Reporting to the Assistant Director of Health and Safety, this highly proactive role will include responsibility for the Fire Safety Team and Management of fire safety across the University Hospitals of Liverpool Group. Your principal role will be to implement and manage fire safety Management System whilst providing assurance via a regime of continual auditing, monitoring and review, that the Group has discharged their statutory obligations across all their operational activity. Acting with autonomy the post holder will develop, implement, manage and monitor policies and procedures relating to Fire Safety, to ensure that all statutory obligations are met and that key risks are actively managed to minimise their impact or likelihood of occurrence, via the implementation of appropriate mitigation plans, business continuity planning and emergency preparedness, response and recovery. You will promote at all times a strong "Fire safety Culture", and will ensure that delegated fire safety, related projects are delivered to the agreed programme, budget and quality, working to recognised Project Management standards.
Responsibilities
* Competent professional advice across core areas of fire safety retaining an up-to-date knowledge of statutory and mandatory legislation, national guidance documents and policy
* Ensuring fire risk assessment, fire safety codes of practice, policies, procedure and standards are in place and updated accordingly on a regular basis
* Attending and actively contributing towards the work of relevant groups, committees and meetings across the Group consistent with the scope of the position
* Day to day management of the divisional/corporate Fire safety support team and responsibility for work allocation, and accountability of the fire safety team's performance targets including work plan objectives
* Collaborating with external organisations, Contractors and Consultants as appropriate
* Supporting all Divisional and Corporate managers in their efforts to embed a fire safety culture
* Supporting with the development of leading and lagging indicators and monitoring performance against these, for continual improvement and management related risks
* Assurance reporting
* Attending and actively contributing towards the work of relevant groups, committees and meetings across the Group consistent with the scope of the position
* Attending and participating in the Group Fire safety Group as appropriate
* Be responsible for work allocation, and accountability of the fire safety team's performance targets including work plan objectives
* Collaborating with external organisations, Contractors and Consultants as appropriate
* Competent professional advice across core areas of fire safety retaining an up-to-date knowledge of statutory and mandatory legislation, national guidance documents and policy
* Coordinating freedom of information requests as appropriate
* Day to day management of the divisional/corporate Fire safety support team
* Development implementation and maintenance of risk driven audit programme with clear SMART focussed action plans, undertaking investigations and the provision of reports to give assurance to the Group
* Ensuring fire safety codes of practice, policies, procedure and standards are in place and updated accordingly on a regular basis
* Full line management of the fire team, subject matter experts, including Fire safety Training
* Implementation of a fire safety plan
* Liaising with outside agencies as required on Fire safety
* Manage the professional advisory service provided by the Fire Safety Department
* Management and coordination of a programme of fire safety tours and inspection across the divisional and Corporate management team
* Monitor and report on Group Fire safety Leading and Leading indicators
* Monitor the Groups fire safety arrangements against a reconsider fire safety management system
* Monitoring and evaluation, via a programme of audits the fire safety performance of Divisions and Corporate Services, including their directly employed Contractors and Consultants, against an effective fire safety management system to ensure adequate fire safety resources, that control measures are being fully implemented and remain effective, and all works or services provided are carried out in accordance with the relevant statutory requirements, Codes of Practice, and Group policies and procedures
* Oversight and maintenance of the fire safety internet site
* Planning auditing and training programmes across the Group
* Preparing and providing reports to relevant groups, committees
* Providing advice and guidance on fire safety risk to Divisional and Corporate Directors, Heads of Department and relevant staff as appropriate
* Providing Fire safety advice primarily to Divisional and Corporate staff, but where necessary to the wider Trust, to assist with the resolution of fire safety related issues and assists with the implementation of agreed action plans, and develops Fire safety information resources via a Group Fire safety web site
* Providing operational support to completion of fire risk assessments, and the effective implementation of the necessary control measures, and use delegated Directorate authority to take prompt action with respect to unsafe conditions or equipment, including prohibition of activity or use where appropriate
* Supporting all Divisional and Corporate managers in their efforts to embed a fire safety culture
* Supporting with the development of a programme of internal and external fire safety, training
* Supporting with the development of leading and lagging indicators and monitor performance against these, for continual improvement and management related risks
* Taking the lead in the development, promotion and maintenance of a safe working environment for patients, providing leadership and support to divisional and Corporate staff in relation to fire safety governance, risk management and compliance with fire safety legislation, ensuring the consistent implementation of Group policies and standards for fire safety
* To take immediate action related to the safety of the public, patients, colleagues, and others where an imminent safety concern exists
* Working with procurement to influence standards through the procurement process
* Working with Group legal team to analyse and investigate claims as appropriate
Qualifications
* Level 4 Diploma in Fire Safety
* Membership of the IFE or equivalent
* Fire Risk Assessments level 3
* HTM healthcare premises
* Educated to degree level
* Post‑graduate qualification or equivalent in Fire Safety
* Evidence of commitment to continued professional development, ideally through a recognised professional body
Desirable Criteria
* NEBOSH Fire and Risk Management
* Degree in Fire Safety Engineering
* Recognised management qualification or demonstrable experience
* Holds a recognised qualification in auditing, Demonstrable experience of successfully managing complex fire Safety issues in a unionised environment, including the development and management of fire safety system
* Highly experienced in the provision of written and oral communication at all levels of the organisation
* Experience of analysing data and coherently report information senior colleagues
* Experience promoting a positive fire safety culture, and implementing improvements
* A proven track record of successfully managing a robust auditing and monitoring regime
* Able to provide high quality professional advice on fire safety related matters and support to senior line managers to embed a 'fire safety culture' into their daily activities
* Experience of commissioning and analysing data to suggest and implement positive changes to fire safety and regulatory compliance
* Experience promoting a positive fire Safety, regulatory and compliance culture and implementing improvements in related practices
* Experience of commissioning and delivering auditing of fire safety and regulatory systems and processes
* Experience of fire safety policy and protocols development, implementation and monitoring
* Experience of undertaking and overview of fire risk assessment
* Experience of fire safety planning
* Experience of effective budgetary management
* Experience of working with outside agencies
* Experience of working in the Healthcare Sector
* Understanding of governance
* Experience of chairing meetings
* Experience of the development and maintenance of a risk register
* Experience of applying risk management techniques to fire safety
* Experience in project management and budget preparation and able to develop and implement training programmes for managers and other staff
* Experience of managing staff
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NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) was formed on 1 November 2024; born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities. Operating from five hospital sites: Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool Women's Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, alongside a host of community services. One of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. Providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services. Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18th birthday. The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers) are expected to maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
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