Security Officer
The closing date is 04 May 2026.
An opportunity has arisen to join the Estates, Facilities and Support Services Directorate as a security officer within the Security Department. The role provides a security service to both the Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge Hospital sites within the Wirral University Teaching Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust.
Applicants will be required to provide a flexible, high quality service extending care and consideration to patients, staff and visitors as well as responding and managing challenging situations that will require prompt and appropriate action in a courteous and helpful manner.
Main duties of the job
The post forms part of an in-house service providing security for the Trust. The primary role will be to maintain a visible and effective high profile presence to ensure the safety of patients, visitors and staff, as well as the protection of property across both hospital sites.
The post holder will also need to ensure that car parks on the hospital grounds are operational and used effectively and correctly by visitors and staff. The successful applicant will need to ensure all relevant incidents that involve aggression or violence; loss of equipment, damage to property etc. are reported immediately on the respective incident forms and forwarded for the attention of the Security Manager.
The post holder must hold a full current clean driving licence and have previous knowledge of conflict resolution within a healthcare environment. Full training in Physical Intervention within the clinical setting will be provided.
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
* Security experience within the healthcare environment
* Previous Security experience
* Willingness to undergo 'on the job' training and attend specialist courses, as necessary. This will include physical intervention training
* Experience of working with the public in a customer facing role
* Experience in Physical intervention Conflict Resolution
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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