Overview
Are you passionate about fire safety and ready to make a real impact across a diverse healthcare estate? NTW Solutions is seeking a dedicated Fire Safety Advisor to join our Estates team and help ensure the safety of patients, staff, and visitors across our properties. As Fire Safety Advisor, you'll play a key role in ensuring compliance with fire safety legislation and NHS standards across a designated sector of our estate, which includes hospitals, offices, and residential homes. You'll lead on fire risk assessments, training programmes, incident investigations, and the development of fire strategy documents. You'll also work closely with internal teams and external bodies such as the Fire & Rescue Service, planners, and building control officers.
Responsibilities
* Develop and implement fire safety risk treatment plans.
* Deliver fire safety training to over 2,500 staff, including out-of-hours sessions.
* Conduct fire risk assessments and audits in line with HTM 05 and RRO 2005.
* Investigate fire incidents and produce detailed reports.
* Ensure fire safety compliance in new builds and refurbishments.
* Liaise with Fire & Rescue Services and other statutory bodies.
* Manage fire safety equipment and coordinate maintenance programmes.
Qualifications
* A thorough knowledge of fire safety legislation and NHS Firecode.
* Strong experience in fire safety training and risk assessment.
* Excellent communication and organisational skills.
* Proficiency in CAD and IT systems.
* A NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety (or willingness to work towards it).
* The ability to travel between sites regularly.
Desirable
* Membership of professional bodies such as MIFireE or CFPA, and experience in healthcare fire safety.
About NTW Solutions
NTW Solutions is proud to provide services to the NHS. We keep hospitals clean and patients fed and we keep buildings running and grounds tidy. Our digital teams support the vital systems the NHS relies on, our pharmacy team ensures patients get the medicine they need, and our workforce team recruits people onto the frontline. We transcribe thousands of important medical letters, provide a lease car service to keep people on the move, and ensure suppliers are paid on time. We provide a wide range of benefits including a good rate of pay and pension and an extensive range of discounts. We care about health and wellbeing and offer a range of support for the people who work here. We believe everyone has potential and welcome applications from people from a culturally diverse background, those who are LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, anyone who is unemployed or has been out of work for a period of time, or those who have served in our armed forces. We were set up by CNTW NHS Foundation Trust to provide support services. As a limited company we have built a commercial ethos onto our NHS values and now provide our services to other NHS organisations and beyond. We make a difference and working here is fulfilling and rewarding. Our social purpose is also driving our plans to become net zero and to tackle discrimination and champion equality. Working here means joining a friendly bunch of people dedicated to supporting better care.
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