Senior Fire Safety Adviser
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Job overview
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust have an exciting opportunity for a senior fire safety adviser to join our team. You will be a senior member of the fire safety team responsible for the management of fire safety and risk across all three sites - Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital and Andover War Memorial Hospital.
To be successful you must be an experienced fire safety professional who can demonstrate an understanding of fire safety legislation including that relevant to healthcare. You will have a track record in delivering fire safety improvement work and providing professional advice that balances fire safety and operational risks.
Main duties of the job
The senior fire safety adviser is responsible for the development and maintenance of efficient, effective and high-quality processes and systems for the management of fire risk including the delivery of proactive work programmes of awareness raising, risk assessments and inspections in compliance with legislative frameworks.
The senior fire safety adviser will work to ensure that the Trust's fire safety activities reflect national and local guidance and initiatives in relation to fire safety requirements. This includes providing assurance that the Trust is meeting statutory and regulatory requirements and where there are gaps these are clearly and robustly articulated in reports and forward mitigation plans for delivery.
The senior fire safety adviser is the lead competent person in relation to fire safety issues with specific reference to the NHS HTM Firecode standards and the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed job description, main responsibilities and person specification see the attached documents
Person specification
Training and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Fire safety qualifications / working towards or equivalent
- Fire safety CPD
Desirable criteria
- Membership of professional organisation
- Training qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Fire safety management experience
- Risk management
- Written and verbal communication skills
- IT skills
Desirable criteria
- NHS / acute hospital experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Fire safety legislation
Desirable criteria
- Healthcare fire safety requirements
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
- HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
- All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
- In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
- This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
- We believe that using technology wisely reflects strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, it's essential to personalise your recruitment application to showcase your unique skills and experiences. Over-reliance on generic, AI-generated content may result in rejection if multiple candidates submit applications with similar language or structure. In such cases, recruiting managers may reach out for further clarity where applications appear consistent with others, to better understand your individual strengths.
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Documents to download
- Senior fire safety adviser job description (PDF, 275.8KB)
- HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB)
- Tackling Climate Change at Hampshire Hospitals (PDF, 4.9MB)