Job overview

This role is part time - 2 days per week (0.4 WTE)

Transforming our estate for the future

There’s never been a more exciting time to join the NHS as we transform our estate to deliver 21st-century care and the best possible outcomes for our patients.

Estates are at the centre of the government’s plans for transforming the NHS. The NHS Long Term Plan outlines the need to ‘accelerate the redesign of patient care to future-proof the NHS for the decade ahead.’ We have laid the groundwork for fundamental change to enable us to deliver on this commitment across our estate and we now need you to help us reap the rewards of this work.  This will become even more important as the 10-Year Health Plan is developed.

This is a pivotal time in the history of the NHS and a once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity to transform the country's largest estate. Join us as we embark on this seismic shift to future-proof our estate.

The NHS Estate

Our hospital estate spans 25 million m² with 1.4 million NHS staff working across 17,000 buildings, including 1,140 hospitals and 7,500 primary care sites, our c100k staff are responsible for maintaining and running all EFM services.

With £5 billion of operational capital funding and an annual expenditure of over £10 billion across estates and facilities management, there’s scope for you to deliver real change across our estate.

Main duties of the job

This is a job sharing role with the existing Head of Fire Safety. Reporting to the Head of Hard FM, you will work with the existing Head of Fire Safety to produce guidance, technical bulletins, safety notifications/alerts, strategies, policies and initiatives throughout NHSE which satisfy both statutory, mandatory and legislative requirements for national management of fire safety within healthcare.

Specifically you will:

• Be responsible for national guidance on all fire related matters including: prevention advice, mandatory fire safety training guidance, fire workplace audit requirements and fire risk assessment criteria and standards.
• Analyse, interpret and provide specialist fire advice relating to the procurement, upgrade and refurbishment of buildings, construction project guidance and changes to building regulations. 
• Advise and support colleagues in their work as it relates to fire safety in the NHS e.g. data collections and Parliamentary work.

Working for our organisation

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.