Job summary
As the Fire Safety Awareness Trainer, you will be responsible for leading the practical skills training on fire safety agenda, ensuring all our staff are provided with training appropriate to their role. By enhancing the education offering within the Trust, you will make a valuable contribution to patient, staff and visitor experience and safety.
You will be an expert in the field of fire safety, and you will contribute significantly to the development of the our fire safety programme.
Main duties of the job
You will design and deliver a fire warden, fire evacuation and fire response teams education programme that supports patient and staff safety and experience.
Work collaboratively with clinical leads and department managers to equitably roll out fire safety practical skills training in clinical and non-clinical areas.
Provide professional fire safety training advice and support for staff in the workplace.
Identify and address opportunities for shared learning resulting from incidents and complaints.
Link with professional leads across London and nationally to develop fire safety awareness training.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineandpathology.
Weare committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or hold professional qualification in a fire safety related subject. EG; NEBOSH certificate in fire safety.
- Adult teaching qualification.
- Excellent knowledge of the Fire Regulatory Reform Order (RRO) and the Health Technical Memorandum in Fire Safety.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of designing and delivering high quality, specialist practical skills fire safety training.
- Experience of designing and delivering fire safety awareness training to healthcare professionals.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Computer literate with good skills in office 365 packages (eg; PowerPoint and Word)
- Ability to manage own workload and work as part of a wider team.
- Ability to deliver highly effective fire safety practical skills training to multi-professional healthcare groups.
- Ability to design and analyse evaluation questions and data.
Communication
Essential
- Able to communicate with all colleagues, both internally and externally.
- Excellent oral and written skills
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate design and delivery of previous education programmes that are accessible to all.
- Ability to demonstrate examples of reasonable adjustments in the design and delivery of education programmes
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to all Trust sites to deliver in-situ training.
- Ability to carry out practical skills training, including the use of fire safety training equipment.
Desirable
- Ability to work flexibility to accommodate outside of core hours training.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or hold professional qualification in a fire safety related subject. EG; NEBOSH certificate in fire safety.
- Adult teaching qualification.
- Excellent knowledge of the Fire Regulatory Reform Order (RRO) and the Health Technical Memorandum in Fire Safety.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of designing and delivering high quality, specialist practical skills fire safety training.
- Experience of designing and delivering fire safety awareness training to healthcare professionals.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Computer literate with good skills in office 365 packages (eg; PowerPoint and Word)
- Ability to manage own workload and work as part of a wider team.
- Ability to deliver highly effective fire safety practical skills training to multi-professional healthcare groups.
- Ability to design and analyse evaluation questions and data.
Communication
Essential
- Able to communicate with all colleagues, both internally and externally.
- Excellent oral and written skills
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate design and delivery of previous education programmes that are accessible to all.
- Ability to demonstrate examples of reasonable adjustments in the design and delivery of education programmes
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to all Trust sites to deliver in-situ training.
- Ability to carry out practical skills training, including the use of fire safety training equipment.
Desirable
- Ability to work flexibility to accommodate outside of core hours training.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University College London Hospital
250 Euston Road
London
NW1 2PG
Employer's website
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
