Fire Safety Advisor

Job Title: Fire Safety Advisor

Trust Location: Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Location: Wayside House/ Working from home

Shifts: Monday - Friday

Hours: 09:00 - 17:00 (37.5 hrs per week)

About the Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults, and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire, and Solihull. Our services received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide. Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.

This is a Temporary Role

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Be able to undertake fire risk assessments across all Trust owned or occupied premises and disseminate “significant findings” produce and monitor an effective action plan as necessary.
• Be able to produce and deliver training presentations in fire safety for NHS and contractual staff (appropriate to their responsibilities) in liaison with the Senior Fire Safety Officer and Training department.
• Develop and roll out a comprehensive training programme for and oversee the appointment of ‘Responsible Persons/ Fire Wardens’ within buildings across the Trust. They will act as a focal point for staff on issues of fire safety, to provide support to responsible managers on fire safety issues, to assist with coordination of the response to an incident, is responsible for roll call in the event of an incident and be trained to tackle fire with first aid fire-fighting equipment where appropriate.
• Be able to review and improve the Trusts fire policies and contribute to the development maintenance and implementation of robust and effective fire safety protocols, procedures and action plans.
• Be able to provide fire safety advice to the Senior Fire Safety Officer, Trust Estates and Capital Planning Management.
• Any other duties assigned from time to time commensurate with the grade.

The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

You’ll have the following skills/experience:

• Fire Safety Qualifications
• Experience in assisting in the delivery of fire safety programmes
• Comfortable with remote/home working
• Experience of working in the NHS
• Excellent communication
• Excellent organisation skills
• Confident using Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

• Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week
• Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime
• Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts
• Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
• Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
• Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us
• Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

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Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract

Salary: £18.19 per hour

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: 60886