Fire Door Inspection and Repair Operative

Job overview

Working within the NLaG Estates dept predominantly across Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital (DPOW), Scunthorpe General Hospital (SGH) and Goole & District Hospital (GDH) you will be part of the team undertaking statutory inspections of the fire doors and where appropriate approved repairs to certified standards.

This plays a vital role in keeping our patients, staff and visitors safe should a fire occur to prevent fire spreading and potentially causing a catastrophic incident.

Liaising with the Capital Projects Team and the Fire & Safety Compliance Officers within the Group to ensure that the integrity of our fire doors is maintained within our passive fire protection and fire safety management.

A degree of ‘out of normal hours’ working time flexibility will be required in times of occasional need and you may occasionally work at other sites within the Group.

Job Summary

A Fire Door Inspection & Repair Operative is responsible for the inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement of fire doors across NHS facilities. The role ensures compliance with statutory fire-safety legislation and Healthcare Technical Memoranda (HTMs), supporting the Trust’s Fire Safety team to maintain safe, compliant buildings.

Full UK Driving Licence is essential for this role.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

Fire Door Inspection & Compliance

• Assess the condition of fire doors in compliance with HTMs and relevant fire-safety regulations.
• Conduct reactive and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to extend life expectancy of fire doors.
• Ensure fire doors meet Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Fire Safety Act 2021, and NHS Estates guidance.
• Record defects, follow-up works, and maintain accurate inspection documentation.

Repair & Maintenance Duties

• Working either individually or as part of a team where management and technicians work close together to solve problems.
• Complete repairs including replacing components, adjusting self-closing mechanisms, fixing seals, ironmongery, glazing, and frames.
• Respond to urgent repair requests and make areas safe until full repairs can be carried out.
• Carry out fire-door remedial works ensuring proper compartmentation performance.

Safety, Documentation & Communication

• Maintain thorough records, including digital reporting systems.
• Communicate effectively with internal estates teams, Fire Safety Officers, and external contractors.
• Follow safe-system-of-work policies and Trust health & safety requirements.
• Ability to interpret and adhere to the manufacturer’s specifications, ensuring that compliance is always at the forefront of all works.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.  We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

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