Deputy Fire Safety Manager

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, City of Westminster

Deputy Fire Safety Manager

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Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 18 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 6a38847176ce4f64ada5046b3b48748d

Full Job Description

To ensure the Trust is compliant with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) and Firecode HTM-05-01 Managing Healthcare Fire Safety

  • Responsible for the delivery of fire safety training
  • To undertake fire risk assessments
  • To act in support of the FS manager
  • Advise the FS manager of issues
  • Review and development of fire safety related policies, procedures and practices,
  • Deliver FS improvements
  • Convene the Trust Fire Safety Group, Deputise where the FS manager cannot attend a range of meetings.
  • To ensure fire safety incidents are investigated and followed up appropriately
  • To assist in the co-ordination and preparation of fire safety audits.
  • Managers and staff to plan / simulate fire evacuations
  • To be proactive in raising awareness of fire safety issues by:
  • Designing and implementing training programmes
  • Providing an introduction to fire safety
  • Provide training / refresher training courses for Trust staff
  • To maintain the Trust's risk register with regard to Fire Safety Risks. In conjunction with external advisors (where necessary), advise on Fire Safety requirements for capital projects To ensure records are maintained for:
  • Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Safety Audits
  • Fire Accident/ Arson / Incident Reports
  • Ensure the FRA programme is updated To monitor and manage the Trust Fire Safety Advisory contract, 1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development 2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability 3. Improving the experience of staff with disability 4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development 5. Making equalities mainstream

    Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations