Fire Safety and Security Officer


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£39,959 to £48,117 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8HH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	27 Aug 2026
Closing date:	16 Sept 2026

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Summary

Alongside the Key Duties/Responsibilities: Resource Management1.Advise on the purchase of fire safety and security equipment to ensure it is fit for purpose.2.Wherever possible, identify cost efficiencies through new ways of working and obtaining best value for money in procurement.Specialist/Technical requirementsSystems and Equipment1.Responsible for fire safety and security ensuring systems, equipment and plant are tested and maintained to meet compliance requirements.2.Responsible for the management and use of information systems including Micad and Microsoft Office suite.3.Carries out fire risk assessments and site audits to assess compliance with complex statutory requirements.4.Utilises corporate Communications and IT systems effectively.Judgements1.Makes judgements on a range of complex facts and situations in response to changing priorities and competing demands including:Range of complex compliance fire safety and security requirementsResourcesBuilding, fire and health and safety regulationsRisk managementHealth and safety managementEvaluation of performance against fire safety compliance requirementsAnalysis of specialist technical informationInterpretation of complex legislation, technical guidance, best practice codes2.Works with the Compliance Manager in ensuring fire safety compliance targets are met, interpreting and acting upon complex statutory requirements.3.Makes judgements across a range of compliance Estates issues, taking account of the sometimes-conflicting demands of legislation, health and safety requirements, healthcare standards and financial constraints.4.Makes judgements consistently within the context of the CARE values and the Trusts commitment to be outstanding in all it does.Communication1.Provides, receives and analyses complex fire safety and security information and communicates, technical and statutory information with specialists, non- technical individuals, and other stakeholders.2.Develops and implements effective channels of communication to ensure complex information is disseminated in a timely and appropriate manner to other team members and colleagues from other service areas.3.Proactively communicates with other members of the Estates team, on fire safety and security matters.4.Prepared to challenge appropriately when compliance standards fall short.5.Adapts personal communication style appropriately to the needs of the audience.Challenges1.Overcomes barriers to understanding because of the technical and complex nature of information.2.Addresses conflicting perspectives and demands from user Departments.3.Requires concentration and mental effort to resolve complex issues.4.Maintains a firm but fair approach with team members to ensure that compliance standards are maintained.

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