Band 8a Fire Safety Manager | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Responsible for providing Specialist Fire Safety advice to the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL NHS FT) on all Fire Safety matters relating to people and premises.

Working as part of the Estates department, you will ensure compliance with relevant Legislation, Regulations, Codes of Practice, Health Technical Memorandum, Guidance, Firecode and that the RFL NHS FT Fire Safety Policy is implemented and effective. This will in turn ensure a safe and secure environment for our patients, staff, and visitors.

Developing and delivering an extensive programme of general and specialist fire safety training to a wide audience base in order to achieve compliance with the above and KPIs determined by the Trust.

Providing specialist fire safety advice to capital project planning, design, construction and commissioning teams.

The Trust are progressing a major multi-year programme of capital development inclusive of Backlog Maintenance and new Capital Project Schemes.

This role will cover both Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals. Post Holder must be comfortable travelling to both sites as a mandatory requirement.

The primary duties of this role include, but are not limited to

• Provide specialist expert advice based on knowledge and experience of active and passive fire systems
• Manage and oversee an effective fire risk assessment programme including the process for the remedy and mitigation of defects
• Assess and oversee the delivery of mandatory fire safety training, including fire warden, general induction, refresher, and evacuation training for staff around the Trust
• Oversee the installation, witnessing, commissioning and handover of fire systems as appropriate as the Trusts delegated informed client and asset owner for fire safety systems
• Chair meetings with contractors and monitor the performance and compliance of contracts with specialist providers
• Liaise with key stakeholders on a day-to-day basis on matters pertaining to fire safety
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary fire drills and exercises across the Trust estate
• Ensure effective PPM planning and compliance monitoring is in place for all fire safety assets and systems
• Audit of hot works, fire alarm alteration and penetration permit to work systems
• Preparing regular routine status reports on all matters relating to fire safety.
• This is an on-site operational role -No working from home or hybrid work offered

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed about the post and about working at Royal Free.

This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Jun 2026