Apprentice Fire Officer (XN02)

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen in the Fire Safety Team for an enthusiastic individual to join our team as an Apprentice Fire Safety Officer.

The successful applicant will join our team in providing support and advice to the main acute and mental health hospitals in Leeds.

This position will focus on developing the successful candidate so that they can provide services to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. They will be provided with training courses and mentoring to help them to progress towards the position of a NHS Fire Officer. This will enable them to carry out fire risk assessment, providing fire safety training and day to day fire safety works. If the apprenticeship is completed successfully at the end of the 2 years the candidate should be in the position to apply for a Band 6 Fire Officers position.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate they have good written and verbal skills and be computer literate. They will be accountable directly to the Specialist Fire Safety Officer.

Expected Shortlisting Date

23/09/2024

Planned Interview Date

17/10/2024

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have responsibilities for undertaking the structured learning programme as expected from a fire safety apprentice. This will be relevant to the delivery of fire safety in a healthcare setting across an Estate that currently has six hospital sites and various other properties with a total floor area of approximately 500,000 m. The Trust provides a full range of acute and specialist services in a variety of buildings dating from the late 1800s to the present date. The apprentice fire safety role covers:

Learning and understanding the concept and practical application of fire risk assessments in a complex healthcare setting

Learning the concepts of delivering fire training to a diverse group of staff

Developing fire training methods of delivery

Deliver of fire training

Learning the process of offering fire advice operational and technical

Learning the concept and process of audit and inspections

Learning the process of liaison with the Fire Service and other statutory authorities

Learning the process of fire investigation

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1 billion. Our 20,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat over 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.

Our vision is based on The Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, founded on values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:

Patient-centred

Fair

Collaborative

Accountable

Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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