The position is full time working 37.5 hours per week with shift patterns on a rota basis including days, nights, and weekends.

Working for our organisation

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full overview of the Job Description, please refer to the PDF Job Description attached as an additional document to this advert.

• Provide a pro-active, well presented, professional, uniformed security presence for North Bristol Trust.
• Take the lead responding to incidents on Trust property including undertaking investigations into suspicious behaviours or criminal activities such as theft and anti-social behaviour.
• Remaining calm and professional under pressure during incidents, especially highly stressed and emotive events.
• Be ready to respond to every incident, always being prepared in case of alarm activations, violence & aggression, and other significant events. Responding to all security incidents with a high sense of urgency.
• Where called upon to support clinical staff, assist with the detention of patients under the Mental Health Act 2007 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Provide a security presence to support clinical staff. Attend clinical incidents to provide support and assistance to clinical staff including, where necessary, the appropriate and lawful use of clinical holding and physical restraint.
• Ensure the safety, security and welfare of Trust staff, patients, and others. Protect Trust property from malicious damage and theft. Promote a safe, positive environment to reduce the potential for crime.
• Accurately record every incident, gather all relevant information, and complete detailed reports.
• On a rotational basis, maintain an effective security presence in the Emergency Department (ED) areas, promptly intercepting poor behaviours and ensuring the ED patient service is not impacted or disrupted.
• Detect and investigate any criminality on Trust property including criminal damage and theft. Investigate and record security incidents in a fair, objective, and professional manner. Keep an up-to-date record in pocket notebooks of each incident attended.
• Complete specialist training for safer clinical holding and restraint where clinical support is required.
• Conduct the required amount of internal and external patrols every shift, completing site-specific activities and taskings as required.
• Assist with fire alarm evacuations, liaising with Trust Departments and Avon Fire and Rescue Service as appropriate, to minimise the risk to Trust property and those that maybe potentially affected during fire incidents.
• Uphold and enforce the Trust Parking policy. To assist with car park cash collections from pay and display machines, including use of Security & Parking vehicle. Issuing parking charge notices out of hours.
• Assist with car park closures, bay closures, and support with traffic management as required.
• To ensure that all national and local Health & Safety requirements are met and maintained, to report all health and safety breeches and/or near misses as per the Trust Adverse Incident Reporting policy, whilst actively pursuing and reinforcing the Trust's policies in relation to Equal Opportunities and Diversity Legislation.
• To support risk management for the Division and the Trust by identifying risks or opportunities, implementing, and maintaining existing controls, contingencies, and actions. Reporting all uncontrolled risk to Security management

Person specification

Education/Training/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• SIA License
• NVQ Level 2 Customer Service or equivalent
• GCSE or higher for English Language (spoken and written)

Desirable criteria

• CCTV license

Personal Qualities/Special Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Honest, Trustworthy, and Credible
• High integrity and good judgement
• A real team player
• Excellent attendance and punctuality
• Excellent communicator and people skills

Work Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum 2 years security experience
• Experience dealing with public
• Working for a large organisation

Desirable criteria

• Police or military experience

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

• IT literate and proficient in ICT
• Hold a valid UK Driving License
• Making effective decisions under pressure
• To be able to write and maintain accurate reports

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge. The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers. BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview. If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system. The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system. By applying for this post, you are agreeing to Bristol NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will