Security Officer

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; Sur place; GBP 23 000 - 28 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking dedicated security officers to join the Estates and Facilities Security team. You will respond to incidents across LTHT sites, help keep staff, patients and visitors safe, and ensure doors and gates are secured.

The role requires holding a valid SIA Door Supervisor Licence, calm, professional conduct, and flexibility to work across multiple sites. You will also assist in fire response and conflict resolution, with opportunities to develop new skills

Qualifications

• A valid SIA Door Supervisor Licence.
• Commitment to protecting staff, patients, visitors and Trust property.
• Calm, professional approach to managing conflict and helping resolve disputes.
• Ability to provide a reassuring presence and support staff during incidents.
• Willingness to work across different Trust sites as part of our Security team.
• Ability to carry out locking and unlocking duties, keeping departments and facilities secure.
• Readiness to respond to fire calls and security incidents.
• Must be able to meet the demands of a physical role, including wearing body armour.

Responsabilités

• Carry out security and traffic management across Trust sites as required.
• Respond to incidents and provide a reassuring presence for staff, patients and visitors.
• Locking and unlocking duties to keep departments secure.
• Respond to fire calls and security incidents as part of daily duties.
• Adapt to changing duties across different sites and shifts.
• Utilise LTHT IT systems to complete tasks as needed.

Connaissances

Calm under pressure

Conflict management

Staff liaison

Formation

SIA Door Supervisor Licence

Description du poste

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Security Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). Our security officers respond to incidents across all NHS LTH sites, providing vital support to staff and ensuring that every area remains safe and secure so teams can deliver excellent care to patients and visitors.You will help ensure departments and facilities are locked and secure, respond to fire calls, and assist in managing and resolving conflict between individuals. In doing so, you will offer a calm, reassuring presence to staff, patients, and visitors at all times.Our skilled security team plays a crucial role in keeping NHS LTH sites running safely and effectively. If youre seeking a highly rewarding role within an essential support service, we encourage you to consider joining our awardwinning team.This is a permanent, fulltime position, offering successful candidates the chance to gain additional experience, maintain existing skills, and develop new ones. Candidates must hold a valid SIA Door Supervisor Licence.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is member of the Estates operational team and will be responsible for carrying out any duties commensurate with the grade of post. The role includes provision of security and traffic management, across any of the Trust sites or sites where the Trust delivers services from. The role requires flexibility in approach to the duties required as these may alter throughout the course of a workday/week. High standards of quality will be expected to be delivered in line with Estates/LTHT practices and policies.The post holder will be expected to have basic knowledge of a number of administrative and operational functions and utilise both E&F and LTHT IT systems in order to complete their job role. The nature of the role requires the use of responding to some tasks via a defined communication system.Please see job description for further information.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Why you should join our Team

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest employers in Leeds, employing over 20,000 staff and providing care to 1.6 million patients every year. The Estates and Facilities team keep the Trust's sites running and manage one of the largest estate portfolios across the NHS. With over 2,300 staff, we provide a range of Estates & Facilities management services and ensure our buildings and environments are fit for purpose, clean and safe.

Whether we're cleaning wards, maintaining buildings, monitoring environmental impact, providing staff childcare, delivering hot meals to patients, or patrolling our sites, we support the delivery of patient care. Guided by our Leeds Way Values, we are committed to creating the best place to work and being the employer of choice for estates and facilities in the region.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

• A valid SIA Door Supervisor Licence.
• A commitment to protecting staff, patients, visitors and Trust property.
• A calm, professional approach to managing conflict and helping resolve disputes.
• The ability to provide a reassuring presence and support staff during incidents.
• A willingness to work across different Trust sites as part of our Security team.
• The ability to carry out locking and unlocking duties, keeping departments and facilities secure.
• Readiness to respond to fire calls and security incidents.
• The ability to meet the demands of a physical role, including wearing body armour throughout your duties.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

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.