Fire Officer

Job responsibilities

Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.

Please contact us at Recruitment@dchft.nhs.uk if you are unable to view or download the attachment.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.

Education Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Science or engineering-based education; or extensive experience of fire safety.
• Fire engineering/fire safety degree or other relevant academic qualification
• Training in Healthcare Fire Safety
• Diploma; Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

Desirable

• Certificate in Training Practice or extensive experience of preparing and delivering training.
• Membership of a professional organisation (for example the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) Institute of Fire Prevention Officers (IFPO)
• Corporate membership of professional organisation (Institution of Fire Engineers; Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)
• Registered as a fire risk assessor with a recognised accreditation body
• Professional qualification in a fire related subject for example: Confederation of Fire Protection Associations Europe (CFPA)

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Several years' experience in fire safety in a healthcare environment
• Experience in fire safety in a healthcare environment
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries to improve standards.
• Practical knowledge and interpretation of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
• Experience and knowledge of undertaking Fire Risk Assessments
• Knowledge of:- Fire safety Fire risk management Fire legislation and codes of practice Fire safety training
• Knowledge and experience in the application of Firecode
• Knowledge of risk management techniques
• Practical knowledge and interpretation of the current Building Regulations and associated Fire related BS EN

Desirable

• Experience of preparing and delivering training courses
• Ability to undertake fire safety audits.
• Knowledge of medical gasses
• Understanding of fire modelling techniques

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Highly developed and effective negotiating and influencing skills and ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with professional and managerial disciplines.
• Highly developed and effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to assimilate, analyse and present complex problems, identify necessary action, make recommendations and ensure actions are implemented.
• Good organisational skills with practical and methodical project planning and ability to manage a number of concurrent schemes.
• The ability to concentrate for long periods of time and prioritise and manage a varied and unpredictable work pattern.

Desirable

• Ability to devise and deliver training programmes.
• Innovator with a positive attitude and willingness to take responsibility.
• Good team player.
• Ability to work within a changing environment.
• Willingness to participate in continued professional development.
• Active interest in own self development
• General computer literacy skills and ability to use Microsoft Office Applications and others
• Highly motivated and resourceful with a proactive approach to problem solving.Ability to use own initiative.
• Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively

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).