Fire Safety Advisor - Warrington, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Warrington, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to support the Trust with the effective management of Fire Safety. This post will be based within the Estates & Facilities Department.

This post will work across Trusts sites to support the Trust, Departments and Teams in meeting their statutory responsibilities and fire safety needs.

The Fire Safety Adviser will provide a range of specialist expert advice and assistance to a wide range of staff, senior managers and Trust Directors and experience of fire risk assessments in complex settings is essential together with relevant fire safety qualifications.

Shortlisting planned for 1st June 2023

Interviews planned for 9th June 2023.

Responsible for professional fire safety management throughout the estate including advice on planned maintenance, defect maintenance and the implementation of inspections and training.

Support the Senior Fire Safety Advisor in the implementation of policy and service development. Deputise for the Senior Fire Safety Advisor in fire safety issues as required.

Advise and make recommendations to the Trust (and where Service Level Agreements are in place, other NHS Trusts), on all aspects of fire safety in accordance with statutory requirements, Codes of Practice, Firecode and other guidance.

To ensure that adequate fire safety training is undertaken for all staff within the Trust, appropriate of their environment.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to perfect care care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

Were currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

The post holder will provide specialist fire safety guidance to senior management and the Trust Board to ensure the Trust is able to meet its statutory obligations under the Regulatory Reform Order (Fire Safety) 2005.

Using their initiative, the Fire Safety Advisor will co-ordinate the work of the Senior Fire Safety Advisor to ensure that risk assessments are undertaken at appropriate intervals, inspections are undertaken, staff training is delivered, relevant planned maintenance, defect maintenance is carried out and there is effective liaison with external agencies including the local Fire and Rescue Authority.

The post holder will advise and make recommendations to the Trust (and where Service Level Agreements are in place) on all aspects of fire safety in accordance with statutory requirements, Codes of Practice, Fire code and other guidance.

The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' and their carers.

The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery.

These principles will recognise the need to:

Promote safe practice
Value the aims of service users
Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice
Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change
Value social inclusion

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Service Delivery
Provide professional fire safety leadership and management, ensuring effective training, inspections and maintenance programmes are developed to meet statutory requirements, minimise risk and provide a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.
Provide advice to the Heads of Property and Capital Planning for initial design input in the preparation of capital schemes to deliver effective facilities, which maximise safety and minimise revenue
Provide advice and support to the estate's operations team and ward & departmental managers by means of plans and reports for minor works and day to day fire safety
Support the Senior Fire Safety Advisor in developing and implementing the estate fire safety policy and procedures in line with the corporate objectives of the trust
The efficient and effective management of fire safety contracts including service level agreements
Responsible for the performance of estate fire safety policy and procedures, ensuring the development and maintenance of the highest standards for the benefit of patients, visitors, and staff.
To undertake Fire Risk Assessments as required by the Regulatory Reform (fire safety) Order 2005, Hospital Technical Memorandum's, Fire code and to monitor and review the assessments as required, providing