Trust Fire Safety Manager | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

safety regulations under current codes of practice are addressed across a complex and

• Be the Trust’s lead expert for fire safety providing expert professional advice to the Trust board and senior management on all current fire safety legislation and RRO.
• To lead, provide expert specialist and professional fire information service for all capital projects, provide advice to other clients/partners, directors, and senior management of

• To develop and lead on policies, strategies and for implementation of the Trusts’ fire compliance annual mandatory programme. To continually improve reporting systems

• This post is responsible for the effectiveness of comprehensive fire safety training programme, for all types of staff at all levels in the Trust

• Oversee the development and implementation of capital procurement policies for the Estates Service (Fire) responsible for development of capital projects policies (Fire) for the Trust.
• Review & ensure all fire policies are up to date and relevant to any legislative changes.
• Develop highly complex fire plans across the Trust and ensure that these are put in place across the trust.
• Oversee regular fire safety audits and risk assessment for all departments.
• Oversee the implementation of systems, control processes and risk management arrangements to support monitoring of compliance with agreed standards, other trust-wide policies and processes and best practice requirements.
• Advise Director of Compliance & Assurance, Essentia Leadership Team, Trust Board and Senior Management as required on all current fire safety legislation, ensuring that legal compliances maintained under the current codes of practice.

• We are caring
• We are inclusive
• We are ambitious

• Lead the fire policy implementation and development of fire management &

• Oversee the annual undertaking of highly complex risk assessments and

• Oversee the conduct of a range of fire related surveys and audits.
• In conjunction with the wider team, monitor the provision and maintenance of fire

• Implement regular fire safety audits on an annual, 24-month and 36-month basis and

• Chair and hold regular meetings with fire team and clients/users and to address any

• Lead the team and self by example modelling the Trust values and behaviours,

• Ensure that team structures and individuals employed within the various services are

• Develop and lead a team that will drive and support high performing business

• Ensure that staff are effectively managed and developed within a performance

• Ensure compliance with all mandatory training and optimal completion of Trust/NHS

• Actively promote good communication and employee engagement throughout the

• Promote effective leadership to Essentia staff, encouraging ‘one team’ working and

• Responsible for the recruitment, induction, training and development for all

• Invest in the development of all directly accountable employees on an equitable basis

• Provide visible leadership to promote a fair and just culture that ensures that Essentia

• Contribute to talent management and succession planning across Essentia.

• Lead the development of a positive and organisational culture that promotes

• Champion EDI across GSTT, ensuring that all functions are inclusive and promote

• Represent Essentia at Trust level senior management meetings as necessary.
• Represent Essentia and the Trust at ICS, Regional and National levels as and when
• Actively promote and champion the equality, diversity and inclusion ambitions of the

• Participate, and on occasion lead, negotiations with external providers and enhance

• Participate in the performance management of Essentia at corporate level.

• Work within a performance management framework, ensuring that clear performance

• Analyse performance across the Trust’s entire asset base in relation to performance

• Be accountable, and hold staff accountable, for the delivery of all agreed objectives

• Ensure that appropriate strategies, plans, delivery and implementation frameworks

are in place to ensure that an excellent environment for patient care is maintained at

environmental and political changes.

• Ensure that services are delivered so as to achieve value for money and meet all

• Ensure all staff comply with the Trust’s financial standing instructions and financial

• Responsible for departmental budgets, ensuring adherence to in year budget

• Manage fire budget and procures physical assets; purchases assets and selects

• Implement policies as required and contributes to policy and service development as

• Identify process improvements and assignments to respond to organisational and/or

• From time to time, to provide support to Essentia colleagues undertaking other duties

• Strict adherence to departmental health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Any other duties appropriate to the role.
• Requirement to work at any other site used by the Trust, partners or clients.
• The successful applicant will be required to work on site 4 days per week.

This advert closes on Monday 10 Feb 2025