Fire Safety and Security OfficerNHS

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

Job description

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.

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.