Fire Safety and Security Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Fire Safety and Security Officer, acting as the Trust's Competent Person for fire safety. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with fire safety regulations, conducting fire risk assessments, and providing specialist advice. The officer also oversees the security of Trust premises, including managing door entry and other security systems to ensure efficient operation and safety.
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and experience
- Membership of fire related association, or equivalent fire code certification
- Relevant security qualification at level 5 or equivalent experience within security management
- Accredited Fire Risk Assessor - Level 3
- Commitment to undertake further training and qualifications aligned to the job role including relevant security management training if applicable
Desirable criteria
- NEBOSH qualification
- Working in a fire safety or fire engineering function
- Fire management experience within a large service organisation or Fire Authority
- Writing and implementing fire safety and security policies and procedures including Fire Risk Assessments
- NHS Experience
- Working with specialist Estates systems such as Micad
- Proven knowledge of fire safety regulations / systems and equipment including health & safety law including risk management
- Organisational and time management skills - able to meet conflicting deadlines and plan a number of projects and schemes
- Understanding of PPM regimes, fire alarm control panels, building management systems and door access systems
- Customer focussed - places the patient at the heart of service delivery
- Knowledge of NHS policies, procedures and structures
- Detailed training and knowledge of Hospital Fire Safety including Fire Safety HTM's
- Understanding of mental health issues and how to organise service delivery to take account of those
- Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification and experience
- Membership of fire related association, or equivalent fire code certification
- Relevant security qualification at level 5 or equivalent experience within security management
- Accredited Fire Risk Assessor - Level 3
- Commitment to undertake further training and qualifications aligned to the job role including relevant security management training if applicable
- NEBOSH qualification
- Working in a fire safety or fire engineering function
- Fire management experience within a large service organisation or Fire Authority
- Writing and implementing fire safety and security policies and procedures including Fire Risk Assessments
- NHS Experience
- Working with specialist Estates systems such as Micad
- Proven knowledge of fire safety regulations / systems and equipment including health & safety law including risk management
- Organisational and time management skills - able to meet conflicting deadlines and plan a number of projects and schemes
- Understanding of PPM regimes, fire alarm control panels, building management systems and door access systems
- Customer focussed - places the patient at the heart of service delivery
- Knowledge of NHS policies, procedures and structures
- Detailed training and knowledge of Hospital Fire Safety including Fire Safety HTM's
- Understanding of mental health issues and how to organise service delivery to take account of those
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Fire Safety and Security Officer.
Full time 37.5 hours per week.
Band 6 £39,959 - £48,117 per annum.
The Fire Safety and Security Officer is the Trust's Competent Person for fire in accordance with the duties and requirements of Healthcare Technical Memorandums and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. You are responsible for fire safety across the Trust's estate; providing specialist fire safety advice to Estates and other teams; carry out fire risk assessments; and ensure that the Trust is fully compliant with all fire safety requirements in the interests of high standards of patient care and safety.You are also responsible for overseeing the security of Trust premises including ensuring door entry and other security systems operate efficiently and in accordance with safety requirements.
Main duties of the job
Please read and consider the Key Duties/responsibilities as outlined in the attached Job Description & Personal Specification:
- Operational Planning
- Service Delivery
- Service Improvement and Engagement
- Risk and Compliance
- Resource Management
- Systems and Equipment
- Judgements
- Communication
About us
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through
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