Overview
As a Security Officer, you will deliver a comprehensive 24/7 frontline security service across our Trust sites. You\'ll play a key role in:
* Preventing and detecting crime and anti-social behaviour
* Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of patients, staff, and visitors
* Protecting Trust property and assets
* Responding promptly to all security and fire alerts
You will be primarily based at one of the Trust\'s hospitals, with occasional duties at the other site as required. No prior security experience is necessary - full, comprehensive training will be provided to the right candidate.
Responsibilities
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, including fire alarms and challenging patients and members of the public. You will have a professional and logical approach to your work, showing initiative and a can-do attitude. This is a challenging and rewarding role and you should 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 Preston and Chorley Hospital sites, following 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 3 officer, you will be expected to earn up to £33k with the opportunity for overtime on an ad hoc basis.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients, and you will be part of a team that looks after 370,000 people in our local area and provides specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Working with us gives you the knowledge and pride that your activities contribute to patient care and improving the experience of staff and patients alike.
Qualifications
* Communicate effectively with a wide range of clinical and non-clinical staff, patients, visitors and immediate colleagues
* Maintain and develop competences
* Support 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 and 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 incidents
We are seeking a passionate, enthusiastic, motivated, and dedicated individual to join our high-performing, proactive security team. If you\'re looking for a role where you can contribute to creating a safe and welcoming environment for staff, patients, and visitors, we want to hear from you.
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