Details:
- Salary: £22.92 - Hour
- Location: London
- Date: 1 month ago
Description:
Job Title: Fire Safety Officer
Location: Maudsley Hospital, SE5 8AZ
Trust: South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Pay: £22.92 per hour
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday (Apply online only)
Full driving licence essential - Role involves travelling around all Trust premises in the area.
Are you a driven and passionate Fire Safety expert that could bring your skillset to your local NHS Services? Could you be the Trust’s next specialist advisor, ensuring Trust compliance with fire safety laws, conducting risk assessments, and aiding policy reviews?
If so, then South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust wants to hear from you!
Key responsibilities:
* Provide expert advice on fire safety legislation, collaborating with the Regional Health, Safety, and Fire Manager to shape our Trust’s strategy and ensure compliance.
* Develop and implement a comprehensive fire training policy, including specialist training and enhancing e-learning programs.
* Monitor and evaluate fire drills and evacuation exercises, making improvements as necessary and maintaining accurate records.
* Liaise with the Regional Health, Safety, and Fire Manager to support Responsible Persons across Trust properties, managing the Fire Risk Management System and offering operational advice.
* Conduct Fire Risk Assessments and audits, ensuring adequate precautions in all Trust areas and extending assessments to premises with a duty of care.
* Collaborate with staff at all levels, contributing to policy development, ensuring standards compliance, and providing expert advice.
* Lead the development of local standards, monitor fire prevention through inspections, investigate incidents, and produce relevant statistics while assisting in technical planning for new constructions and renovations.
Person specification
* Extensive experience in fire safety engineering, safety management, and risk assessment.
* Accredited training in Fire Risk Assessment with detailed knowledge of HTM 05/Firecode.
* Membership in a professional organization relevant to fire safety.
* Experience working in healthcare environments within large, dispersed organizations.
* Proven ability in preparing and delivering specialist training courses, including train-the-trainer skills for specialized groups.
* Proficiency in presenting to staff and stakeholders at all levels.
* Familiarity with risk management systems, demonstrating initiative and a willingness to take responsibility.
A full job specification is available upon request.
This role may require you to show evidence of education to Degree level or at least 2 years relevant experience.
About the Trust:
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides a wide range of services to nearly two million people locally. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. We provide inpatient care for over 5,000 people each year and we treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Croydon. As well as serving the communities of south London, we provide more than 50 specialist services for children and adults across the UK and beyond.
As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:
* Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week.
* Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime.
* Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
* Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone.
* Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements.
* Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more.
* Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us.
* Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours
Who are NHS Professionals?
We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members. As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination based on age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.
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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.
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