Senior Fire Safey Advisor

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust in the North West is recruiting two permanent Fire Safety Advisors to ensure Trust sites meet all statutory fire requirements and to implement robust fire safety policies. The role focuses on delivering fire risk assessments, staff training, and oversight of contractors to ensure compliance with legislation and industry best practice.

The successful applicants will join a caring NHS family committed to safety, quality, and flexible working patterns

Qualifications

• Relevant Fire Safety Qualification, Degree/Diploma.
• Evidence of continued professional Development.

Responsibilities

• The post holders will be responsible for ensuring that Trust sites meet all statutory fire requirements.
• The Fire Safety Advisors will complete Fire Risk Assessments, focus on providing staff training and provide general support in relation to fire safety.
• The Fire Safety Advisors will provide an oversight of the service providers fire safety responsibilities and ensure all their services comply with legislation and good industry practice.
• These roles are fantastic opportunities to join an organisation that is passionate about the services it provides.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Decision making

Prioritisation

Education

Fire Safety Qualification

Degree/Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
• Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.

If you are looking for an exciting new challenge Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) which is a Specialist Mental Health and Community NHS Foundation Trust in the North West, is the place for you.

We are currently looking to recruit 2 x Fire Safety Advisors on a permanent basis.

Main duties of the job

The post holders will be responsible for ensuring that Trust sites meet all statutory fire requirements. A key feature of these roles will be to ensure that fire safety systems are in place to meet requirements of legislation and that these are supported by suitable policies and procedures linking into Trust Management arrangements.

The Fire Safety Advisors will complete Fire Risk Assessments, focus on providing staff training and provide general support in relation to fire safety.

The Fire Safety Advisors will provide an oversight of the service providers fire safety responsibilities and ensure all their services comply with legislation and good industry practice.

These roles are fantastic opportunities to join an organisation that is passionate about the services it provides.

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about these roles.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Relevant Fire Safety Qualification, Degree/Diploma
• Evidence of continued professional Development

Knowledge

• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Experience

• Substantial experience in a Fire Safety environment

Skills

• Dealing effectively with all levels of staff within the organisation
• Ability to make effective decisions
• Ability to plan and prioritise resources effectively in order to deliver a high quality service

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