Operational Security Grade | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,760 - £27,476 Plus R&R at £3,025 per annum - Reviewable in 2028 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 July 2026 |
| Location: | Maghull, L31 1HW |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8016718/350-SC8016718 |
Summary
We are inviting applications for Band 3 Operational Security Grade for the High Secure Services Security Department. 2 Posts.
This is for front of house/reception duties. The purpose of the role is to undertake a range of duties in support of the security requirements of the Hospital.
To work within an area of high security were there are service users with a known violent, criminal, or dangerous propensity that require care in High security Conditions.
The Security Department provides a hospital wide service ensuring all aspects of Procedural, Dynamic and Passive security systems are in place, operationalised, maintained and regularly updated. This ensures the delivery of effective patient care is balanced with the hospital’s statutory requirements to maintain a safe and secure environment for staff, patients and the public.
The hospital’s passive security systems are divided into a number of functional areas. These cover all aspects of hospital security; staff main entrance reception, visitor processing, security maintenance, control room operations.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please refer to the attached job descriptionand person specification for full details and requirements of the role.
This advert closes on Monday 8 Jun 2026