Fire Safety Officer

An opportunity has arisen for a full-time experienced competent Fire Safety Advisor at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust based at our Head Office Pinewood House, Dartford, Kent DA2 6JR and offering opportunities for flexible working arrangements .The Trust has over sixty premises ranging from in-patient mental health buildings, to GP practices, and Queen Mary Hospital Sidcup.

You will have extensive knowledge and experience in the application of Health Technical Memorandums (HTM-05 series Firecode), Health Building Notes (HBN series), Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and the Building Regulations, and their practical implications and application in varied healthcare environments. The Fire Safety Act 2021 and Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 also apply to a small number of our premises.

You must act in collaboration with our Estates department and our Health and Safety team, and you will be an excellent and diligent communicator, able to train other multidisciplinary team members, partners and contractors regarding risks, controls, design requirements and complex procedures; to provide assurance to the Trust board as to fire safety compliance.