Band 8a Trust Fire Safety Manager

Band 8a Trust Fire Safety Manager

The closing date is 12 March 2026.

The post holder will provide professional advice and training for Fire Safety on behalf of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) as agreed with the Chief Executive through the Director of Estates and Facilities.

The post holder will be responsible for fire safety training of all staff in BHRUT and will devise, revise and improve training and evacuation methods commensurate to the needs and requirements of the organisation.

Provide informed advice to the Trust across its estate in relation to Fire Strategies and management and develop reports and policies required to comply with legislative requirements and guides such as Firecode.

The post holder will form part of a multi‑disciplinary team whose role is to provide the best possible Fire Prevention and Safety Service arrangements to BHRUT. Excellent working relationships with Departmental Managers will be essential to achieving the post holder's objectives. A professional attitude and manner is essential for this role.

We are an organisation that is continually improving driven by a determination to deliver care that we are proud of and that our patients are happy with.

We have introduced a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We are campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and eliminate corridor care.

We are proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper‑Acute Stroke Unit. We are also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries – live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We are proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

The post holder will provide professional advice and training for Fire Safety on behalf of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) as agreed with the Chief Executive through the Director of Estates and Facilities.

The post holder will be responsible for fire safety training of all staff in BHRUT and will devise, revise and improve training and evacuation methods commensurate to the needs and requirements of the organisation.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

• Fire engineering / fire safety degree or other relevant engineering/science degree
• NAHFO - membership required or gained
• Evidence of negotiation and conflict resolution within an operational estates and facilities environment

• Able to actively support and respond to a major incident, with appropriate adjustments to the work environment where necessary
• Occasional moving of heavy equipment e.g. extinguishers, training equipment

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

£61,631 to £68,623 a year per annum HCA inclusive