Security Assistant

Job summary

Are you ready to take the next step in your career within a supportive, forward-thinking NHS Trust?

We're looking for a Band 5 Security Technician to join our integrated Health, Safety and Security Team, working across a number of Trust sites in Gloucestershire.

This is an exciting development role designed to offer the right candidate the opportunity to grow and gain experience in a range of security-related functions in a dynamic healthcare setting. You'll play a key part in keeping our staff, patients, and visitors safe while supporting the Trust in meeting evolving national security standards, including the implementation of Martyn's Law.

We are a professional multidisciplinary team, working in a supportive environment that values collaboration and continuous improvement.

If you're motivated, resilient, and looking to develop within the NHS, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

We support sites and teams across the Trust that provide and manage community, mental health and learning disability services for Gloucestershire.

The purpose of the role is:

To provide professional advice on physical and personnel security matters relating to staff, patients and premises and undertake security audits and inspections and to assist with investigating security incidents where appropriate or requested

To provide full administrative and technical support to the Trust Accredited Security Management Specialists (ASMS).

To assist the ASMS in maintaining a suit of security documents required by national guidance.

The post holder will independently manage routine business matters regarding security issues ensuring concerns are brought to the attention of the relevant Trust manager.

To cover for the ASMS during times of leave or other absence.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court

1010 Pioneer Avenue, Brockworth

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court

1010 Pioneer Avenue, Brockworth

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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