Job vacancy: Specialist Fire Training Officer, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Smethwick

Job summary

Main area: Specialist Fire Training Officer
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent: N/A
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (N/A)
Job ref: 381-CO-7400342-A

Employer: Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
Town: Smethwick
Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/04/2026 23:59

Specialist Fire Training Officer

NHS AfC: Band 6

Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Must have a good understanding of Trusts Fire policy and relevant HTMs Must have a good understanding of FIRE Code suite of documents.
Knowledge of fire safety legislation, national strategies and directives.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of Healthcare Building Design and associated fire evacuation strategies
Knowledge of Approved Codes of Practice, HTM, HSN and relevant guidance notes.

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant experience in Fire Safety Training
Experience in undertaking Fire Risk Assessments and developing appropriate associated action plans.
Experience in investigating fires, false alarms activations, and other fire related incidents.
Experience of delivering classroom based and practical fire safety training.
Experience of working with staff from all levels of an organisation
Experience of undertaking practice fire evacuation drills and desktop evacuation exercises.
Experience of providing appropriate and practicable advice on a range of fire safety matters.
Experience of development local fire evacuation strategies and local fire safety procedures

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Qualified to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent professional experience.
NEBOSH National Certificate (level 3) or equivalent in fire safety management or equivalent.
Specialist Knowledge acquired through courses and experience.
Recognised certificates in fire safety or recognised teaching qualifications

Multi-site working

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond".

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

· Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement

· Consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and

· Seek to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked Service Solution' approach across the four sites

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department by joining our Green Impact programme.