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Job summary

Main area
Estates and Facilities
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
319-6338428LW-A
Employer
Northumbria Healthcare - NHFM (Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management)
Employer type
Private Sector
Site
Northumbria Specialist Emergency care Hospital
Town
Cramlington
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Northumbria Healthcare - NHFM (Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management) logo

Head Security Guard

NHS AfC: Band 5

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services for all of Northumbria Healthcare Trust’s sites.

Come and work for us and we can offer you:

  • Competitive rates of pay
  • Enhanced rates of pay for working evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays
  • Favourable employment terms and conditions – we mirror NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions (https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook) which includes up to 33 days annual leave + bank holidays per year, generous maternity and paternity leave provisions, occupational sick pay, and much more
  • NHS Pension Scheme
  • Career development opportunities
  • Fantastic staff benefits including car lease, home electronics, cycle to work and childcare schemes, priority access to vaccinations, physiotherapy, counselling, among many more
  • A great employee experience - we score very highly on our employee satisfaction metrics

Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us.

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Job overview

The Security departments at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provide a variety of services to patients and departments, maintaining a safe environment for patients and staff, the provision of a high quality, efficient customer orientated Security service and compliance with the Trust Patient Confidentiality Policy.

The aim of the service is to assist the Hotel Services Officer to provide an effective, reliable and responsible security service throughout the 24-hour period in a comprehensive, safe and timely manner to the Trusts’ patients, visitors and staff.

Main duties of the job

To provide an efficient and effective service responsible for providing a uniformed specialist service. Ensuring that patients, visitors and staff are given advice and provided with a safe and secure environment in line with legislation, regulation, Trust policies and procedures and particularly in emergency situations. This will include communication with emergency services/teams.

Protect people and property, detecting and preventing crime including operating and controlling an access control, CCTV and key control systems. Undertake full range of Car Park duties and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

NHFM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Established in 2012, NHFM provide specialist project management services for large and small capital developments, estates maintenance and a full range of facilities services. Carrying out facilities management for a state-of-the-art specialist emergency care hospital - The Northumbria, three general hospitals - North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham hospitals - and a number of smaller community hospitals and clinic sites, we cover one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. 

Work for us and you will be making a real difference to the NHS and the thousands of people who use our services each year. Visit our website www.nhfm.co.uk for more information about who we are and benefits of working for us. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The aim of the service is to assist the Hotel Services Officer to provide an effective, reliable and responsible security service throughout the 24-hour period in a comprehensive, safe and timely manner to the Trusts’ patients, visitors and staff.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the
creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • General education
Desirable criteria
  • Management course

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Substantial experience working in a General Hospital environment.
  • Experience and management of CCTV Operations
  • Significant experience as a Charge Hand Security Guard
  • Conflict resolution/physical intervention techniques.
  • Keyboard skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining ExcellenceHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Chris Campbell
Job title
Soft Services Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07813362985
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