Job summary
Responsible to Head of Estates & Facilities, working closely with Director of Estates & Facilities, Trust Estates team and Clinical Leads to ensure leadership and management of Fire Safety Management. Developing good working relationships with Departmental Managers to form part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide the best possible Fire Prevention Service to the Trust.
Provide management support/specialist fire safety advice in relation to maintenance and repair, using best business and working practices.
Developing/delivering a strategic compliance road map, policies/procedures, Risk Based Inspection Program, delivery of fire safety training of Trust staff and associated satellites, devising and improving training and evacuation methods commensurate to departments.
Ensuring the Trust is informed with changes in legislation/guidance appertaining to Fire Safety and representing the Fire Safety team within E&F and the wider Trust.
Key skills: highly motivated, innovative, well organised, computer literate, excellent interpersonal skills, strong leadership/management skills, self-motivated and able to motivate others. Can work under pressure, to tight deadlines, solve complex technical problems and make decisions.
Able to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration.
Driver's licence required.
Main duties of the job
Delivery of the Trust-wide Risk Based Inspection Programme ensuring fire risk assessments meet statutory requirements of the Regulatory Reform Order (Fire Safety) 2005 and HTM 05-02 Fire code.
Monitor, by regular inspection, fire safety standards in Trust premises to identify deviations from current legislation and codes of practice.
Implement the Trust's Fire Strategy, Fire Policy and 5-year Action Plan. Fire Protocols, policies, and procedures, working collaboratively for a quality service, new initiatives, problem solving, to ensure Trust wide services are met.
Stakeholder management, liaison with local authority Fire & Rescue Service Officers in the inspection of buildings, investigation of outbreaks of fire, implementation of FPN 11 and fire matters of joint interest. Network with other Trusts and organisation on fire safety.
Finance monitoring for fire safety across the Trust.
Effective communication/management of complex sensitive situations across the Trust.
Fire Safety Training of all Trust & Agency as defined within Fire code.
Monitor and maintain records to provide continuity of training and to test operational procedures.
Management of Hard/Soft FM Manager roles.
Working to Regulatory Reform Order (Fire Safety) 2005 and HTM 05-02 Fire code.
Responsible for the management of Safety Groups as required under HTM00 eg HTM 05-02.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fire Engineering/fire safety degree or other relevant engineering/science degree or equivalent specialist experience to masters level
- Recognised Management Qualification or equivalent management experience
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Desirable
- Certificate in Training practice
- Corporate membership of professional organisation (Institution of Fire Engineers; Institute of Fire Prevention Officers (IFPO)
- Professional qualification in a fire related subject, for example:
- Confederation of Fire Protection Associations Europe (CFPS)
- Diploma; Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
- Training and Healthcare Fire Safety
- Registered as a fire risk assessor with a recognised accreditation body.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in managing fire safety, including development and delivery of training
- Experience and knowledge of undertaking Fire Risk Assessments, fire safety audits and fire training
- Experience of devising risk adjusted priority action plans for fire safety management to address significant findings and management of associated budget
- Professional advice on application of fire code, building regulations and British Standards in capital and minor works projects
- Knowledge and understanding of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Substantial experience of managing teams
- Success in working collaboratively across multiple professions and services
- Demonstrable success in planning, managing and implementing change
- Evidenced experience of using the continuous improvement cycle with success
- Significant budgetary management experience
- Experience of writing formal reports.
- Knowledge and experience in the application of Fire code and Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Practical knowledge and interpretation of current Building Regulations and British Standards
- Knowledge of fire safety, fire risk management, fire safety training, fire legislation and codes of practice
- Risk management processes
- Process improvement
- Continuous service improvement.
- Highly developed and effective negotiating and influencing skills, and ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with professional and managerial disciplines
- Highly developed management skills and the ability to maximise resource utilisation
- Highly developed and effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to assimilate, analyse and present complex problems; identify necessary action, make recommendations and ensure actions are implemented
- Good organisational skills with practical and methodical project planning and ability to manage a number of concurrent schemes
- General computer literacy skills and ability to use Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to devise and manage the delivery of tailored fire training programmes
- Excellent interpersonal skills- tactful and diplomatic with strong skills in building successful relationships and dealing with highly influential internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong leadership and managerial skills
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Able to solve complex technical problems
- Excellent team building skills
- Well organised with excellent documentation skills
- Ability to prioritise work, meet tight deadlines and work independently
- Experience of managing and developing teams
- Ability to work under pressure and achieve delivery against challenging deadlines
- Ability to make decisions or recommendations based on logical analysis, own knowledge and initiative. Leadership and ability to motivate and empower others.
Desirable
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries to improve standards
- Experience of working with external agencies and influencing internal change
- Experience of fire safety management at a senior level
- Experience of working within the public sector
- Experience of working with fire legislation
- Technical fire systems knowledge
- Experience of working in a Health and Safety related field
- Experience of risk management within a large organisation.
- Knowledge of Risk Management techniques
- Development of fire related policies, procedures, protocols and strategies
- Understanding of Landlord -- Tenant relationships under Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Knowledge of HTM's Fire code, DDA regulations, Building regulations and CDM regulations
- Knowledge of current legislation and guidance.
- Project management skills
- Risk Management
- Health & Safety Management
- Budget and Resource Management.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
- Highly motivated and resourceful team player with a proactive approach to problem solving
- Innovator and self-motivated with a positive attitude and willingness to take responsibility and to use own initiative
- The ability to motivate others to deliver sometimes challenging outcomes within a changing environment
- Full clean driving license
- Occasional moderate physical effort required as duties dictate e.g. evacuation of patients
- Occasional moving of heavy equipment e.g. fire extinguishers, training equipment
- Occasional working at heights and in confined spaces e.g. scaffold or roof voids.
Desirable
- The ability to travel to off-site properties within the wider Cambridgeshire area.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fire Engineering/fire safety degree or other relevant engineering/science degree or equivalent specialist experience to masters level
- Recognised Management Qualification or equivalent management experience
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Desirable
- Certificate in Training practice
- Corporate membership of professional organisation (Institution of Fire Engineers; Institute of Fire Prevention Officers (IFPO)
- Professional qualification in a fire related subject, for example:
- Confederation of Fire Protection Associations Europe (CFPS)
- Diploma; Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
- Training and Healthcare Fire Safety
- Registered as a fire risk assessor with a recognised accreditation body.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in managing fire safety, including development and delivery of training
- Experience and knowledge of undertaking Fire Risk Assessments, fire safety audits and fire training
- Experience of devising risk adjusted priority action plans for fire safety management to address significant findings and management of associated budget
- Professional advice on application of fire code, building regulations and British Standards in capital and minor works projects
- Knowledge and understanding of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Substantial experience of managing teams
- Success in working collaboratively across multiple professions and services
- Demonstrable success in planning, managing and implementing change
- Evidenced experience of using the continuous improvement cycle with success
- Significant budgetary management experience
- Experience of writing formal reports.
- Knowledge and experience in the application of Fire code and Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Practical knowledge and interpretation of current Building Regulations and British Standards
- Knowledge of fire safety, fire risk management, fire safety training, fire legislation and codes of practice
- Risk management processes
- Process improvement
- Continuous service improvement.
- Highly developed and effective negotiating and influencing skills, and ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with professional and managerial disciplines
- Highly developed management skills and the ability to maximise resource utilisation
- Highly developed and effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to assimilate, analyse and present complex problems; identify necessary action, make recommendations and ensure actions are implemented
- Good organisational skills with practical and methodical project planning and ability to manage a number of concurrent schemes
- General computer literacy skills and ability to use Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to devise and manage the delivery of tailored fire training programmes
- Excellent interpersonal skills- tactful and diplomatic with strong skills in building successful relationships and dealing with highly influential internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong leadership and managerial skills
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Able to solve complex technical problems
- Excellent team building skills
- Well organised with excellent documentation skills
- Ability to prioritise work, meet tight deadlines and work independently
- Experience of managing and developing teams
- Ability to work under pressure and achieve delivery against challenging deadlines
- Ability to make decisions or recommendations based on logical analysis, own knowledge and initiative. Leadership and ability to motivate and empower others.
Desirable
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries to improve standards
- Experience of working with external agencies and influencing internal change
- Experience of fire safety management at a senior level
- Experience of working within the public sector
- Experience of working with fire legislation
- Technical fire systems knowledge
- Experience of working in a Health and Safety related field
- Experience of risk management within a large organisation.
- Knowledge of Risk Management techniques
- Development of fire related policies, procedures, protocols and strategies
- Understanding of Landlord -- Tenant relationships under Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Knowledge of HTM's Fire code, DDA regulations, Building regulations and CDM regulations
- Knowledge of current legislation and guidance.
- Project management skills
- Risk Management
- Health & Safety Management
- Budget and Resource Management.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
- Highly motivated and resourceful team player with a proactive approach to problem solving
- Innovator and self-motivated with a positive attitude and willingness to take responsibility and to use own initiative
- The ability to motivate others to deliver sometimes challenging outcomes within a changing environment
- Full clean driving license
- Occasional moderate physical effort required as duties dictate e.g. evacuation of patients
- Occasional moving of heavy equipment e.g. fire extinguishers, training equipment
- Occasional working at heights and in confined spaces e.g. scaffold or roof voids.
Desirable
- The ability to travel to off-site properties within the wider Cambridgeshire area.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
