Fire Safety and Security Officer in Stoke-on-Trent

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, carrying out fire risk assessments, and ensuring 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.

Key Duties / Responsibilities:

• Operational Planning
• Service Delivery
• Service Improvement and Engagement
• Risk and Compliance
• Resource Management
• Systems and Equipment
• Judgements
• Communication

Job responsibilities:

• Resource Management: Advise on the purchase of fire safety and security equipment to ensure it is fit for purpose. Identify cost efficiencies through new ways of working and obtaining best value for money in procurement.
• Systems and Equipment: Responsible for fire safety and security ensuring systems, equipment and plant are tested and maintained to meet compliance requirements. Responsible for the management and use of information systems including Micad and Microsoft Office suite. Carries out fire risk assessments and site audits to assess compliance with complex statutory requirements.
• Judgements: Makes judgements on a range of complex facts and situations in response to changing priorities and competing demands including a range of complex compliance fire safety and security requirements.
• Communication: Provides, receives and analyses complex fire safety and security information and communicates technical and statutory information with specialists, non-technical individuals, and other stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• 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.
• Commitment to undertake further training and qualifications aligned to the job role including relevant security management training if applicable.

Experience:

• 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.
• NHS Experience.
• Working with specialist Estates systems such as Micad.

Knowledge:

• 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.
• 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.

Compliance and Disclosures:

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. 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.