Site: Bristol Royal Infirmary
Town: Bristol
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 pa pro rata + unsocial hours payments
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/01/2025 23:59
As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
Are you passionate about ensuring safety and security in healthcare environments?
Do you thrive in dynamic settings where your skills make a real difference? Do you have strong communication and conflict resolution skills?
If so, we invite you to become a member of our team at UHBW!
We are dedicated to delivering world-class healthcare services in a safe and secure environment. Our commitment to excellence drives everything we do, and we're seeking experienced Security Officers to join us in upholding this standard of care.
As a Security Officer, your primary responsibility will be to maintain a safe and secure environment across our Trust's Hospitals. You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the well-being of our staff, patients, and visitors, while also contributing to the seamless delivery of healthcare services.
This position is a full-time contract of 37.5 hours per week. The present shift pattern is on a rota basis to include days, lates, and nights.
Pay enhancements are: 30% for Saturday, Unsocial and Nights and 60% for Sundays & Bank Holidays.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
Your Key Responsibilities:
* Provide an active security presence on our site through proactive patrols of the site and its various departments, engaging with staff, patients, and visitors in a professional and courteous manner.
* Utilise existing skills in conflict resolution to manage potentially aggressive and violent persons to enable the safest resolution within a healthcare setting.
* Utilize our extensive network of CCTV and body-worn cameras to detect criminal activity and enable intervention to support successful prosecutions.
Component knowledge and experience of conflict resolution skills and techniques are required for this demanding position, onto which additional training will be provided to enhance your skills.
A full driving license is essential.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.
As a forward-thinking, multi-award-winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston; join us, and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds: city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications/Skills
* Proven track record in managing conflict.
* Full category B Driving Licence
* Ability to de-escalate difficult situations and stay calm under pressure
* Professional Security Qualification
Experience
* Experience in dealing with the public.
* Possess a minimum of 2 years security industry experience or relevant professional experience in the armed services.
* NHS Security experience.
* Demonstrate an understanding of the Mental Capacity and Mental Health Acts.
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to recruit and retain a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
IMPORTANT:
Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
As a guide, interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.
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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