Fire Safety Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 18/10/2026
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Role summary
This role involves managing the Fire Safety Advisors/Team and overseeing the Trust's Fire Safety Management System across all health and social care settings. The post holder will be the primary contact for Fire and Rescue Services, building relationships and leading on visits and audits. Key responsibilities include acting as the Trust's designated Fire Safety Lead, ensuring compliance with fire safety regulations, and managing risk assessments and training programs. The role requires providing expert advice and developing relevant policies and procedures to minimise fire risks.
Key responsibilities
- Act as the Trust's designated Fire Safety Lead, maintaining oversight of all fire safety risks and ensuring relevant policies are implemented.
- Act as the principal competent person supporting the Responsible Person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
- Oversee and manage the Fire Safety Risk Assessments process, fire safety training, and fire evacuation drills.
- Provide expert fire safety advice and monitor Trust compliance on fire safety.
- Oversee and lead on the development of Trust relevant policies and procedures.
- Review and investigate near misses, incidents, and serious incidents related to fire safety.
Essential criteria
- NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Fire and/or Health & Safety or equivalent senior qualification
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Significant NHS experience
- Experience of managing a Team, their workload and day to day management
- Evidence of undertaking fire safety work based risk assessments/audits
- Experience of developing related policies and procedures
- Experience of chairing meetings.
- Experience of successfully managing and monitoring a departmental budget
- Experience of developing and implementing fire safety strategies.
- Significant knowledge of fire safety legislation including, RRO, Fire code and relevant Health Technical Memorandum
- Recognised Fire Safety Management Experience
- Experience with a fire audit/assessment software programme.
- Able to write and present reports in a manner that can be understood by different audiences.
- Excellent IT skills including typewriting/ keyboard skills.
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines.
- Good presentation skills.
- Ability to work on own initiative, planning own workload with minimal supervision.
- Have the ability and confidence to communicate with a range of clinical staff and managers at a senior level.
- Good organisational skills.
- Effective time management skills.
Desirable criteria
- IOSH (Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health).
- Fire Engineering Qualification
- Teaching Qualification
- Experience of working in a Community Health and Social Care Setting
- Experience in building engineering fire safety management
- An understanding of the use of graphs, charts and statistical terms in order to present trends
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Fire Safety Lead
The closing date is 18 October 2026
Job summary
To manage the Fire Safety Advisors/Team and take responsibility for all aspects of the Fire Safety Management System across the Trust. The Fire Safety Team covers the whole organisation and includes Health and Social Care. This post will be the main point of contact for Fire and Rescue Services and will be required to build and maintain relationships with Fire and Rescue Services and lead on visits/audits carried out across the organisation.
Main duties of the job
- Act as the Trust's designated Fire Safety Lead, maintaining oversight of all fire safety risks and ensuring all relevant policies and procedures are implemented to minimise the risk of fire.
- Act as the principal competent person supporting the Responsible Person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
- Oversee and manage the Fire Safety Risk Assessments process.
- To have a strong understanding and awareness of key regulations, legislation and best practice guidance.
- Oversee and manage fire safety training (practical and theory).
- Provide expert fire safety advice
- Monitor Trust compliance on fire safety
- Oversee and lead on the development of Trust relevant policies and procedures.
- To monitor and report out to the relevant meetings and committees on Trust-wide fire sa
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