Fire Safety Advisor

Job Purpose:

To deliver the provision of a comprehensive and effective fire safety service across all Trust owned or operated properties.

Location: Dorset 

Job Type: Temporary 

Duration of booking: Expected to last 6 Months with a possibility of an extension.

Proposed start date: ASAP

Sector: Healthcare 

Working Environment: Healthcare based

Band: 6

Pay Rates:

£22 - £22.50 PAYE Inclusive of Holiday Pay

£24 - £24.50 Umbrella 

Working Days and Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm (37.5 hrs per week)

Duties:

• Ensure there is compliance with all regulatory provisions regarding fire safety in all Trust owned or operated properties.
• Conduct a program of fire risk assessments in all Trust occupied premises, working to the standards in Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Health Technical Memorandums (HTM’s), Building Regulations, British Standards and other relevant documentation, to ensure the Trust and its buildings comply with current fire legislation.
• Undertaking overarching fire risk assessments in complex hospital buildings, to ensure efficacy of shared arrangements, horizontal evacuation and compartmentation, taking in to consideration the profile of occupants.
• Ensure all wards, departments and units have local plans in place detailing the actions to be taken in case of fire. Ensure these are reviewed regularly and their contents understood by staff.
• Conduct a comprehensive program of fire drills across all Trust occupied premises, including where necessary outside of core hours to ensure all staff are prepared.
• Maintain suitable clear structured records of all risk assessments, evacuation plans, fire drills and training are kept and accessible; this includes analysis of same when required.
• Produce and maintain structured electronic records of reports, assessments, drills and fire safety and emergency planning training programmes to meet the needs of the Trust. 
• Compile end of month and annual fire safety statistics, analyse and produce reports to inform Head of Safety & Compliance, and the Health & Safety Committee.
• Investigate all incidents of fires and fire alarm actuations. Monitor and Analyse trends and patterns to assist the Trust in learning from fire related incidents.
• To maintain an up to date resource base of legislation, codes of practice and other relevant literature. To make the resource readily available to other Estates and Facilities staff.
• Conduct fire safety audits when required, including on contractors operating on our premises.
• Formulate and deliver a suitable program of fire safety training to a workforce of approximately 4500 staff.  
• Review with the Head of Safety and Compliance the Trust fire related policies and procedures, updating where appropriate, and communicating to Trust employees. 
• Support and advise the Head of Safety and Compliance in the production of an annual report to be provided to the Trust Board, by providing detail of the achieved standard of fire safety across all Trust premises.
• Advising and liaising with staff and management at all levels regarding fire safety matters.
• Plan, organise, conduct and report on emergency planning exercises of all types, with an emphasis on fire scenarios, but potentially also covering other emergency planning risk and threat areas. This includes regular communications test exercises, through to live-play exercises with inter-agency involvement i.e. emergency services, other Trusts, Local Health Resilience Forums, Borough Resilience Forums, and other Category 1 & 2 Responders.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Fire engineering/ Engineering science, or fire /fire safety degree; or extensive experience and knowledge in fire safety.
   Certificate in training practice or extensive experience of preparing and delivering training.
• Membership of a professional organisation (e.g. the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) or the institute of Fire Prevention Officers (IFPO).
• Experience and knowledge of undertaking fire risk assessments.
• Experience of preparing and delivering training courses.
   Experience of working across organisational boundaries to improve standards.
• Setting up portable fire simulator trainer weighing approx. 20kg .
• Occasional working for long periods in conditions that require good mobility to access certain work environments such as roof plant rooms and basement ducts.
• Occasional moderate physical effort required as duties dictate. e.g. demonstrating the use of evacuation equipment, moving of moderately heavy equipment such as extinguishers etc.
• Understanding the complexity of issues across the whole Trust which may impact upon fire safety.
• Frequent requirement to sit at a computer and write up assessments, reports and action plans.
• Occasional requirement to work outdoors. Example; using the fire simulator to deliver fire extinguisher training.
• In-depth knowledge of Firecode, Health Building Notes, and Building Regulations Approved Document B (fire safety)
• In-depth Knowledge of

1. Fire safety
2. Fire risk management
3. Fire legislation and codes of practice
4. Fire safety training

• Hold a current driving licence and access to a vehicle insured for business purposes.