Security Officer Oldham
Job description
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond – come and take your place with us. Job overview This is an exciting time to be joining the Estates and Facilities Department at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust as a Security Officer. You will be required to carry out a wide range of security, car parking and occasional portering related duties to set procedures and standards, have the ability to use a degree of initiative whilst maintaining a professional approach at all times. Hours of work will be a 37.5 on a 12 hour shift pattern consisting of days, nights and weekends. This is a relief position there will be a requirement to work across the Royal Oldham, Fairfield Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary hospital sites. Main duties of the job If you are looking for a role where no two days are the same, enjoy working within a fast moving environment, are an enthusiastic hard working team player and have the ability to build and maintain working relationships we would like to hear from you. In line with the Trust's Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, marital status, social background or trade union membership. We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible Working for our organisation Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. The place where the world’s first IVF baby was delivered, Oldham is a town of pioneering firsts. Today, Oldham is responsible for delivering a range of acute and community health services across the local area and at The Royal Oldham Hospital. As a designated major trauma unit for Greater Manchester and one of only three vascular centres in Greater Manchester, Oldham is a specialist hospital for acute surgery and provides state-of-the-art onsite pathology services to the North West. Detailed job description and main responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk Person specification Knowledge, Skills, Essential criteria Working as part of a team or alone Negotiation Skills Able to use initiative. Able to deal with the public, including to deal fairly but firmly with all customers, including those who may be dissatisfied with the service Flexible, able to adapt to a changing job description including workload and work location. To be a good communicator Basic IT keyboard skills Understanding of parking and travel choices. Qualifications Essential criteria Good general education & grades Desirable criteria SIA badges - Front line security or Door Supervisor Qualification SIA Badge - CCTV qualification Other related security qualifications Driving Licence (Full UK) Experience Essential criteria Proven security experience To be customer focused towards all Patient, staff & visitors Desirable criteria Previously worked in a busy NHS environment Previously worked in busy car parking environment Conflict resolution and violence & aggression management We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible. The Northern Care Alliance serves a richly diverse population and our Care Organisations work hard to ensure all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. We respect the value of difference. So our aim is to employ a workforce as representative as possible of this population. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome. If you require reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact the ResourcingTeam to discuss. In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes. Keep up to date with the latest job opportunities and information across the Northern Care Alliance by following us on Twitter and Facebook: @NCACareersNHS Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. 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.
