Fire and Safety Lead

The successful candidate will undertake the Role and Responsibility of Fire and Safety Lead as set out in HTM 05-01 or any subsequent updates.
To manage all aspects relating to fire safety and health & safety within the Trust across all sites in order to provide, as far as practicable, a safe environment for patients, visitors and staff.
To provide expert advice and guidance to managers and staff at all levels within the Trust. Act as a focal point for the management of safety issues.
To ensure good standards guidance and legislative compliance of fire safety are implemented and maintained within the Trust.
The successful candidate will provide technical expertise to the Head of Estates to enable their duties to be fulfilled effectively.
To ensure the delivery of Safety Training to all Trust staff, developing a Safety Training Needs Analysis and Safety Training Packages for all staff groups.
To identify Safety priorities and inform the Trust Estate Capital Investment Programme. To work closely with Estates Managers to ensure all building, engineering, capital and operational schemes are designed to comply with Fire Safety standards, guidance building regulation, and HTM standards.
Post holder will also be required to undertake the role and responsibility of the trust Health & Safety Lead. This will include undertaking of Health & Safety risk assessments across the trust and advising the Head of Estates on Health and Safety matters., Ø Provide professional safety leadership and management; serving the needs of Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital (LHCH) and partner organisations, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, codes of practice, Trust policies and procedures, Fire Code and other guidance e.g. HTM and HBN, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Building Regs, British Standards and European Directives etc.
Ø Interpret and apply the provisions of complex Health & Safety legislation and regulations, and other associated guidance and ACoP's to ensure Trust compliance.
Ø Advise on changes to fire and health & safety legislation and guidance where appropriate to ensure compliance to latest standards is achieved.
Ø Be part of the Estates Department Design Team, advising on matters of fire safety with the construction and /or alteration of Trust premises, and advise on the fire precautions necessary to meet Building Regulations and other national standards approval.
Ø Conduct Fire and Health & Safety risk assessments with prioritised recommendations for the improvement to safety measures.
Ø Support the review/investigation of H&S incidents and provide reports to various managers as required
Ø Manage programmes to meet statutory and mandatory training needs for all Trust personnel, and maintain records.
Ø Educate staff to take an active role in the identification and reduction of risk through induction, mandatory training, participation in risk assessment, and health and safety training.

As the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospital in the UK, we, at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, have a clear vision 'to be the best cardiothoracic integrated healthcare organisation'.
We provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, respiratory medicine including adult cystic fibrosis and diagnostic imaging, both in the hospital and out in the community.
We serve a catchment area of 2.8 million people, spanning Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man, and increasingly we receive referrals from outside these areas for highly specialised services such as aortics.
Heart and lung disease continue to be amongst the biggest killers in the UK and the communities we serve are marked by increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease, higher levels of heart failure, hypertension, coronary artery disease and an ageing population.
Our reputation for strong performance is important in delivering the best care for our patients and high quality clinical services. This is underpinned by a culture of research and innovation, delivered in modern estate and facilitated by technology. New and upgraded clinical areas are designed with patients and families fully involved to deliver their needs.
As part of our long term plan, we aim to form strong clinical and organisational relationships where possible. There is clear evidence that partnerships improve patient care and enhance quality and we aim to collaborate with a range of other providers and professionals with the aim to extending access and improve quality.
Our vision is underpinned by five strategic goals:
+ Quality: to deliver the highest quality, safest and best experience for patients and their families by providing reliable care
+ Service and Innovation: to develop our service portfolio for patients by developing innovative models of care
+ Value: to maintain financial viability, enhance service delivery and develop new models of care to improve the health of our patients and safely reduce costs
+ Workforce: to be the best NHS Employer by 2019 by attracting and retaining the best staff to deliver excellent patient care
+ Stakeholders: to develop productive relationships with key stakeholders in order to enhance our profile and reputation.
Our Mission
"Excellent, Compassionate and Safe care for every patient, every day", As the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospital in the UK, we, at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, have a clear vision 'to be the best cardiothoracic integrated healthcare organisation'.
We provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, respiratory medicine both in the hospital and out in the community.
We serve a catchment area of 2.8 million people, spanning Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man, and increasingly we receive referrals from outside these areas for highly specialised services such as aortics.
Our reputation for strong performance is important in delivering the best care for our patients and high quality clinical services. This is underpinned by a culture of research and innovation, delivered in modern estate and our encouragement of flexible working in a variety of forms.
Please visit our website - https://www.lhch.nhs.uk/
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As part of you pre-employment checks we will be required to obtain satisfactory references. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent employer. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
From April 2017 the Government plans to extend the requirement to provide a criminal record certificate to Tier 2 visa applicants coming to work in Education, Health and Social Care sectors and to their adult dependants.
If you are a Tier 2 visa applicant and you are coming to work in an occupation defined by the relevant Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code, you will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from any country you have lived in for 12 months or more in the last 10 years, this is also applicable for your adult dependants.
Employers are expected to implement the Care Certificate for all applicable new starters from April 2015. The Care Certificate aims to equip health and social care support workers with the knowledge and skills which they need to provide safe, compassionate care. We expect all new starters in clinical, patient facing posts (bands 1-4) to complete all 15 standards of the Care Certificate, within their first 6 months with the Trust.
Flexible Working applications will be considered in line the Trusts flexible working policies.
The Trust is a no-smoking site.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications and so urge you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Please note UKVI guidelines prohibits sponsorship for all Band 2 posts. Guidelines state that many non-clinical posts are also not eligible for sponsorship. Please use UKVI guidance on Skilled Worker Visas to determine whether you would be eligible for sponsorship if you were to gain a conditional offer for this role.
https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job