Head of Fire Safety

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Health and Safety, this highly proactive role will include responsibility for the Fire Safety Team and Management of fire safety across the University Hospitals of Liverpool Group.

Your principal role will be to implement and manage fire safety Management System whilst providing assurance via a regime of continual auditing, monitoring and review, that the Group has discharged their statutory obligations across all their operational activity.

Acting with autonomy the post holder will develop, implement, manage and monitor policies and procedures relating to Fire Safety, to ensure that all statutory obligations are met ensure that key risks are actively managed to minimise their impact, or likelihood of occurrence, via the implementation of appropriate mitigation plans, business continuity planning and emergency preparedness, response and recovery.

You will promote at all times a strong ‘Fire safety Culture’, and will ensure that delegated fire safety, related projects are delivered to the agreed programme, budget and quality, working to recognised Project Management standards.

• Competent professional advice across core areas of fire safety retaining an up-to-date knowledge of statutory and mandatory legislation, national guidance documents and policy
• Ensuring fire risk assessment, fire safety codes of practice, policies, procedure and standards are in place and updated accordingly on a regular basis
• Attending and actively contributing towards the work of relevant groups, committees and meetings across the Group consistent with the scope of the position
• Day to day management of the divisional/corporate Fire safety support team and responsibility for work allocation, and accountability of the fire safety team’s performance targets including work plan objectives
• Collaborating with external organisations, Contractors and Consultants as appropriate
• Supporting all Divisional and Corporate managers in their efforts to embed a fire safety culture
• Supporting with the development of leading and lagging indicators and monitor performance against these, for continual improvement and management related risks

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) was formed on 1 November 2024; born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.

Operating from five hospital sites:
Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool Women’s Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, alongside a host of community services.

One of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. Providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services.

Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year.

The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Stewart Crowe

Job title:

Assistant Director Health of Safety Email address: stew Telephone number: