Job summary
This role provides an exciting opportunity to join the Health and Safety team as a Fire Safety Advisor. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing technical advice on a range of fire related issues and projects, and will advise and support the Senior Fire Safety Advisor in delivering the UHB service strategy for Fire.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to work closely with the Clinical Service Boards and Capital Estates and Facility teams, ensuring that they remain fully supported by your Fire Safety expertise. You will be required to correctly advise on all aspects of fire related risks and ensure that adequate management processes are in place for effective fire safety precautions.
You will undertaking fire safety risk assessments for your areas of responsibility and provide regular reports/submissions to senior management on fire related issues.
You will be based at at one of the main hospital sites within Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Qualified to degree level or Equivalent fire safety experience
Desirable
2. Membership of a Professional Institution such as the following: IFE, IEE, IET,, CIBSE, IHEEM, CIOB, RICS,RIBA.
Knowledge
Essential
3. Demonstrate the ability to undertake detailed, suitable and sufficient fire risk assessments.
Desirable
4. Evidence of detailed knowledge and understanding of the entire suite of HTM's, Building Regulations Documentation and other related estate and engineering best practice guidance documents.