Senior Fire Safety Advisor LW

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The Senior Fire Safety Advisor will provide dynamic and effective leadership to the Fire Safety Advisors to ensure the continuous development of a culture of Fire Safety Awareness within NHS Fife at all levels.

In the development of such a culture, the post holder will support the Nominated Officer (Fire) in the establishment and maintenance of a director-level Strategic Fire Safety Group, and provide specialist legislative and technical advice to such group members. This support will enable the group to demonstrate an organisational commitment to Fire Safety at the highest senior management level.

The post holder will assist and support the team of Fire Safety Advisors in the establishment and maintenance of locality Fire Safety Groups, which will underpin the Strategic Group and provide a forum for addressing fire safety issues at a local level, reflecting the territorial responsibilities of individual Fire Safety Advisors.

Specifically, the post holder will be the lead focus for the provision of specialist fire safety advice and guidance in both a legislative and technical context, to all Senior Management/Directorates, to ensure that NHS Fife meets its statutory requirements in terms of both the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006.

The post holder will provide legislative and technical advice and guidance relating to the provision of specific measures which are incumbent upon the organisation as a consequence of Schedule 2 to the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005;

•     Measures to reduce the risk of fire in relevant premises;

•     Measures to reduce the risk of fire spread;

•     Measures in relation to the provision of means of escape;

•     Measures to ensure the safe and effective use of the means of escape at all material times:

•     Measures in relation to fighting fires;

•     Measures in relation to detecting and giving warning in event of fire;

•     Measures in relation to action to be taken in event of fire;

•     Measures in relation to the instruction and training of employees.

In relation to fire action measures specified above, the post holder will be responsible for the development and review of all Fire Emergency procedures, both generic and site-specific.

In relation to instruction/training of employees specified above, the post holder will be responsible for the identification and analysis of training needs within the organisation, and for the development, delivery, and monitoring of training programmes to meet such needs and statutory obligations. Such training will reflect not only the duties of the NHS as an employer, but also the statutory duties incumbent upon all employees as individuals; Duty of Care in relation to Fire Safety, and Duty of Co-operation with the NHS as employer.

The post holder will be responsible for implementing and managing a programme of Fire Risk Assessment as part of NHS Fife’s statutory compliance responsibilities and for the development and implementation of appropriate Action Plans to address deficiencies identified during the Risk Assessment process. The remit of the post holder will also include liaison with Scottish Fire & Rescue, as enforcing authority for the aforementioned legislation, in respect of Fire Safety Audits which they may seek to carry out.

The post holder will represent the organisation within external forums, such as the Scottish Fire Advisory Group held under the auspices of Health Facilities Scotland.

For informal enquiries please contact - William Nixon on View email address on apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk

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As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. 

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We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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