Fire Safety Advisor

at  Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

To provide the Trusts staff with advice on their responsibilities under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and other official guidance in respect of Fire Safety in NHS premises.
This relates to the responsibility of the jobholder for individuals or groups of people, other than employees supervised or managed by the jobholder. Covers responsibility, including confidentiality requirements, for the physical, mental, social economic and environmental wellbeing of people, including their health and safety.
The major part of the role will be to conduct Fire risk assessments/audits at times in unpleasant working conditions and advise Management on the requirements and implications of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Liaise with Estates staff in Fire Safety audits and contribute to periodic authoritative reports to Management with regards to the state of Fire Precautions in the Trust premises and other premises to which the Trust provides advisory services.
Advise the Fire Safety Manager of specialist staff training requirements to be carried out by the Education Department.
Provide, as required reports to the Fire safety Committee including details of Fire Incidents and False Alarm incidents and any recommendations in areas for improvements to comply with HTM 05-03 reducing Unwanted fire Signals in Health Care Premises.
Maintain fire plans for all Trust premises in accordance with the requirements of HTM 05-01, HTM 05-02 and HTM 05-03. (Current HTMS with regards to Fire)- Or any subsequent fire related regulations.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

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