Fire Safety Advisor

Job description

Job responsibilities

Carrying out inspections, risk assessments, audits & research

The post holder will be the specialist in carrying out suitable and sufficient Fire Risk Assessments, in line with Trust policy in compliance of all statutory agreements and HTM part K, providing recommendations to overcome recorded failures or to make improvements The inspection of contractor activities with regard to Fire Safety Investigate and report on the cause of any Fire related incidents Investigate and report on all fire alarm activations and proactively look at reducing UwFS and False alarms across the NBT Estate Routine monitoring and measuring of fire safety performance and statistics Monitoring of the provision, maintenance and effectiveness of fire equipment and protection Liaise with external agencies such as Fire and Rescue Services, in their role as Enforcing Authority; Building Control; Health and Safety Executive etc., and prepare reports / comments to external bodies such as architects on new buildings / alterations

Provide Fire Safety Advice and Guidance to: Senior management in all statutory compliance, strategy and policy matters Estates technical staff on the interpretation and compliance of all fire legislation Contractors and Capital Projects teams carrying out work throughout the organisation Department / ward managers Colleagues as a Fire Safety representative at various meetings

Fire Safety Training Design, develop, prepare and deliver a wide range of fire safety training to all staff throughout the organisation specific to their individual need and departmental requirements, in the with the Trusts Training needs Analysis Where necessary, record attendees, feedback information and outcomes on the NBT systems Where necessary, organise training dates, times and locations with all wards / departments to ensure appropriate training is delivered to all staff Where necessary, support wards / departments with the execution of fire safety drills.

Administration Activities Attendance at Fire Safety Meetings Prepare and compile reports related to fire safety as requested by Fire Safety Management Team Prepare and compile reports relating to Fire Safety condition of buildings

Compile reports with recommendations related to the safety from Fire and escape provisions of new building proposals and alterations to existing buildings Prepare/revise in conjunction with Fire committee colleagues the Fire Safety policy Maintain/manage record keeping for staff Fire training Provide statistical reports for staff training, Fire alarms, Fire incidents for managers Support in the preparation and data input of the annual Fire report Where necessary, prepare, design and review all training materials used in the training of all staff Liaise with external bodies such as fire and rescue services Software packages used will include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Access, Publisher, Email, Intranet and other relevant information gathering sites

Emergency Response The post holder is to attend/respond, where possible, to all Fire alarm actuations Supervise the activities during emergency situations Where practically possible, attend emergency incidents outside normal working hours

Person Specification

Shortlisting criteria

Essential

• Masters degree equivalent professional qualification in discipline relating to fire safety
• Fire risk assessor training and competence
• NEBOSH, L4 Diploma or equivalent fire certificate
• HTM fire risk assessors training HTM 05-03 Park K
• HTM Firecode certifications - HTM 05-01, 05-02, 05-03
• Training qualification
• Member of the national association of healthcare fire officers, Institute of Fire Engineers, Institute of Fire Safety Managers, Institute of Fire Prevention Officers or equivalent
• Experience at working as a fire advisor / fire manager
• Experience of working in n a large organisation
• Experience of working within a complex premises
• Experience of developing and implementing Strategies and Policies
• Experience of working at corporate/senior level and influencing strategic direction
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of developing and delivering training to all levels of staff including senior managers
• Experience with working with Office tools and other software packages
• Experience of managing own workload and that of others
• Ability to problem solve
• Good Communicator
• High levels of personal motivation, pragmatism and innovation and to ensure any advice given is realistic and appropriate
• Strong role model with enthusiasm for managing fire safety
• Able to work on own initiative

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North Bristol NHS Trust

Address

Southmead Hospital

Southmead Road

Bristol

BS10 5NB

Employer's website

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