Trust Fire Safety Officer

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust ,
Exeter, Devon
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The Trust is seeking to appoint a Trust Fire Safety officer to join their estates team. This is a fantastic opportunity to help develop and to continuously improve, the fire safety and risk management of a major acute hospital. With a large amount of capital development planned, this is an exciting time to join the team and to provide expert professional guidance and support for these developments. You will be organising, implementing, co-ordinating and maintaining full and efficient fire prevention, and fire precautions across the Trust. You will be responsible for advising on all technical fire matters, carrying our fire risk assessments and delivering theoretical and practical training. You will join the Fire safety team aligned with 8 Estate Officers and be part of the wider Estates team. You will have significant experience of fire safety guidance or building fire safety, ideally gained in a health-care/local authority/buildings consultancy or defence environment. You will have a deep understanding of building and fire safety. You will have a minimum of a Level 3 building/engineering/fire safety qualification and be trained in healthcare specific fire safety.The successful applicant will have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels and be able to deliver theoretical and practical training that is both engaging and memorable. There will also be a requirement to carry out audits and to provide practical advice on fire safety measures. The ability to develop fire strategies and produce fire/emergency procedures will also form part of the post holder's duties. Travel to other sites will be required therefore a valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme. Hours: 37.5 per week Salary: 24,907 - 30,615 per anum For more information, please contact Vicky Hayday, Secretary, Estates Department on (01392 403138) Our vision is to provide safe, high quality seamless services delivered with courtesy and respect. To achieve our vision we expect all our staff to uphold our Trust values. Our Trust values are: Honesty, Openness & Integrity Fairness Inclusion & Collaboration Respect & Dignity ***Preference will be given to staff with 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.*** DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED HIGH NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POST WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THE VACANCY BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE. Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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