Job overview

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust have an exciting opportunity for a fire safety manager to join our team. You will be responsible for the
management of fire safety and risk across all three sites – Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital and
Andover War Memorial Hospital.

To be successful you must be an experienced fire safety professional who can demonstrate an understanding of fire safety legislation
including that relevant to healthcare. You will have a track record in delivering fire safety improvement work and providing professional advice that balances fire safety and operational risks.

Main duties of the job

The fire safety manager is responsible for the development and maintenance of efficient, effective and high-quality processes and systems for the management of fire risk which will assist the Head of Patient Safety and Risk, the Associate Director of Estates, the Chief Nurse and the Chief Financial Officer meet the statutory obligations relating to fire safety on behalf of the Trust.

The fire safety manager will work to ensure that the Trust’s fire safety activities reflect national and local guidance and initiatives in relation to fire safety requirements. This includes providing assurance that the Trust is meeting statutory and regulatory requirements relating to these functions and where there are gaps these are clearly and robustly articulated in reports and forward mitigation plans for delivery.

The fire safety manager will ensure that appropriate policies, procedures, systems and arrangements are in place to support fire safety and that
robust governance processes are in place to monitor the implementation and effectiveness of compliance within and across the Trust.

The fire safety manager is the lead competent person in relation to fire safety issues with specific reference to the NHS Firecode standards and
the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.