Security Officer
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a passionate, enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated team member to join our proactive, high standard setting security team, to help in our vision to create a safe place to work, visit and stay.
You will be providing a comprehensive 24/7 front line security service to our organisation. No security experience is necessary as full comprehensive training will be given to the right candidate.
This role will include the prevention and detection of crime or anti-social behaviour, ensuring the safety of patients, staff and visitors on Trust premises, and ensuring the security of Trust property and assets. You will be part of a team based primarily in one or other of the Trust's hospitals but will be required to work at the other hospital from time to time.You will be responsible for responding to all Trust security and fire alerts in timely manner.
Main duties of the job
Your main duties will include the protection of our patients, staff and visitors. you will assist in the prevention of crime, conduct proactive patrols of the internal and external sites, securing buildings, general car park duties and respond to emergency incidents, this will include fire alarms and challenging patients and members of the public.
You will have a professional and logical approach to your work, showing initiative and have a can do attitude.
This is a challenging and rewarding role and be able to work under pressure and keep calm in challenging situations.
This is a full time position, working contracted hours of 37.5 hours per week with a holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus an additional 8 bank holidays.
You will be working at both Preston and Chorley Hospital sites, working a 4 on 4 off rotating shift pattern covering all operational hours across both sites when needed. This will include nights and weekends.
Unsociable and weekend enhancement are paid when these are worked.
As a band 2 officer working this pattern, you will be expected to obtain earnings of up to £33k with the opportunity for working over time on an ad hoc basis.
Working for our organisation
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- Communicate effectively with a wide range of clinical and non-clinical staff, patients, visitors and immediate colleagues.
- Maintain and develop competences
- Supporting the training of other staff
- Conform to health, safety, fire and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Undertake “Bedside Security” duties to support clinical staff as requested
- Respond promptly to all security & fire -related incidents
- Carry out security patrolling and related duties
- Support the day to day management of car parking on trust property.
- Undertake proactive crime and security incident management duties
- Responsibilities for data and information resources
- Reduction in security related incident
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria- General education including numeracy and literacy
- Full UK Driving License
- NVQ 1 in security or other equivalent security qualifications
- SIA License or relevant equivalent qualifications
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria- Customer service experience
- Understanding of Health and Safety
- Experience working as part of a team
- Public service Experience
- Security experience
- NHS experience
We’ll contact you by e-mail to update you on the progress of your application so please check the e-mail account that you applied from (including spam/junk) regularly.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post.Our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders is available Here
To support you in your application process we’ve created a What we can offer you guide that shows what you can expect when you join our hospitals. The guide includes links to our strategic aims and objectives as well as our values, development support and rewards and benefits.To help you get the best from your application we’ve also put together two guides to help you make your application the best it can be. Just click here and here to go through them, or have them open as you complete your application.
We recognise that the recruitment process may present barriers for some and you may need personal adjustments to enable you to participate in our recruitment process. Please make contact with the recruitment team at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
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Secondments
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Young People
Please note a young person must be in part-time education or training until they’re 18. therefore if you are under 18 we are unable to employ you on a full time basis, unless it is in an apprenticeship role.
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DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions. The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.
In line with guidance from United Kingdom Health Security Agency, all staff and volunteers are required to comply with Trust Infection Prevention and Control processes in relation to safe working. This includes mask wearing and adherence to social distancing at all Trust sites.
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