Fire Safety and Security Officer

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Hempstalls; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Fire Safety and Security Officer to act as the Competent Person for fire safety under Healthcare Technical Memorandums and the Fire Safety Order 2005 across the Trust’s estate.

You will advise Estates and other teams, carry out fire risk assessments, oversee security systems and door entry, and contribute to high standards of patient care and safety.

Responsibilities

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

Job description

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.

Key Duties/responsibilities

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

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 on ensuring 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.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Wesley Holdcroft
Job title: Associate Director of Estates
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07790 985671