Fire Safety Manager

This post forms part of the Single Corporate Services model, which provides shared corporate services across Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. The role is primarily site-based, however collaboration across both organisations is essential and travel between sites may occasionally be required. Our Estates and Facilities teams play a critical role in supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care. This role offers the opportunity to influence fire safety strategy across a large and complex healthcare estate. Specific Core Functions: Provide authoritative specialist advice on fire prevention, response, and compliance, maintaining expert knowledge of legislation, NHS guidance, and best practice. • Fire Safety Leadership and Professional Advice: Provide authoritative specialist advice on fire prevention, response, and compliance, maintaining expert knowledge of legislation, NHS guidance, and best practice. • Statutory and Regulatory Compliance: Interpret and apply the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Building Regulations (Approved Document B), NHS Firecode, Trust policies, and related statutory and non-statutory standards, ensuring compliance through governance arrangements. • Fire Safety Policy and Specialist Strategy: Lead the development, review, and implementation of the Trust Fire Safety Policy and associated specialist fire safety strategies, ensuring alignment with Trust objectives and national guidance. • Fire Safety Management System: Develop, implement, and maintain the Trust Fire Safety Management System to provide specialist assurance to senior management and governance committees. • Fire Risk Assessment Programme: Plan, lead, and monitor the fire risk assessment programme, including specialist areas, ensuring actions are prioritised, tracked, completed, and reported. Both organisations are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and supportive working environment, and to contributing to the NHS ambition for a Greener NHS. For full job details please refer to enclosed Job description. Job description Job responsibilities This post forms part of the Single Corporate Services model, which provides shared corporate services across Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. The role is primarily site-based, however collaboration across both organisations is essential and travel between sites may occasionally be required. Our Estates and Facilities teams play a critical role in supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care. This role offers the opportunity to influence fire safety strategy across a large and complex healthcare estate. Specific Core Functions: Provide authoritative specialist advice on fire prevention, response, and compliance, maintaining expert knowledge of legislation, NHS guidance, and best practice. • Fire Safety Leadership and Professional Advice: Provide authoritative specialist advice on fire prevention, response, and compliance, maintaining expert knowledge of legislation, NHS guidance, and best practice. • Statutory and Regulatory Compliance: Interpret and apply the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Building Regulations (Approved Document B), NHS Firecode, Trust policies, and related statutory and non-statutory standards, ensuring compliance through governance arrangements. • Fire Safety Policy and Specialist Strategy: Lead the development, review, and implementation of the Trust Fire Safety Policy and associated specialist fire safety strategies, ensuring alignment with Trust objectives and national guidance. • Fire Safety Management System: Develop, implement, and maintain the Trust Fire Safety Management System to provide specialist assurance to senior management and governance committees. • Fire Risk Assessment Programme: Plan, lead, and monitor the fire risk assessment programme, including specialist areas, ensuring actions are prioritised, tracked, completed, and reported. Both organisations are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and supportive working environment, and to contributing to the NHS ambition for a Greener NHS. For full job details please refer to enclosed Job description.