Fire Safety Advisor

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Site Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Town CHESTERFIELD Salary £38,776 - £41,777 PA tbc Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 11/11/2026

As one of our fire safety expert, you will provide specialist advice, lead fire risk assessments and audits, develop policies and strategies, and ensure compliance across Trust/DSFS premises. You will manage improvement programmes, contractors, evacuation drills and staff training, while working closely with enforcement bodies and fire services. The role includes regular site inspections, occasional work in challenging environments and manual handling of fire equipment weighing up to 18 kg.

Provide expert advice to the Head of Health and Safety on fire safety and Health & Safety management and compliance.

Provide expert

Fire & Health and Safety guidance to all “Trust / DSFS “working groups and committees as required.

Support Trust/DSFS development and improvement of fire safety policies and procedures, by proactively managing the implementation of the changes across all other Trust and DSFS departments as required through to confirmation of completion.

Process manage and undertake the completion of Fire Risk Assessments and Audits in line with fire safety guidance and legislation to ensure that currently installed firefighting appliances, signage and evacuation notification meet as a minimum the current fire safety requirement. Completion of the FRA’s will require you to use access equipment to enter and inspect confined roof, culvert and basement spaces and be exposed to dusty, dirty and elevated / reduced temperature environments where specialist protective clothing may will be required to be worn for extended periods.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it.

By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered at this point in time.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. These documents provide a comprehensive overview of the role, including the key responsibilities and duties, as well as the essential and desirable criteria required for the position

• Possession of a recognised fire qualification to Diploma level 4 (3 years) or proof of a minimum 5-year operational fire brigade experience with documented CPD
• Knowledge/experience of practical fire safety management
• Degree level qualification in related field

• 5 years…