Fire Safety Advisor

Company Description

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations.  You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Job Description

NHS Band 6 Salary:  £39,959 - £48,117 per annum                       

Hours Per Week:  Full time 37.5

Contract Type:  Permanent 

Location Base:  St Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG

Are you passionate about working with others to improve fire safety? Do you have the knowledge, experience and drive to help create a safe environment for patients, visitors and staff?

If so, we would love to hear from you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Fire Safety Advisor to join our Estates & Facilities team at Isle of Wight NHS Trust.

Working closely with the Fire Safety Manager, you will provide specialist fire safety advice and support across the Trust, helping to ensure compliance with legislation, undertaking fire risk assessments and audits, delivering training, and promoting a positive fire safety culture.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and organised individual with excellent communication skills and a strong understanding of fire safety and risk management. You will be confident working with colleagues at all levels and able to influence and support improvements across a diverse healthcare environment.

Predominantly based at St Mary's Hospital, this varied and rewarding role offers the opportunity to make a real difference by helping to protect our patients, staff and services every day.

Job summary

• To ensure that good standards of fire safety are implemented and maintained across the large and complex estate of the Trust.
• To ensure legislative compliance and the continuing development and provision of a safe environment for staff, patients and the public.
• To act as a resource and liaise with managers and staff at all levels within the Trust implementing fire safety standards and initiatives.
• Identify fire safety priorities and assist in the overall prioritisation within the Trusts capital programme and resourcing.
• To provide expert advice and guidance to managers and staff at all levels of the organisation and act as a focal point for the management of fire safety issues
• To provide technical expertise to the Fire Safety Manager to enable their duties to be fulfilled effectively.
• The post holder will be based at St. Mary’s Hospital but will be expected to travel to the Trust’s peripheral sites as required.
• To provide absence cover for the Fire Safety Manager.
• Where available and reasonable (including outside normal hours) attend any of the trusts facilities where a fire incident has been reported. Note this does not require the post holder to be “on call” and available to attend at all times.

For full job details and person specification please refer to enclosed Job Description

Qualifications

• Science or engineering-based education; or extensive experience of fire safety.
• Certificate in Training Practice or extensive experience of preparing and delivering training.

Desirable

• Science, engineering or fire engineering/fire safety degree.
• Corporate membership of professional organisation (Institute of fire engineers; Institute of occupational safety and health).

Experience

Essential

• 5 years’ experience of fire safety.
• Experience of preparing and delivering training courses.
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries to improve standards.
• Experience of working with external agencies and influencing internal change.
• Experience and knowledge of undertaking Fire Risk Assessment.
• Knowledge of: Fire safety, Fire risk management, Fire legislation and codes of practice
• Fire safety training.
• Ability to undertake fire safety audits.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience in the application of Firecode.
• Understanding of Fire modelling techniques.  
• Knowledge of Risk management techniques.

Skills and Knowledge:

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Highly developed and effective negotiating and influencing skills and ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with professional and managerial disciplines.
• Ability to devise and deliver training programmes.
• Understanding the principles of risk assessment.
• Good organisational skills with practical and methodical project planning and able to manage a number of concurrent schemes.
• Able to satisfy the physical demands of the job.
• Occasional Working at heights and in Confined Spaces e.g. Scaffold or roof voids.
• Occasional moderate physical effort required as duties dictate. e.g. evacuation of patients, etc.
• Occasional moving of heavy equipment, e.g extinguishers, training equipment.

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026