Duties include:

• To ensure that good standards of fire safety are implemented and maintained across a large and complex Trust.

• To ensure legislative compliance and the continuing development and provision of a safe environment for staff, patients and the public.

• To act as a resource and liaise with managers and staff at all levels within the Trust implementing fire safety standards and initiatives.

• Identify fire safety priorities and assist in the overall prioritisation within the Trusts capital programme or PFI project management and resourcing

• To provide expert advice and guidance to managers and staff at all levels of the organisation and act as a focal point for the management of fire safety issues.

• To provide technical expertise to the Fire Safety Management Team to enable their duties to be fulfilled effectively.

• To promote a high standard of fire safety so that members of the public, visitors and students when leaving trust premises take with them an attitude of mind that accepts good fire safety practice as normal.