Assessments across the Trust once deemed competent to do so via the Fire Safety Teams internal competency scheme.

Person Specification

Essential and Desirable Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• 2 years experience in a fire safety role
• Experience in delivering training
• Experience in conducting fire safety audits

Desirable

• Healthcare specific fire safety experience
• Experience in delivering healthcare fire safety training
• Experience conducting Fire Risk Assessments
• Fire safety qualification (Eastwood park, FPA, NEBOSH)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Penn Hospital

Penn Road

Wolverhampton

WV4 5HN

Employer's website

https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)