Main area Security Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent: 37.5 full time Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hour post) Job ref 412-E&F-7157840
Employer Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Leighton Hospital Town Crewe Salary £24,937 - £26,598 PER ANNUM Salary period Yearly Closing 28/07/2025 23:59
Security Officer
Band 3
Job overview
We are currently looking for experienced Security Officers to join our team. The successful candidates will have a keen desire to develop their security skills to maintain a safe and secure environment that supports the delivery our healthcare service.
Your core responsibility will be to supply an active security presence across the Trust’s Hospitals - ensuring our staff, patients and visitors enjoy a safe, trouble-free environment and a positive experience of the Trust.
This position is a full time contract of 37.5 hours per week. The present shift pattern is on a rota basis to include days and nights.
Main duties of the job
The Security Officer role involves the managing of potential aggression and violence using a conflict resolution model, targeted crime reduction works and flexible security patrols. Plus the maintaining of car park security across the Trust. The extensive network of CCTV across the Trust plus the use of body-cams helps reduce the impact of crime and the successful prosecution of criminals.
Component knowledge and experience of conflict resolution skills and techniques are required for this demanding position onto which additional training will be provided to enhance your skills. We will help develop your skills to understand the special nature of an NHS security service; which is to care for patients and visitors often in pain, distress or a confused state. A full driving license is essential.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care,child health,maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides over 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff. A comprehensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools through ourCentral Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.
We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Attend all calls for assistance involving:
* Those in fear of physical harm
* Scenes of actual or suspected crime where personal injury is involved
* Crime in progress.
* Ensure that all security policies and procedures and read, understood and complied with.
* Report all incidents of crime and violence, in line with the trusts incident reporting policy.
* Ensure that the movement of cash collections on site is secure and complies with trust policy.
* Perform traffic management duties; carry out enforcement of Civil Penalty Notices in line with the trusts car parking policy.
* Respond to intruder alarms, inspect for signs of break-in, search for suspects, and liase with the Police.
* Question and establish the bona fides of persons found unescorted in non-public areas who are not displaying valid identity badges.
Prevent unauthorised persons gaining access to the premises. Bring about eviction from the site as quickly and unobtrusively as possible.
Out of normal working hours, check the external doors and ground floor windows of premises to ensure they are secure
Further details in the attached Job Description
Person specification
Qualifications
* Good standard of education
* Driving Licence
* Basic First Aid Certificate
* SIA Licence
* CCTV Licence
* NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Security Services or Customer Service.
* Training in Mental Health Awareness or De-escalation Techniques.
* Experience or training in safeguarding vulnerable adults and children.
Experience
* Working as part of a team
* Understanding of Health and Safety
* Previous security experience, preferably in a healthcare or public facing environment.
* Good communication skills, both verbal and written
* Basic IT skills, including incident reporting systems and email.
Experience
* Ability work alone and as part of a team.
* The ability to communicate easily and confidently
* Understanding of basic Law & Legislation in relation to Security
* Ability to operate and interpret information from computerised systems.
* Security experience
* Health Care Experience
* SIA Licence
* CCTV Licence
Key Messages
· Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.
· All correspondence will be sent via the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.
· Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.
· Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure that their employees have a “right to work” in the UK. Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust hold a Sponsor Licence, which means that we MAY be able to sponsor you IF the role meets the UK Government requirements for sponsorship. Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. To be eligible for sponsorship, the role must be in an eligible occupation code and must meet the skill level and the minimum salary threshold. You can find more information on the Government website .
· Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the entry point (bottom) of the pay band.
· Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.
· Please provide a contact email address for referees when you submit your application. We will not request any references until after you have been made a formal job offer.
· You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done via 3 monthly instalments from your pay. We encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.
· We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.
· Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
We expect to receive a very high level of applications for this vacancy, and due to this a limit has been set on the number of applications we are able to receive. Once this limit is reached the vacancy will close. We would urge interested candidates who meet the specification to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Name Gareth Pritchard Job title Security & Parking Operations Manager Email address Gareth.Pritchard@mcht.nhs.uk Telephone number 01270 278015
If you have problems applying, contact
Address Recruitment Team
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
Telephone 01270 904488
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