Security Officer

Transformation Unit; Wirral; Remote; GBP 26.000 - 27.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Security Officer (Band 3) to provide a visible safety presence and high-quality security services across Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge sites on Wirral. The role requires responding to incidents promptly, protecting patients and staff, and supporting patients and visitors with courtesy and professionalism.

The successful candidate will hold a full, clean driving licence and participate in on-the-job training including physical

Qualifikationen

• Security experience within a healthcare environment.
• Willingness to undergo on the job training and attend specialist courses, including physical intervention training.
• Experience working with the public in a customer-facing role.
• Experience in physical intervention and conflict resolution.

Aufgaben

• Maintain a visible, high-profile security presence across the Trust's hospital sites to protect patients, staff and visitors.
• Ensure car parks are operable and used correctly by visitors and staff.
• Log and report all incidents (aggression, equipment loss, property damage) on incident forms and escalate to the Security Manager.
• Possess a full, clean driving licence and apply training in physical intervention when required.

Kenntnisse

Security experience healthcare

Security experience

Training on the job & physical interv.

Public interaction/customer facing

Physical intervention & conflict res.

Jobbeschreibung

Employer Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Arrowe Park Hospital Town Wirral Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

Security Officer

Band 3

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Job overview

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.

Working for our organisation

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Security Officer position available with WUTH.

Person specification

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

Safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all unborn babies, children and adults and is signed up to both the Wirral Safeguarding Children's Partnership and the Wirral Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board associated policies and procedures. All Trust staff must be familiar with, and adhere to these procedures. It is the post holders responsibility to attended the Trusts mandatory training Protecting Vulnerable People training, and to follow the relevant Trusts polices and practice guidance.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Joe McLaughlin, Job title Security Manager ASMS, Email address [e-mail], Telephone number 01516047473

Additional information

Joe McLaughlin, Security Manager ASMS Ext 2601

Lynn Atherton, Assistant to the Security Manager ext. 2200