Interim Fire Safety Manager

Interim Fire Safety Manager - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Band 8b - £30.16 per hour - Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00 (37.5 hours per week) Up to 6 months

Are you an experienced Fire Safety Manager with a proven track record and a desire to work in public healthcare? Can you communicate effectively to stakeholders and meet their expectations whilst working to budgets, timeframes and within compliance frameworks? If you answered yes, then Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust would love to hear from you!

Formed in 2006, Nottingham University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest and busiest acute Trusts in England, employing 14,500 staff. We provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham and its surrounding communities.

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Estates and Facilities Team as the Interim Fire Safety Manager. The role is expected to last up to 6 months with the potential to extend and makes a great entry opportunity for an external Fire Safety Manager to make a real difference in the service.

This key post is instrumental in ensuring that the Trust is fully compliant for all fire; life safety; legal and statutory requirements in accordance with all specifications as laid out within the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order (RRO) 2005, Health Technical Memorandums (HTM's) Guidelines and all other regulations under current codes of practice that are addressed across a highly complex and multi-site organisation. This role will be based at both City Hospital and Queens Medical Centre.

Main duties of the job

As the Fire Safety Manager, you will support the Director of Estates and Facilities Management, and will lead the NUH Fire Safety Team on a day to day basis, ensuring Trust wide (NUH) full fire safety compliance against recognised legislation and guidance across all clinical and non-clinical locations.

You will be responsible for the development and maintenance of efficient, effective and high-quality processes and systems for the management of fire risk, which will assist the Director Estates & Facilities Management and the Chief Financial Officer to meet statutory obligations relating to fire safety on behalf of the Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities-The NUH Fire Safety Manager has accountability and responsibility for ensuring that the Trust is fully compliant for all fire; life safety; legal and statutory requirements in accordance with all specifications as laid out within the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO) 2005, Health Technical Memorandums (HTM's) Guidelines and all other regulations under current codes of practice that are addressed across a highly complex and multi-site organisation

The post-holder will:

-Be wholly responsible in leading the NUH Fire Safety Team on a day to day basis and ensuring Trust wide (NUH) full fire safety compliance against recognised legislation and guidance by delivering fire life safety support and services to all clinical and non-clinical locations.

-Be responsible for the development and maintenance of efficient, effective and high-quality processes and systems for the management of fire risk, which will assist the Director Estates & Facilities and the Chief Financial Officer to meet the statutory obligations relating to fire safety on behalf of the Trust.

-Assist the Director of Estate & Facilities Management and the Chief Finance Officer to ensure that the Trust's governance activities reflect national and local guidance and initiatives in relation to fire safety requirements.

-Provide assurance that the Trust is meeting statutory and regulatory requirements relating to these functions and where there are gaps these are clearly and robustly articulated in reports and forward mitigation plans.

-Ensure that appropriate policies, procedures, systems and arrangements are in place to support fire safety and that robust governance processes are in place to monitor the implementation and effectiveness of compliance within and across the Trust.

-Act as the lead competent person in relation to fire safety issues with specific reference to the NHS Firecode standards and the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and emerging legislation.

-Have the ability to work autonomously and be able to receive and carefully analyse and interpret complex information and make judgements and decisions based on compliance with both legislation and technical standards.

A full list of duties and responsibilities can be provided upon request.

Specification

Must be educated to master's degree level or be able demonstrate and evidence equivalent knowledge, skills and with experience gained within fire life safety management environment.

Must have completed fire training college course(s) for fire Safety Management certification, or equivalent.

You will need to have previous experience of fire safety management in an acute hospital environment.

Undertaken relevant audits/inspection, fire risk assessments and provide practical and

workable solutions.

Have evidence of ongoing knowledge attainment including CPD and training in fire safety.

You will need to have significant in-depth knowledge, of the Regulatory Reform order (RRO), Fire code and Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 05-01 managing healthcare fire safety, 05-02 guidance and support of functional provision in healthcare premises, 05-03 Operational provisions Significant understanding of the relationships between various departments in order to ensure coordination of ongoing service delivery across the Trust.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.