Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Fire Safety Advisor
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Fire Safety Advisor
We are seeking a Fire Safety Advisor to join the Estates & Facilities Directorate and support the delivery of a safe, compliant, and well-managed estate across the Trust. This role will provide specialist fire safety advice across a diverse property portfolio, including hospitals, community sites, secure services, children’s settings, offices, and prison healthcare environments.
The post holder will play an important role in helping the Trust meet its statutory fire safety duties and protect patients, staff, visitors, and service users from fire-related risks. Key responsibilities include:
- Carrying out and maintaining fire risk assessments
- Supporting local fire procedures and evacuation plans
- Investigating fire incidents and alarm activations
- Delivering fire safety training
- Contributing to fire drills and exercises
- Providing assurance through clear records, trend analysis, and reporting
The role will suit a confident and knowledgeable fire safety professional who can work independently, communicate clearly with clinical and non-clinical teams, and provide practical advice on fire precautions, evacuation arrangements, building works, and Trust policies. The successful candidate will need a strong understanding of fire safety legislation, healthcare fire safety guidance, and relevant technical standards, together with the ability to travel across Trust sites and work flexibly when required.
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Important Sponsorship Information
We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
The Band 7 Fire Safety Advisor will deliver the provision of a comprehensive and effective fire safety service across all properties owned or operated by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities are set out below and in the attached Job Description.
About Oxleas
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include:
- Community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy
- Care for people with learning disabilities
- Mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing, and therapies
Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils, and the voluntary sector through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centers, schools, and people’s homes.
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We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services, providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire, Kent, and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our Purpose
To improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Anthony Worrall
- Job title: Head of Estate Development
- Email address: anthony.worrall@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01322 625743
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