Fire and Safety Compliance Officer - Scunthorpe, United Kingdom - Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust

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Scunthorpe, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A degree of 'out of normal hours' working time flexibility will be required in times of occasional need.

The Fire and Safety Compliance Officer will be the lead technical advisor for fire safety matters as well as supporting the wider safety management within the Trust.

This post is part of a small team of professionals, providing the Safety and Statutory Compliance team for the Trust.

We're a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt 'best practice' so we can deliver excellent care to our patients.

We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

"We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers".

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

The Fire & Safety Compliance Officer is responsible for:

Provide a rolling programme of fire risk assessments across the properties of the Trust to ensure compliance is
Provide flexibility and support with all fire and safety related
Attend H&S and related meetings, ensuring full preparation and accuracy of reporting fire and safety matters.
Providing and receiving highly complex (and in some instances highly sensitive or contentious information) which could encounter significant barriers to acceptance of actions required to be taken.
Communicate on complex, sensitive/contentious matters to all levels within the organisation from Chief Executive to "shop floor" levels so that requirements and issues are clearly understood and the possible consequences (including legal enforcement potential).
Liaison with Local Fire authorities. Assist development and implementation of H&S management system based on ISO 45001 principles.
Support the Head of Safety and Statutory Compliance in the execution of general H&S related
Plan the programme of fire safety audits in accordance with HTM requirements relating to frequency of audits, liaise with the relevant clinical/nonclinical areas to undertake visual inspections and give feedback to staff and managers on findings and/or actions required to address compliance issues.
Update on the electronic system the fire risk assessments and analyse for any trends identified which need to be included in the fire safety strategy for the organisation.
Undertake planned and unplanned safety inspections & audits of areas (clinical and non

- clinical) as part of the compliance assurance responsibilities for health & safety.

Assist and in some instances lead on elements of the overall fire safety strategy/health and safety strategy for the organisation. This will include liaising and interacting with all operational divisions and corporate directorates to enable the organisation to provide a safe environment to staff, patients and visitors.
Undertake investigations into health & safety incidents/ fire safety incidents (e.g. alarm activations ) identifying the root causes and analyse these against the complexity of health & safety/fire safety legislative requirements and best practice/guidance. Where appropriate liaise with enforcement agencies where such incidents are reported externally.
Carry out safety risk assessments and DSE assessments when
Review and update the SHE risk/ assessment management system, ensuring all risk assessments are reviewed as per requirements as defined in the Management of Health and Safety in the Workplace Regulations 199
Liaising with other regulatory bodies such as HSE/CQC/NHSE/Humberside Fire and Rescue Service (NB not an exhaustive list) on potential complex and regulatory issues.
Support, where required, the Capital Projects Managers in relation to fire safety/health & safety requirements as part of any capital schemes and post handover issues.
Support the E&F Training Officer in relation to the delivery of fire safety training in accordance with HTM requirements.
Assist the Head of Safety & Statutory Compliance in reviewing, maintaining and updating relevant safety & fire safety management policies and procedures, taking the lead on some technical policies where required.
Assist with the development and training of specialist roles identified as required in relation to statutory/HTM health & safety/fire safety requirements.
Assist with the preparation of the Annual Fire Report in order to meet the requirements