About this role
Job summary
Fire Safety and Security Officer.
Full time 37.5 hours per week.
Band 6 £39,959 - £48,117 per annum.
The Fire Safety and Security Officer is the Trust's Competent Person for fire in accordance with the duties and requirements of Healthcare Technical Memorandums and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. You are responsible for fire safety across the Trust's estate; providing specialist fire safety advice to Estates and other teams; carry out fire risk assessments; and ensure that the Trust is fully compliant with all fire safety requirements in the interests of high standards of patient care and safety.You are also responsible for overseeing the security of Trust premises including ensuring door entry and other security systems operate efficiently and in accordance with safety requirements.
Main duties of the job
Please read and consider the Key Duties/responsibilities as outlined in the attached Job Description & Personal Specification:
Operational Planning Service Delivery Service Improvement and Engagement Risk and Compliance Resource Management Systems and Equipment Judgements Communication
About us
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.
Job description Job responsibilities
Alongside the Key Duties/Responsibilities:
Resource Management1.Advise on the purchase of fire safety and security equipment to ensure it is fit for purpose.2.Wherever possible, identify cost efficiencies through new ways of working and obtaining best value for money in procurement.Specialist/Technical requirementsSystems and Equipment1.Responsible for fire safety and security ensuring systems, equipment and plant are tested and maintained to meet compliance requirements.2.Responsible for the management and use of information systems including Micad and Microsoft Office suite.3.Carries out fire risk assessments and site audits to assess compliance with complex statutory requirements.4.Utilises corporate Communications and IT systems effectively.Judgements1.Makes judgements on a range of complex facts and situations in response to changing priorities and competing demands including:Range of complex compliance fire safety and security requirementsResourcesBuilding, fire and health and safety regulationsRisk managementHealth and safety managementEvaluation of performance against fire safety compliance requirementsAnalysis of specialist technical informationInterpretation of complex legislation, technical guidance, best practice codes2.Works with the Compliance Manager in ensuring fire safety compliance targets are met, interpreting and acting upon complex statutory requirements.3.Makes judgements across a range of compliance Estates issues, taking account of the sometimes-conflicting demands of legislation, health and safety requirements, healthcare standards and financial constraints.4.Makes judgements consistently within the context of the CARE values and the Trusts commitment to be outstanding in all it does.Communication1.Provides, receives and analyses complex fire safety and security information and communicates, technical and statutory information with specialists, non- technical individuals, and other stakeholders.2.Develops and implements effective channels of communication to ensure complex information is disseminated in a timely and appropriate manner to other team members and colleagues from other service areas.3.Proactively communicates with other members of the Estates team, on fire safety and security matters.4.Prepared to challenge appropriately when compliance standards fall short.5.Adapts personal communication style appropriately to the needs of the audience.Challenges1.Overcomes barriers to understanding because of the technical and complex nature of information.2.Addresses conflicting perspectives and demands from user Departments.3.Requires concentration and mental effort to resolve complex issues.4.Maintains a firm but fair approach with team members to ensure that compliance standards are maintained.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and experience Membership of fire related association, or equivalent fire code certification Relevant security qualification at level 5 or equivalent experience within security management Accredited Fire Risk Assessor - Level 3 Commitment to undertake further training and qualifications aligned to the job role including relevant security management training if applicable
Desirable
NEBOSH qualification
Experience Essential
Working in a fire safety or fire engineering function Fire management experience within a large service organisation or Fire Authority Writing and implementing fire safety and security policies and procedures including Fire Risk Assessments
Desirable
NHS Experience Working with specialist Estates systems such as Micad
Knowledge Essential
Proven knowledge of fire safety regulations / systems and equipment including health & safety law including risk management Organisational and time management skills - able to meet conflicting deadlines and plan a number of projects and schemes Understanding of PPM regimes, fire alarm control panels, building management systems and door access systems Customer focussed - places the patient at the heart of service delivery
Desirable
Knowledge of NHS policies, procedures and structures Detailed training and knowledge of Hospital Fire Safety including Fire Safety HTM's Understanding of mental health issues and how to organise service delivery to take account of those
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 Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
Address Ashtenne Unit 21
Bellringer Road, Trentham
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 8HH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)