Fire Safety Advisors

The Fire Safety Advisors acts as a focus for all fire safety matters in the organisation with accountability for fire safety matters reporting up to the hospitals Chief Executive Officer (CEO) via the hospital's Director of Estates and Facilities. The role also has professional accountability to the Barts Health NHS Group Director of Estates & Facilities.

• Significant experience of Fire safety management providing expert advice and knowledge to the Trust Board and operational staff across departmental boundaries on fire safety, fire risk management, fire legislation and codes of practice and fire safety training.
• Understand and undertake fire risk assessments within a healthcare environment.
• Experience of working with Capital Projects team/contractors for new build or refurbishment projects.
• Understanding of healthcare planning and standards.
Skills Essential
• Ability to carry out fire safety audits and risk assessments.
• Ability to make judgments and apply provisions of highly complex legislation, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 associated health and safety legislation, NHS HTM 05:01 Firecode documents and other associated fire guidance for the benefit of the Trust.
• Develop and deliver fire training programmes to all levels of staff members within the Trust.
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills.
• Excellent computer IT skills and database skills.
• Develop and maintain communication with people on complex matters, issues and ideas.
• Conversant with HTM, HBN, IEE EN and British Standards, Fire code and Encode.
• Thorough working knowledge of all current legislation, NHS guidance and advice notes.
Desirable
• Understanding of Fire Modelling and Fire Engineering techniques., Specialist Fire Safety Courses e.g. Fire Service College or NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management and or relevant Fire Service experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Member of the Institute of Fire Engineers/or relevant professional body.
• Qualification in Risk Assessment and/or Health and Safety Regulations.
• Qualified/experienced Training instructor
Desirable
• Current NEBOSH general certificate., Adaptability, flexibility and ability to copy with uncertainty and change
• Professional calm and effective manner.
• Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
Person Specification Experience Essential
• Significant experience of Fire safety management providing expert advice and knowledge to the Trust Board and operational staff across departmental boundaries on fire safety, fire risk management, fire legislation and codes of practice and fire safety training.
• Understand and undertake fire risk assessments within a healthcare environment.
• Experience of working with Capital Projects team/contractors for new build or refurbishment projects.
• Understanding of healthcare planning and standards.
Skills Essential
• Ability to carry out fire safety audits and risk assessments.
• Ability to make judgments and apply provisions of highly complex legislation, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 associated health and safety legislation, NHS HTM 05:01 Firecode documents and other associated fire guidance for the benefit of the Trust.
• Develop and deliver fire training programmes to all levels of staff members within the Trust.
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills.
• Excellent computer IT skills and database skills.
• Develop and maintain communication with people on complex matters, issues and ideas.
• Conversant with HTM, HBN, IEE EN and British Standards, Fire code and Encode.
• Thorough working knowledge of all current legislation, NHS guidance and advice notes.
Desirable
• Understanding of Fire Modelling and Fire Engineering techniques., Adaptability, flexibility and ability to copy with uncertainty and change
• Professional calm and effective manner.
• Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
  
  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Fire Safety Advisor within the Estates & Facilities team at Whipps Cross Hospital in East London.
Whipps Cross Hospital is part of the Barts Health NHS Trust group of hospitals. With a turnover of £1.8 billion and a workforce of around 16,000, Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. The Trust's five hospitals - St Bartholomew's Hospital in the City, including the Barts Heart Centre, The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, Newham University Hospital in Plaistow, Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone and Mile End - deliver high quality compassionate care to the 2.5 million people of East London and beyond. It is an exciting time to join the Whipps Cross Hospital team as we are concluding an eight year £30m fire safety improvement programme at the hospital and there are plans to build a new Whipps Cross Hospital to open sometime in the next decade as part of the NHS New Hospitals Programme (NHP). This provides a fantastic opportunity for a fire safety professional to be involved in these exciting developments., Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.