Security

Northumbria Group.; North Tyneside; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive rates of pay

Enhanced pay for evenings/nights/week-

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Security Guard at Wansbeck General Hospital. The role covers day and night shifts on a rota, with weekends and bank holidays included. You will join a small security team to maintain safety and security across wards and grounds.

We offer enhanced rates for evenings/nights, generous leave, car lease and wellbeing benefits. Applicants should be able to meet shift requirements and complete necessary training within 12 months.

Qualifications

• Security Industry Authority qualification to be gained within 12 months of appointment.
• Experience in conflict resolution and physical intervention techniques.
• General education level as required by the role.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive security service to wards and departments, with a flexible approach.
• Protect people and property and deter crime on site.
• Manage hospital car parks and ensure safe access and egress for the site.

Skills

Conflict resolution

Physical intervention

Education

Security Industry Authority qualification

Job description

Main area Security Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent: this position will be as a Security Guard Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

23.15 hours per week Job ref 319-8308955JN-HAS

Site Wansbeck General Hospital Town Ashington Salary £25,272 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/10/2026 23:59

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services for all of Northumbria Healthcare Trust’s sites.

Come and work for us and we can offer you:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Enhanced rates of pay for working evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays
• Favourable employment terms and conditions – we mirror NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions ( https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook ) which includes up to 33 days annual leave + bank holidays per year, generous maternity and paternity leave provisions, occupational sick pay, and much more
• Fantastic staff benefits including car lease, home electronics, cycle to work and priority access to vaccinations, physiotherapy, counselling, among many more
• A great employee experience - we score very highly on our employee satisfaction metrics

We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.

Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.

Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.

Whilst NHFM are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Job overview

We have an opportunity available for a friendly and confident person to join our small team of security guards at Wansbeck General Hospital.

This position is part time, working the equivalent of 23.15hrs per week as part of a rota covering both day shifts and night shifts as a security guard.

This role also involves working a share of weekend and bank holiday dates.

Please only apply if you can meet the shift requirements as these are essential to meet the needs of the service.

Other hours may also be available.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

The Security department at Wansbeck General Hospital provide a variety of services to patients and departments, including maintaining a safe environment for patients and staff, the provision of a high quality, efficient customer orientated Security service and compliance with the Trust Patient Confidentiality Policy.

Working for our organisation

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services. Carrying out facilities management for a state-of-the-art specialist emergency care hospital - The Northumbria, three general hospitals - North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham hospitals - and a number of smaller community hospitals and clinic sites, we cover one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country.

Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide a comprehensive Security service to all Wards and
  Departments on site to be flexible in approach to work and undertake other duties that are assigned under the role.
• To provide a security service to the hospital and grounds, protecting people and property and detecting and preventing crime.
• To manage the Trust’s car parks, dealing with illegally parked vehicles and ensuring safe access and egress from site.

This post is required to work on a rota, a mixture of day shifts and night shifts.

Person specification

Experience and Knowledge

• Conflict resolution/Physical intervention techniques.

Qualifications / Professional Registration

• General education
• A recognised qualification issued by the Security Industry Authority, will, if not currently held, be expected to be worked towards and gained within 12 months of appointment.

The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and those who have been looked after by the care system as a child or young person (for example, in foster care, children's homes, kinship or local authority care) who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line CQC and statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

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.

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