North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Train appropriate staff in the safe use of firefighting equipment, emergency medical gas shutdown and the deployment / use of evacuation equipment where required
• Work with local managers and the EPPR Team to provide realistic scenario training (fire drills and tabletop exercises) to test fire, contingency planning and resilience arrangements
• Ensure all relevant training is conducted in accordance with training guidance in HTM 05-01 ' Managing Healthcare Fire safety', the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and the Health & Safety at Work Act and associated legislation
• Work proactively with the Fire Safety Team and Senior Managers to plan complex activities or programmes such as fire drills, tabletop evacuations exercises and building evacuations. This will require the formulation and adjustment of strategies across the organisation
• Deliver presentations in a clear and concise manner in both formal and informal training settings in order to ensure that the key points are clearly understood by the participants
• Demonstrate empathy and excellent communication skills
• Undertake daily administration duties including confident use of computers, including competent use of common applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and web-based systems
• Use initiative to prioritise own workload, exercising discretion as to the degree of urgency, importance and confidentiality
• The role will require occasional exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances as a result of reading incident reports, participating in emergency evacuations drills and ensuring the organisation is resilient in the event of emergencies
• Produce data and reports to be shared with the Fire Safety Team and used for meetings, reports etc.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Certification in Fire Safety or equivalent level of experience within a fire safety role.

Knowledge

Desirable criteria

• Ability to analyse Fire drawings to aid the development of training

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Highly motivated, resourceful and uses knowledge of skills and fire legislation to protect the Trust

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

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Important

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work-related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.