Fire Safety Officer

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Are you passionate about safety and ready to make a difference in one of the most vital areas of healthcare? We're looking for a dedicated and proactive Fire Safety Officer to join our acute Trust and help ensure a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors alike.

About the Role

Reporting to the Trust Fire Safety Manager, you will play a key role in driving fire safety standards across the organisation. Your work will support directly provided services and commissioned care through robust risk assessments, inspections, awareness campaigns, and training programmes-all aligned with national legislation and Trust policy.

Main duties of the job

• Collaborate with the Trust Fire Safety Manager to embed a culture of fire safety across all departments and services.
• Deliver risk assessments and inspections that reduce potential harm to patients, visitors, and staff.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of a Trust-wide Fire Safety Strategy encompassing legal, ethical, and moral obligations.
• Champion and promote compliance with guidance from both the Fire and Safety Executive and the Trust.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with internal teams, external NHS colleagues, and statutory bodies to promote a cohesive response to fire safety.
• A confident communicator with a solid understanding of NHS fire safety legislation and best practice. You excel in collaborative environments, translating complex fire risks into clear actions. Experience in healthcare settings is an advantage.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification Education/ Qualifications

• Professional qualification in discipline related to fire engineering or safety
• Experience of further academic/personal development
• Member of the Institute of Fire Engineers or Institute of Fire Prevention Officers
• Any teaching or training qualification
• Holder of NEBOSH (Gen Cert) or CFPA Diploma in Fire Prevention.
• Member of the National Association of Healthcare Fire Officers

Experience

• Experience in fire safety/prevention experience gained in Healthcare preferably NHS
• Thorough detailed knowledge of Fire Safety legislation and management systems & HTM 05 Suite of Documents
• Experience in the development and delivery of training courses
• Experience of undertaking investigations and preparing reports on fire incidents
• Minimum two years' experience in a Fire prevention advisory role, within the NHS
• Experience in developing and delivering training programmes for fire safety training

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Computer literate and Extensive knowledge and experience in the application of Firecode and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, its practical implications and application of Firecode and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, its practical implications and application.
• Practical knowledge and familiar with the interpretation of the Building Regulations.
• Working knowledge of: fire safety, fire risk management and risk techniques, fire legislation, relevant
• statues, codes of practice, British Standards and fire safety training.
• Leading and influencing in challenging circumstances

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.