Lead Fire Safety Advisor

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Lead Fire Safety Advisor

The closing date is 08 February 2026

The Lead Fire Safety Advisor will provide expert professional advice and support to the Trust's Managers, staff and partners to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Act 2005 and supporting Health Technical Memorandum 05 - Fire Safety in Healthcare requirements. They will provide specialist advice to design consultants, Estates Capital staff, Local Building Control and West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Services (WYFRS) in the specification of structural fire safety precautions in existing and new premises incorporating HTM 05 Fire Safety in Healthcare requirements, acting as the competent person under HTM 05 and represent the Trust at networking groups.

The Lead Fire Safety Advisor will develop training packages for staff regarding fire and provide fire safety training to all staff, partners, resident contractors, and volunteers ensuring compliance with the National Occupational Standards for fire training. The Lead Fire Safety Advisor will undertake regular fire risk assessments of areas within the hospital and community buildings and support the delivery of the Annual Fire report.

• CHFT fire strategy is updated and implemented considering changing legislation and developments.
• Provision of an Annual Fire Safety report to Trust Board which details progress against actions and future proposed improvements.
• Ensure the Trust has up-to-date fire risk assessments pertinent to each location and premises and that supporting action plans are shared and implemented.
• Act independently in the management of fire safety risk issues in response to escalated issues, with the authority to require the termination of any unsafe work by in‑house staff and contractors.
• Escalate any fire safety risks appropriately and record/ manage them on the Trust Risk Register.
• Arrange and carry out fire drills/evacuations at agreed times in conjunction with the Departmental Managers/Health Centre Managers.
• Maintain a close working relationship with in‑house Estates Manager and PFI Estates Manager to ensure fire‑fighting equipment is maintained, available for use and PPMs are carried out on fire precautionary measures.
• Provide instruction and practice on the safe use of patient and personnel emergency evacuation procedures.
• Carry out investigations into fire‑related incidents and share learning to reduce the risk of recurrence.
• Give expert fire advice to the organisation regarding fire in the development of services and buildings.

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

The Fire Safety Advisor is responsible for ensuring: CHFT fire strategy is updated and implemented considering changing legislation and developments. The provision of an Annual Fire Safety report to Trust Board. Fire risk assessments and supporting action plans are shared with managers responsible for fire safety in their local areas to ensure corrective actions are implemented. They act as the primary contact with the independent Authorising Engineer as required within HTM 05 Fire Safety Management in Healthcare Premises.

They act independently in the management of fire safety risk issues in response to issues escalated and including the authority to require the termination of any unsafe work by in‑house staff and contractors. Fire safety risks are escalated appropriately and recorded/managed on the Trust Risk…