Band 6 Fire Officer - Uffculme/Hybrid Working
Band 6
Main area: The primary speciality of a part-time Fire Officer role at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) focuses on ensuring fire safety across the Trust’s facilities. Key responsibilities include conducting fire risk assessments, delivering fire safety training to staff, ensuring compliance with fire safety regulations, investigating incidents, and advising on fire safety measures. The role is crucial in maintaining a safe environment for both staff and vulnerable patients, particularly in a healthcare setting, and ensuring adherence to relevant fire safety legislation and NHS standards.
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 436-6816601
Site: Uffculme/Hybrid Working
Town: Birmingham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 17/02/2025
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
Support the Fire Safety Advisor establishing a "fire safety management system" across the organisation and building key working relationships internally and externally.
Support the Fire Safety Advisor on how the organisation meets its statutory obligations in respect of fire safety and security.
Support the Fire Safety Advisor in the delivery of Fire Strategy and Security Strategy including supporting policy, protocols, and procedures for all Trust sites.
Support the Fire Safety Advisor in developing appropriate strategies, guidance, and codes of practice to facilitate effective implementation of Fire Safety Policy and Security Management Policy.
Support the Fire Safety Advisor in the delivery of training and audits against current fire/security legislation and fire/security practices across the Trust.
Support the Fire Safety Advisor for providing accurate fire risk assessments and action plans.
Main duties of the job
Support in providing knowledge planning techniques to deliver an overall tactical plan for dealing with fire emergencies in complex health care environments including evacuation under major incident conditions.
The successful applicant will have a proactive, professional, problem-solving approach to fire safety issues and be able to build strong working relationships with a wide range of staff to help promote a positive safety culture across the premises of the Trust and buildings where the Trust delivers care. Reporting to the Fire Safety Advisor, you will be joining an existing team where your key area of responsibility will be to assist and support in the delivery of the Fire Safety Advice, Fire Policy, Protocols and Procedures, Fire Prevention techniques including the delivery of Fire Safety Training to all grades of staff as a mandatory requirement.
You will be advising and supporting the Trust in delivering the Trust's Strategy and helping the Trust deliver outcomes to achieve compliance with both current and future requirements of the NHS HTM Fire Code and the legislative requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Orders 2005 and the Health and Safety Executive.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This role gives the opportunity for hybrid working and you will typically be asked to work in a hybrid way, working from your home and also from Trust HQ The Uffculme Centre, or any other agreed site.
Person specification
Proven experience in fire safety management
* Experience conducting fire risk assessments and audits
* Experience in training delivery, particularly fire safety awareness and evacuation procedure
* Experience in healthcare-specific fire safety challenges, such as evacuation of vulnerable persons
* Minimum 5 Years Local Authority Fire Service Operational or Fire Safety
* Competence in writing detailed reports and maintaining accurate fire safety documentation
Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case by case basis.
Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust.
All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your first week with us.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed.
If applicable to your role, the Trust will require you to sign up for the DBS Update Service. The Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship hereBrowse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)1. It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found hereCriminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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