Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Business Fire Safety Advisor - Apprentice

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Job summary

The Fire Safety Department is part of the Estates & Facilities Directorate. The department provides advice, support and training on safety and fire issues to all levels of management throughout the Trust to assist them in meeting their legal responsibilities for the safety of staff, patients, contractors and visitors.

The purpose of this post is to offer advice and educate those responsible for fire safety across the Trust. The post holder will also undertake fire risk assessments and fire safety audits of simple and complex premises across the Trusts estate portfolio. This may entail flexibility in working patterns to meet operational needs.

The post holder will be responsible for advice on all areas of fire risk management and systems to staff, contractors and visitors across its estate to support patient safety and continuity of care.

To undertake periodic reviews and maintenance of departmental fire safety information manuals to support the Trusts fire risk management system. The post holder will also curate and deliver fire safety learning and development to support core staff skills using face to face and online platforms.

Note: Please note previous applicant need not apply.

The Business Fire Safety Advisor will be:

Assessing risks and hazards associated with fire,
evaluating measures to protect people and premises,
influencing, and supporting Trust managers and teams to act on recommendations and where appropriate reporting on non-compliance to the Fire Safety Advisor.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

As an employee of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, you have an individual responsibility to treat everybody with:

Dignity and Respect: we value each person as an individual and will challenge disrespectful and inappropriate behaviour.

One Team: we work together and have a 'can do' approach to all that we do recognising that we all add value with equal worth.

Compassion: we respond with humanity and kindness and search for things we can do, however small; we do not wait to be asked because we care.

Safety and Quality: we take responsibility for our actions, decisions and behaviours in delivering safe, high quality care.

Date posted

29 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year (70% to 75% - During apprenticeship) plus high cost allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

326-5698922-BS

Job locations

East Surrey Hospital

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key working relationships

Staff at all levels within the Trust and staff from external agencies and organisations. This will include:

Contractors and other tenants
Fire Safety Advisor
Contractors who are designated as competent persons (Fire) who install or maintain: fire alarm and detection systems, portable firefighting equipment and fire dampers
Associate Director of Estates & Facilities
Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response
Health and Safety team

Rules to noted for funding purposes :

Must have the right to work in England
must have eligible residency status & have lived within the European Economic Area for at least the least three years
must have no restrictions on access to apprenticeship funding
must notbe in receipt of any other direct Department for Education funding

candidates need an approved level 2 English and Maths qualification (e.g. GCSE grade A*-C or 9-4, functional skills level 2)

Note:

The successful candidate will be required to attend and successfully complete the following courses: Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety, Level 3 certificate in passive fire safety, Level 3 award in Education and Training and PAS79 Fire risk assessor. Some of the courses will require the successful candidate to attend residential courses."

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key working relationships

Staff at all levels within the Trust and staff from external agencies and organisations. This will include:

Contractors and other tenants
Fire Safety Advisor
Contractors who are designated as competent persons (Fire) who install or maintain: fire alarm and detection systems, portable firefighting equipment and fire dampers
Associate Director of Estates & Facilities
Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response
Health and Safety team

Rules to noted for funding purposes :

Must have the right to work in England
must have eligible residency status & have lived within the European Economic Area for at least the least three years
must have no restrictions on access to apprenticeship funding
must notbe in receipt of any other direct Department for Education funding

candidates need an approved level 2 English and Maths qualification (e.g. GCSE grade A*-C or 9-4, functional skills level 2)

Note:

Person Specification

No Desirable Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration

Person Specification

No Desirable Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Employer's website

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