Head of Fire Safety

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, no invented or summarised away detail. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. We need to parse the posting. Key content: - Employer heading: Head of Fire Safety Band 8b Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust description: large trust, 16k staff, £1.7bn budget, etc. This is about the employer. Could go under "About the role" maybe? Actually "About the role" is typical heading for overview of role. But we have "Job Overview" section: The Estates and Facilities Directorate is seeking to recruit a diligent, skilled and highly motivated Trust Head of Fire Safety. This strategic role offers Board level visibility, ownership of fire safety assurance, regulatory engagement and the opportunity to lead and develop a specialist fire safety team. The Head of Fire Safety will oversee the ongoing delivery of a comprehensive Fire Safety Management System across the Trust’s estate. As the Trust's 'competent person' on all matters relating to Fire Safety, the post holder will ensure that that the organisation complies with Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) legislation, HTM/HBN guidance and the Building Safety Act to ensure the provision of a fire safe environment for patients, staff and visitors. The successful candidate will have significant senior-level experience managing Fire Safety in a large, complex organisation (preferably healthcare or public sector). Interview Date: 19 October 2026 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week We have "Main duties of the job" with bullet-like paragraphs. We have "Working for our organisation" describing flexible working, sites, etc. We have "Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities" repeating duties. We have "Person specification" with Qualifications & Education, Knowledge & Experience, Skills & Abilities. We have "Employer certification / accreditation badges" etc. We have "Applicant requirements" about DBS, vulnerable people. We have "Documents to download" list. We have "Apply online now" etc. We have "Further details / informal visits contact" with name, email, phone. We need to produce sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what content goes where. - About the role: Could include employer description and job overview. Possibly combine employer description and job overview. - Responsibilities: Main duties, detailed job description. - Requirements: Could include essential criteria from person spec: qualifications, experience, etc. But we also have separate Qualifications and Skills sections. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we might combine Qualifications and Skills into Requirements? But they ask to use headings for those specific categories if content exists. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So we can include Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule if present. Let's see if posting includes Benefits: It mentions "Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’." No explicit benefits listed in text. So we should NOT create Benefits section because no specific benefit details given. Similarly Pay: Not mentioned. Schedule: It mentions "37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week" in the Interview Date line? Actually "Interview Date: 19 October 202637 Hours 30 Minutes/Week" seems garbled: maybe it's "Interview Date: 19 October 2026" and "37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week" is the schedule. So schedule is given: 37 hours 30 minutes per week. So we can include Schedule section with that. Pay: Not mentioned, so omit. Benefits: Not specific, omit. Now we need to include About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Schedule. But we must avoid duplication. Let's extract substantive content. Employer description: "Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion. With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country. As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team." That's substantive. Job Overview: "The Estates and Facilities Directorate is seeking to recruit a diligent, skilled and highly motivated Trust Head of Fire Safety. This strategic role offers Board level visibility, ownership of fire safety assurance, regulatory engagement and the opportunity to lead and develop a specialist fire safety team. The Head of Fire Safety will oversee the ongoing delivery of a comprehensive Fire Safety Management System across the Trust’s estate. As the Trust's 'competent person' on all matters relating to Fire Safety, the post holder will ensure that that the organisation complies with Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) legislation, HTM/HBN guidance and the Building Safety Act to ensure the provision of a fire safe environment for patients, staff and visitors. The successful candidate will have significant senior-level experience managing Fire Safety in a large, complex organisation (preferably healthcare or public sector). Interview Date: 19 October 2026 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week" We could combine employer description and job overview under About the role. Responsibilities: Main duties and detailed job description. Let's extract main duties bullet-like paragraphs: "The postholder will act as Fire Safety Adviser (Authorised Person (Fire)) and provide expert leadership, strategic direction, and professional assurance to the Director of Estates, Facilities and Strategic Partnerships, the Executive Team, and the Trust Board, to support a safe environment for patients, staff, visitors, and contractors across all Trust premises. The post holder will lead a high-skilled, professional Fire Safety Team that forms an integral part of the Trust's Estates and Facilities Directorate. As an autonomous lead on all matters of fire safety you will be the Trust's lead expert for fire safety, providing expert professional advice and taking responsibility for ensuring the Trust is compliant with their legal and statutory requirements and that all fire safety regulations under current statutes and codes of practice are addressed across a large complex and multi-site organisation. By the provision of competent advice, the post holder will be able to provide assurance to the Trust Board, CEO, Director of Estates, Facilities and Strategic Partnerships and the Trust Fire Safety Manager on matters relating to Fire Safety. The post holder will provide expert technical advice to the Trust Fire Safety Manager on the management of fire safety across the organisation and will be required to deputise for the Trust Fire Safety Manager as required." Then "Working for our organisation" includes flexible working, sites list. Then "Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities" repeats similar content: "The post holder will support the organisations capital and revenue projects through the provision of expert fire safety advice and work with senior leaders within the Estates Engineering and Building teams to ensure that the Trust estate complies with all fire safety best practice to provide a safe patient environment of the highest standard. As the expert in Fire Safety you will develop and lead on policies and strategies related to the Trusts' fire safety management programme. Developing and maintaining an open and transparent Fire Safety Management System. You will also identify any existing and potential vulnerabilities and opportunities for improvement across all Trust sites and advise on the management of Fire Safety and Risk in the workplace. Be responsible for the effectiveness of comprehensive fire safety training programme, for all staff at all levels in the Trust." Then repeated again. We need to preserve all substantive info, but avoid duplication. We can combine unique points. Let's list unique responsibilities: - Act as Fire Safety Adviser (Authorised Person (Fire)), provide expert leadership, strategic direction, professional assurance to Director of Estates, Facilities and Strategic Partnerships, Executive Team, Trust Board, to support safe environment for patients, staff, visitors, contractors across all Trust premises. - Lead a high-skilled, professional Fire Safety Team integral to Estates and Facilities Directorate. - As autonomous lead on fire safety, be Trust's lead expert, provide expert professional advice, ensure Trust complies with legal and statutory requirements, address fire safety regulations under current statutes and codes of practice across large complex multi-site organisation. - Provide assurance to Trust Board, CEO, Director of Estates, Facilities and Strategic Partnerships, Trust Fire Safety Manager on fire safety matters. - Provide expert technical advice to Trust Fire Safety Manager on management of fire safety across organisation; deputise for Trust Fire Safety Manager as required. - Support organisations capital and revenue projects via expert fire safety advice; work with senior leaders within Estates Engineering and Building teams to ensure Trust estate complies with fire safety best practice to provide safe patient environment of highest standard. - Develop and lead on policies and strategies related to Trust's fire safety management programme. - Develop and maintain an open and transparent Fire Safety Management System. - Identify existing and potential vulnerabilities and opportunities for improvement across all Trust sites; advise on management of Fire Safety and Risk in workplace. - Be responsible for effectiveness of comprehensive fire safety training programme for all staff at all levels in Trust. - Flexible working friendly organisation; discuss flexible working arrangement. - Sites: Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI), Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Dental Hospital, Cramlington Manor Walks, Urgent treatment centres, Newcastle Fertility Centre, Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria, Northern Genetics Service; also offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites. We could include sites under Responsibilities or About the role? Probably under About the role (employer description) but it's more about where you'll work. Could be under Responsibilities as part of role context. But we can include in About the role as part of employer description. Now Requirements: Could include essential criteria from person spec: Qualifications & Education, Knowledge & Experience, Skills & Abilities. But we have separate Qualifications and Skills sections. Let's see if we need both. Qualifications & Education: Essential criteria: Fire engineering/fire safety degree or other relevant engineering/science degree (or extensive equivalent experience); Fire Safety Management qualification such as Fire Safety Manager (IFSM/IFE) or equivalent. Desirable criteria: Membership of professional organisation (e.g. Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE); National Association of Healthcare Fire Officers (NAHFO), Institute of Fire Safety Managers (IFSM)) Knowledge & Experience: Essential criteria: Significant senior-level experience managing Fire Safety in a large, complex organisation (preferably healthcare or public sector); Proven track record of achieving compliance with statutory obligations; Experience leading investigations, audits, and risk assessments; Experience advising at Board level and working with regulatory bodies. Desirable criteria: Expert knowledge of UK Fire Safety legislation, NHS HTM/HBN’s, and Fire Safety Management Systems. Skills & Abilities: Essential criteria: Excellent communication skills. Important note on completion of reference section... (that's not a skill but a