Security Officer

Job summary

Join Our Security Team - Make a Difference Every Day

We are seeking apassionate, enthusiastic, motivated, and dedicated individualto join ourhigh-performing, proactive security team. If you're looking for a role where you can contribute to creating a safe and welcoming environment for staff, patients, and visitors, we want to hear from you.

About the RoleAs a Security Officer, you will deliver acomprehensive 24/7 frontline security serviceacross our Trust sites. You'll play a key role in:

• Preventing and detecting crime and anti-social behaviour
• Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of patients, staff, and visitors
• Protecting Trust property and assets
• Responding promptly to all security and fire alerts

You will be primarily based at one of the Trust's hospitals, with occasional duties at the other site as required.

No prior security experience is necessary- full, comprehensive training will be provided to the right candidate.

What We're Looking ForWe're looking for someone who:

• Takes pride in delivering high standards
• Works well as part of a team
• Communicates effectively and professionally
• Is committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment

Main duties of the job

Your main duties will include the protection of our patients, staff and visitors. you will assist in the prevention of crime, conduct proactive patrols of the internal and external sites, securing buildings, general car park duties and respond to emergency incidents, this will include fire alarms and challenging patients and members of the public.

You will have a professional and logical approach to your work, showing initiative and have a can do attitude.

This is a challenging and rewarding role and be able to work under pressure and keep calm in challenging situations.

This is a full time position, working contracted hours of 37.5 hours per week with a holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus an additional 8 bank holidays.

You will be working at both Preston and Chorley Hospital sites, working a 4 on 4 off rotating shift pattern covering all operational hours across both sites when needed.This will include nights and weekends.

Unsociable and weekend enhancement are paid when these are worked.

As a band 3 officer working this pattern, you will be expected to obtain earnings of up to £33k with the opportunity for working over time on an ad hoc basis.

About us

We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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