**PLEASE NOTE: This role is not eligible for sponsorship**
Security Officer
37.5 hours per week (Shift pattern below)
Permanent
Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Closing Date: Wednesday 29th July 2026
Interview Date: TBC
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community – get in touch to find out more
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**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community – get in touch to find out more
Shift Pattern: 2 x 7am-7pm and 2 x 7pm-7am - 4 off repeated
To undertake regular foot patrols of the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust in general and the Accident and Emergency Department in particular to:
Deter criminal activity against Trust property, staff, patients and visitors
Reassure staff, patients and visitors that there is a security presence
Detect resolve and report security breaches such as insecure buildings, departments etc
Detect and resolve and report Health and Safety hazards
Detect, resolve and report fire hazards e.g. blocked fire exits escape routes
Provide routing assistance and guidance to patients and visitors
Enforcement of all Trust policies and procedures
To provide emergency response to incidents on Trust premises to protect staff patients and visitors from acts of violence or aggression and to protect Trust and staff property Incidents include and are not restricted to:
Assaults on staff
Fighting between patients and visitors
Assisting police and prison service with violent prisoners on hospital premise
The preservation of good order on Trust property, including:
The protection of patients, staff, contractors and visitors against violent acts and abuse
The protection of Trust property against loss, theft, damage and waste
The protection of property belonging to patients, staff, visitors and contractors against loss, theft and damage
To help with routine and emergency portering duties when requested as determined by the LSMS and Team Leaders
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘ excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
E ffective Open Communication
e x cellence and safety in everything we do
C hallenge but support
E xpect respect and dignity
L ocal health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme – find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme
Provide covert and overt security presence for wards and departments where there is advance warning of potentially violent behaviour by staff patients and visitors on the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust premises if staff are unable to deal with conflict
To help the Mental Health Liaison Nurse specifically in the Accident and Emergency but also throughout the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust regarding possible violent patients awaiting assessment or sectioning under the Mental Health Act
To carry out lock ups of nominated buildings at the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust at night and to unlock on the morning, ensure that the main entrances are secure at night sand weekends in accordance with local procedures
To work within the security control room to direct other officers in response to incidents on site, calls for assistance and to operate radio communications system, requests for entry (through main doors) to monitor and respond to intruder alarm and personal alarm response (pinpoint) and to ensure that appropriate responses are made.
To operate the CCTV system with due regard to:
Code of Practice and procedures
Understanding surveillance and individual roles
Evidence and the law in relation to digital and video recordings
Human rights and civil liberties
Data Protection Act 1998
Local knowledge
Confidentiality, accountability and privacy
The post holder will operate the body worn camera in all calls for assistance to include but are not restricted to:
Incidents of verbal abuse
Incidents of Physical aggression
Persons attempting suicide of self-harm (mental health concerns )
Car crime
Issuing enforcement notices on motor vehicles for car parking issues
Incidents of potential child protection issues
Non-compliance with the Trust No smoking policy
Suspicious people
To respond to intruder alarm systems activations in buildings and departments in order to:
Investigate cause of intruder alarm activation internal and external search of premises
If false alarm to reset the alarm and secure the building
If any signs of intruders in building to call the police and wait for arrival
If the building is empty but has been burgled or subject to criminal damage call the police and preserve the scene of crime
To obtain authorisation to call out on call department staff and engineers to make good any damage and to secure the building - department as far as reasonably practical
To provide a report to the Local Security Management Specialist
