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Job summary

Main area
Security
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
275-2504SO-3
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Maritime Hospital
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£24,625 - £25,674 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/04/2025 23:59

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Medway NHS Foundation Trust logo

Security Officer

Band 3

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Security Officer

Care Group: Estates & Facilities

Band: 3

Salary: £24,625 - £25,674 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: 7th/8th May 2025 

We are recruiting for a Security Officer who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the Medway Maritime Hospital security team providing a high profile, visible uniformed presence to the general public and the hospital’s patients and staff thereby providing positive reassurance to all persons.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

The post is Band three, but attracts enhancements for unsocial hours and weekend working as part of a rostered shift pattern.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Your primary duty is to ensure the safety and security of all persons and properties at Medway Maritime Hospital, and to promote a safe environment and reduce the fear of crime by providing a high profile visible presence.

To enforce all policies and procedures of the Medway Maritime Hospital.

To carry out patrols and provide escorts as requested.

To undertake cash lifts ensuring that all departmental procedures are followed and PPE is worn.

To respond to any security incident within an agreed time frame, including the use of reasonable force, if necessary and in line with Trust policy, law and legislation.

When responding to an incident officers are required to seek clinical advice where available.

To work as part of the Fire Response & Major incident teams, liaising with other departments and the Fire Brigade as appropriate and in line with trust policies. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • High Standard of Education

Other Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Full clean UK/EU driving licence with D1/D1E entitlement

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Mental capacity and deprivation of liberty (DOLs)
  • Security systems i.e. CCTV, Alarms, access control
  • General Law, to include criminal and common and associated legislation and acts

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable experience working within the Security industry, or associated organisations
  • Working with the general public
  • Customer Care

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?

SIA License

Essential criteria
  • Holds Valid Licence or Working Towards

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into health

Applicant requirements

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.

Application numbers

Please note this vacancy may close early if the number of applications is met.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tony Kinnear
Job title
Head of Security
Email address
[email protected]
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