Security Officer

About this role

For further information about this role, please email Adam Hare (Security Officer) via midyorks.infrastructurevacancycontrol@nhs.net

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Join Our Dedicated Security Team Security Officer

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a committed, professional, and customer focused Security Officer to become an integral part of our 24 hour Security Team.

You will play a key role in ensuring the safety and security of our staff, patients, visitors, and property across the Trust's sites, including hospital wards, car parks, and outlying buildings. This is a rewarding opportunity to work within a healthcare environment where your contribution directly supports patient care and staff wellbeing.

Shift Information

• Standard shift pattern: 2 days, 2 nights, 4 days off.
• 12-hour shifts.
• Shift pattern is currently under review and may be subject to change.
• Flexibility is essential, including the ability to:
• Work across various hospital sites.
• Covers shifts during periods of annual leave and staff absence.
• Adapt to operational requirements as needed.

Why Join Us?

As a Security Officer with Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, you will be part of a professional team dedicated to protecting our people, premises, and services. In return, you'll have the opportunity to work in a supportive healthcare environment where your skills and experience help make a difference every day.

If you have the required SIA licences, security experience, and a strong commitment to customer service, we would welcome your application.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Main duties

• Maintain a safe and secure environment across Trust premises.
• Conduct routine patrols of hospital wards, grounds, and external facilities.
• Respond effectively to security incidents, emergencies, and alarms.
• Monitor and operate CCTV systems in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
• Manage access control and assist with investigations when required.
• Provide a visible and reassuring security presence for staff, patients, and visitors.
• Deliver excellent customer service and support across all areas of the Trust.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Qualifications

Essential person specifications

• SIA Front Line Licence (Level 2)
• SIA (PSS) CCTV Licence

Experience

• Previous experience within a security environment
• Previous experience in a customer facing environment

Skills And Abilities

• Fit to perform the duties of the post
• The ability to collate/produce clear and concise professional reports
• Able to follow written and oral instructions
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Ability to prioritise a demanding workload
• Able to carry out dynamic risk assessments (ie when attending incidents)

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

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Our Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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