Fire Safety Manager

Job summary

This post is only open for applications from individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board.

Organisations within scope are as follows:

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Band : 8a £57,528 - £64,750 (pay scale effective 1st April 2026)

Hours : Full Time 37.5 hours per week

Contract : Permanent

Are you an experienced fire safety professional ready to lead and influence fire safety across complex healthcare environments?

This post forms part of the Single Corporate Services model, which provides shared corporate services across Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

The role is primarily site-based, however collaboration across both organisations is essential and travel between sites may occasionally be required.

Our Estates and Facilities teams play a critical role in supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care. This role offers the opportunity to influence fire safety strategy across a large and complex healthcare estate.

Both organisations are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and supportive working environment, and to contributing to the NHS ambition for a Greener NHS.

Main duties of the job

Location:Across sites, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (frequency of visits to each site, to be agreed locally)

We are seeking an experienced Fire Safety Manager to join our Estates & Facilities team within the Single Corporate Services partnership between Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a senior specialist role responsible for leading fire safety management, compliance and assurance across a diverse healthcare estate, helping to ensure safe environments for our patients, staff and visitors.

About us

Our vision for Single Corporate Services

Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care.

This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

• Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
• Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.
• Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.
• Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations.
• Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.
• Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.
• Build resilience for individuals and our teams.

Employer details

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham, Portsmouth

England

PO6 3LY

Employer's website

https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham, Portsmouth

England

PO6 3LY

Employer's website

https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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