Fire Safety Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The NUH Fire Safety Manager has accountability and responsibility for ensuring that the Trust is fully compliant for all fire; life safety; legal and statutory requirements in accordance with all specifications as laid out within the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO) 2005, Health Technical Memorandums (HTM's) Guidelines and all other regulations under current codes of practice that are addressed across a highly complex and multi-site organisation

The post-holder will:

be wholly responsible in leading the NUH Fire Safety Team on a day to day basis, and ensuring Trust wide (NUH) full fire safety compliance against recognised legislation and guidance by delivering fire life safety support and services to all clinical and non-clinical locations.

be responsible for the development and maintenance of efficient, effective and high-quality processes and systems for the management of fire risk, which will assist the Director Estates & Facilities and the Chief Financial Officer to meet the statutory obligations relating to fire safety on behalf of the Trust.

assist the Director of Estate & Facilities Management and the Chief Finance Officer to ensure that the Trust's governance activities reflect national and local guidance and initiatives in relation to fire safety requirements.

provide assurance that the Trust is meeting statutory and regulatory requirements relating to these functions and where there are gaps these are clearly and robustly articulated in reports and forward mitigation plans.

ensure that appropriate policies, procedures, systems and arrangements are in place to support fire safety and that robust governance processes are in place to monitor the implementation and effectiveness of compliance within and across the Trust.

act as the lead competent person in relation to fire safety issues with specific reference to the NHS Firecode standards and the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and emerging legislation.

have the ability to work autonomously and be able to receive and carefully analyse and interpret complex information and make judgements and decisions based on compliance with both legislation and technical standards.

Person specification

Training & Qualifictions

Essential criteria

• Educated to Master's Degree level or able to clearly demonstrate and evidence equivalent knowledge, skills and with experience gained within fire life safety management environment.
• Fire training college course(s) for fire Safety Management certification, or equivalent
• The ability to understand, characteristics of fire and the science of fire prevention. Practices, guidance and legislation concerning fire safety in relation to health care premises.
• Technical aspects of firefighting equipment and fire alarm and detection systems, structural fire precautions.

Desirable criteria

• Membership of a professional organisation for example the Institute of Fire Engineers (GIFE) or Institute of Fire Prevention Officers (MIFPO).

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience of fire safety management in an acute hospital environment.
• Experience of working with HTM 'Firecode'
• Extensive experience in providing technical direction with regard to fire safety management.
• Experience of managing and ensuring building compliance according to fire safety regulations, professional guidance and good practice.
• Experience of managing professional staff, including staff development, performance management.
• Undertaken relevant audits/inspection, fire risk assessments and provide practical and workable solutions.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of fire safety project management and provision of advice to project management teams for a wide range of type and size of capital works.
• Experience of Fire Investigation work
• Knowledge & experience of fire safety quality management systems.
• Experience of arranging and delivering fire safety training to non-fire personnel

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Significant in-depth knowledge, of the Regulatory Reform order (RRO), Firecode and Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 05-01 managing healthcare fire safety, 05-02 guidance and support of functional provision in healthcare premises, 05-03 Operational provisions Significant understanding of the relationships between various departments in order to ensure coordination of ongoing service delivery across the Trust.
• Fire Risk Assessment techniques and associated control measures to mitigate risk.
• Building Regulations Approved Document B
• Personnel management, appraisal and disciplinary processes
• Significant experience of development of Healthcare Fire Safety Policies and Procedures.

Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to liaise with external agencies ie., Fire and Rescue Services, Health & Safety Executive, Local Authority Planners.
• Experience in report writing and presentation skills.

Analytical & Judgement Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to assimilate and analyse large amounts of information quickly and devise compliance and control measure strategies to address ongoing risks.
• Objective and demonstrable analysis and evaluation techniques allowing accurate assessment of risks and control strategies.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£42.90 for enhanced and £22.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month's pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Fire Safety Manager 8b JD (PDF, 404.9KB)
• Fire Safety Manager 8b PS (PDF, 577.6KB)
• Mindful Employer (PDF, 242.5KB)
• Equality and Diversity (PDF, 122.3KB)
• Equal Opportunities (PDF, 57.4KB)
• Disability Confidence Scheme (PDF, 51.0KB)
• Rehabilitation of Ex Offenders (PDF, 106.0KB)