Job overview

Ensuring the Trust Board has appropriate assurances that the requirements of current fire safety legislation are met across the Trust and, where appropriate compliance with the objectives of Fire code.
Co-ordinating fire safety issues throughout the organisation’s activities.
Overseeing day-to-day implementation of the fire safety policies.
Managing the fire safety teams across Manchester University Foundation Trust
Ensuring all new construction and renovation works taking place across the Trust are compliant with Building Regulations and HTM Guidance with regards to fire safety.
 Ensuring Helipad operations are compliant with CAA recommendations and the facility is manned and operational during programmed hours 

Main duties of the job

Deputising for and assisting the Fire Safety Manager in undertaking the following tasks:- •    Ensuring that effective arrangements are in place to safely deal with any outbreak of fire and activations of any fire alarm system. 
Developing & maintaining close working relationships with the PFI Consortium at both Oxford Rd and Wythenshawe sites, the Trust Estates Teams and other FM service providers.
 Line management of the fire safety teams across the Trust including Helipad manager and team. 
Co-ordinating fire safety issues throughout the organisation’s activities across all sites and Community Properties.
Maintaining the existing fire precautions standards and driving a program responsible for improving fire safety throughout the Trust.
Developing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing the organisation’s fire safety management system
 Developing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing the organisation’s fire safety procedures and protocols.
Ensuring that appropriate fire risk assessments (FRAs) are undertaken, recorded and the outcomes suitably reported.
 Chairing fire safety groups and committees as necessary.
 Attending and preparing positional reports for the Operational Health and Safety Group Meeting.
Advising management of the steps necessary to comply with current fire safety legislation, British Standards, HTM’s and any other published guidance or approved document.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.