Fire Safety and Security Officer

Job overview

Fire Safety and Security Officer.

Full time 37.5 hours per week.

Band 6 £39,959 - £48,117 per annum.

The Fire Safety and Security Officer is the Trust’s Competent Person for fire in accordance with the duties and requirements of Healthcare Technical Memorandums and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. You are responsible for fire safety across the Trust’s estate; providing specialist fire safety advice to Estates and other teams; carry out fire risk assessments; and ensure that the Trust is fully compliant with all fire safety requirements in the interests of high standards of patient care and safety. You are also responsible for overseeing the security of Trust premises including ensuring door entry and other security systems operate efficiently and in accordance with safety requirements.

Main duties of the job

Please read and consider the Key Duties/responsibilities as outlined in the attached Job Description & Personal Specification:

• Operational Planning
• Service Delivery
• Service Improvement and Engagement
• Risk and Compliance
• Resource Management
• Systems and Equipment
• Judgements
• Communication

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Alongside the Key Duties/Responsibilities:

Resource Management 1. Advise on the purchase of fire safety and security equipment to ensure it is fit for purpose. 2. Wherever possible, identify cost efficiencies through new ways of working and obtaining best value for money in procurement. Specialist/Technical requirements Systems and Equipment 1. Responsible for fire safety and security ensuring systems, equipment and plant are tested and maintained to meet compliance requirements. 2. Responsible for the management and use of information systems including Micad and Microsoft Office suite. 3. Carries out fire risk assessments and site audits to assess compliance with complex statutory requirements. 4. Utilises corporate Communications and IT systems effectively. Judgements 1. Makes judgements on a range of complex facts and situations in response to changing priorities and competing demands including: • Range of complex compliance fire safety and security requirements • Resources • Building, fire and health and safety regulations • Risk management • Health and safety management • Evaluation of performance against fire safety compliance requirements • Analysis of specialist technical information • Interpretation of complex legislation, technical guidance, best practice codes 2. Works with the Compliance Manager in ensuring fire safety compliance targets are met, interpreting and acting upon complex statutory requirements. 3. Makes judgements across a range of compliance Estates issues, taking account of the sometimes-conflicting demands of legislation, health and safety requirements, healthcare standards and financial constraints. 4. Makes judgements consistently within the context of the CARE values and the Trust’s commitment to be outstanding in all it does. Communication 1. Provides, receives and analyses complex fire safety and security information and communicates, technical and statutory information with specialists, non- technical individuals, and other stakeholders. 2. Develops and implements effective channels of communication to ensure complex information is disseminated in a timely and appropriate manner to other team members and colleagues from other service areas. 3. Proactively communicates with other members of the Estates team, on fire safety and security matters. 4. Prepared to challenge appropriately when compliance standards fall short. 5. Adapts personal communication style appropriately to the needs of the audience. Challenges 1. Overcomes barriers to understanding because of the technical and complex nature of information. 2. Addresses conflicting perspectives and demands from user Departments. 3. Requires concentration and mental effort to resolve complex issues. 4. Maintains a firm but fair approach with team members to ensure that compliance standards are maintained.