Security Officer | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,383 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 5JL |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6305854/432-HR296-24 |
Summary
We are looking for a friendly, reliable and responsive Security Officer to come and join us.
You must be flexible and be able to work as part of a team in order to be able to deal with patients, staff and visitors in a pleasant and co-operative manner. You will ensure the safety of patients and staff within the hospital/on ward areas by providing support to clinical teams.
We are committed to supporting your learning and career potential. We will provide you with a great learning and supportive environment to allow you to develop your skills and career.
Please note, you will be required to work a full shift pattern which includes nights and weekend working.
ESNEFT is undergoing a transitional phase which may result in the outsourcing of Soft FM services to another provider from April 2025. Successful candidates will commence on ENSEFT terms and conditions before transferring employment to the new employer. Terms and conditions will largely remain unchanged upon employment transfer.
· To provide and maintain a highly effective and efficient Security service to patients, staff and visitors of the Hospital Trust.
· To carry out regular patrols within the hospital building structure and to record the patrols.
· To be alert and diligent to any potential security risk, and alert staff to any such risk.
· To be responsible for ensuring that all access points to the hospital are secured in accordance with the Hospital Trust.
· To respond immediately to all alarms activated by any security or warning system, or any requests for assistance within the hospital. At all times the site of any alarm should be attended within the agreed times.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 27 May 2024