Relief Security Officer

NHS; Oldham; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare organization is seeking a Relief Security Officer to join their Estates and Facilities Department. This role involves working in a dynamic environment across multiple hospital sites, carrying out essential security duties. The ideal candidate must have relevant security qualifications, strong negotiation and communication skills, and a focus on customer service. Benefits include flexibility and a competitive package.

Benefits

Fantastic annual leave allowance

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Responsibilities

• Carry out a wide range of security-related duties to set procedures and standards.
• Maintain professionalism while using initiative.
• Work across multiple hospital sites as required.

Skills

Negotiation Skills

Able to use initiative

Customer focus

Flexibility

Communication skills

Basic IT skills

Education

Security related qualification or equivalent experience

SIA licence for static guarding/door supervisor

Full current UK driving licence

SIA licence for Public Space Surveillance (CCTV)

Job description

Relief Security Officer

The closing date is 02 October 2025

This is an exciting time to be joining the Estates and Facilities Department at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust as a Relief Security Officer.

If you are looking for a role where no two days are the same, enjoy working within a fast moving environment, are an enthusiastic hard working team player and have the ability to build and maintain working relationships we would like to hear from you.

Hours of work will be a 12 hour shift pattern consisting of days, nights and weekends.

This is a relief position there will be a requirement to work across the Royal Oldham, Fairfield Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary hospital sites.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to carry out a wide range of security related duties to set procedures and standards, have the ability to use a degree of initiative whilst maintaining a professional approach at all times.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we\'re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Skills

• Negotiation Skills
• Able to use initiative
• Able to deal with the public, including to deal fairly but firmly with all customers, including those who may be dissatisfied with the service
• Flexible, able to adapt to a changing job description including workload and work location
• To be customer focused particularly towards patients and visitors
• To be a good communicator
• Basic IT keyboard skills

Qualification

• Security related qualification or equivalent experience
• SIA licence for static guarding/door supervisor
• Full current UK driving licence
• SIA licence for Public Space Surveillance (CCTV)

Experience

• Conflict resolution / physical intervention training
• Experience of conflict management, violence, and aggression
• Experience of working in a NHS setting

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust