This role involves safeguarding George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust premises, responding to emergencies, managing security operations, monitoring CCTV, operating body‑worn cameras, and maintaining order in accordance with Trust policies.
Job Responsibilities
* Undertake regular foot patrols of the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, including the Accident and Emergency Department, to deter criminal activity, reassure staff/patients/visitors, detect and report security breaches, health & safety hazards, and fire hazards; provide routing assistance and enforce Trust policies.
* Provide emergency response to incidents on Trust premises, protecting staff, patients, visitors and property from acts of violence or aggression, including assaults on staff, fighting between patients and visitors, and assisting law‑enforcement with violent prisoners.
* Preserve good order on Trust property by protecting patients, staff, contractors and visitors against violent acts; safeguarding Trust property and personal property from loss, theft, damage and waste.
* Assist with routine and emergency portering duties as directed by LSMS and Team Leaders.
* Provide covert and overt security presence for wards and departments where there is advance warning of potentially violent behaviour.
* Support the Mental Health Liaison Nurse in Accident and Emergency and across the Trust regarding possible violent patients awaiting assessment or sectioning under the Mental Health Act.
* Carry out lock‑ups of nominated buildings at night and unlock them in the morning, ensuring main entrances are secure on nights and weekends in accordance with local procedures.
* Work within the security control room to direct other officers in response to incidents, handle calls for assistance, radio communications, requests for entry, and personal alarm responses; secure intruder alarms.
* Operate the CCTV system, following the Code of Practice, surveillance laws, evidence handling, human rights, data protection, local knowledge, confidentiality and privacy.
* Operate the body‑worn camera during all calls for assistance, including incidents of verbal or physical abuse, self‑harm, car crime, motor‑vehicle enforcement, potential child protection issues, non‑compliance with the No‑Smoking policy, and suspicious persons.
* Respond to intruder alarm activations in buildings and departments: investigate the cause, reset or secure the building, call the police if intruders are present, preserve the crime scene when burglarised, obtain authorisation to call out for repairs, and report to the Local Security Management Specialist.
Shift Pattern: 2 × 7 am–7 pm and 2 × 7 pm–7 am; 4 off repeated.
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