Fire Safety Advisor

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Fire Safety Team within University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, in the position of Fire Safety Advisor, based at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. The post is fulltime, 37.5 hours per week.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual with significant experience of Fire Protection/Prevention.

The Fire Safety Team provides a range of specialist advice and assistance to a wide range of staff, senior managers and Trust Directors and experience of fire risk assessments in complex settings is essential together with relevant fire safety qualifications.

You will require experience of producing and delivering training, supported by a relevant training qualification.

You will be required to provide specialist support to the Trust on all aspects of fire safety, providing support for implementing the Trusts Fire Safety Policy.

Knowledge of relevant Building Control Guidance documents and current fire safety legislation is essential. You should have significant experience of fire safety awareness and any legislative requirements.

For informal enquiries, please contact Dale Mills, Head of Fire Safety on, 01752 431299.

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

• To be a member of the Fire Safety Team for the trust
• Maintain and deliver Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and ensure Trust compliance with all statutory legislation and regulations concerning Fire
• To ensure that the Estates operational teams are compliant with Trust policies and procedures and that these documents are up to date
• Carry out assurance audits within the Trust to ensure compliance
• Support the Fire Safety Manager with expertise on fire matters
• Compile and regularly review all risks appertaining to the fire system infrastructure, leading to the delivery of safe practice and measures to minimise the impact of risks
• Providing expert advice on fire legislation. Providing expert technical advice on the application and interpretation of fire safety guidance, including DoH’s Firecode as identified in HTM 05-01

Working for our organisation

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

• Support the Fire safety Manager in actively managing the assurance of the Trust Fire Safety Policy, ensuring the required compliance and quality is achieved, within budget to include controls, assurance, planning and forecasting expenditure where required.
• Be a positive role model and actively promote the Trust’s vision and strategic aims, and values.
• Work with members of the Trust and key stakeholders to develop and maintain a positive reputation for efficiency and operational responsiveness.
• Support the Fire Safety Manager in the development of the Estates Department ensuring co-ordinated and integrated solutions that are efficient, cost effective, and that future proofs the hospital.

For further details please see the attached JD.

Person specification

Knowledge & Experience

• • Demonstrable experience in fire safety.
• • Demonstrable experience of preparing & delivering training courses.

• • Proven knowledge and demonstrable experience in the application of Firecode.

Qualifications

• • Science- or engineering-based education or equivalent; or extensive demonstrable experience of fire safety.
• • Certificate in Training Practice or equivalent or extensive demonstrable experience of preparing and delivering training. Membership of a professional organisation (e.g., the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE); the Institute of Fire Prevention Officers (IFPO)).

• • Fire engineering/ fire safety degree or other relevant academic qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience

Aptitude & Abilities

• • Highly developed & effective negotiating/ influencing skills & ability to develop & maintain constructive relationships with professional & managerial disciplines. • Highly developed & effective verbal & written communication skills.
• • Highly developed & effective verbal & written communication skills.

• • Ability to assimilate, analyse & present complex problems, identify necessary action, make recommendations & ensure actions are implemented.

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We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants about less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. We recommend contacting the manager of the role prior to applying and we commit to giving requests full consideration.

We welcome and encourage applicants who identify with all protected characteristics to apply for our roles. We believe that diversity strengthens our teams and improves our patients' experience. At UHP we aim to create an inclusive workplace and hospital where everyone feels they belong and included.

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

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Unsolicited CVs and Candidate Profiles/Details

University Hospitals Plymouth has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.

We do, however, work with a defined list of preferred HTE Framework suppliers who may be invited to support us in sourcing candidates for particular roles.

In line with our preferred supplier list, we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the Trust’s Medical Workforce team.

We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to the Trust or Trust employees by any other means than the official route above. Where this is not observed the Trust reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and initiate discussions without payment of any agency fee.

Any candidate details (whether written or spoken) or CVs that are referred directly will not constitute an introduction. The Trust will under no circumstances be responsible for any recruitment fees in relation to these contacts.

Submission of any unsolicited CVs, candidate’s details and/or proposals to the Trust will not be considered further and will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this Agency Protocol.

In order to establish and maintain good working relationships with the Trust’s agency suppliers, we ask that this Protocol is adhered to and thank you for your co-operation.