BANK Hospital Safety Officer

EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST, Queenstown, Blackpool

BANK Hospital Safety Officer

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EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST, Queenstown, Blackpool

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 13 Dec | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 91248eea262c4d778eb431afe7a397cd

Full Job Description

Please note, although this role is being advertised by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, it will transfer to OneLSC a Corporate Collaboration hosted by East Lancashire Hospitals Trust. There are no plans to change the location of the role. Do you enjoy teamwork; thrive on challenge and supporting patient, staff and public safety. Then we would like you to join our Hospital Safety Team. The post holders will provide relief security cover within the security team, responding appropriately to staff, patients and members of the public., To provide a professional security service that will protect, advise, investigate when needed and to act in the creation and maintenance of a safe and crime free environment for staff, patients and visitors. To ensure that staff, patients and visitors are assisted, at all times and in any appropriate matters, in a manner that reflects positively on the Trust and the service. The post holder will need to be alert to their surroundings at all times and show a capability to "think on their feet" and make independent decisions unsupervised, to situations that evolve quickly and often without any warning, they must be able to remain calm under pressure be decisive and, where required, be assertive with compassion. The post holder may be called upon by staff to provide advice on crime reduction, personal safety concerns or provide assistance in any number of situations through to giving directions to members of the public.

Candidates must demonstrate a willingness to be flexible and work as part of a team; must be physically fit to perform the duties and have experience in a security service environment. Good assertion skills, good customer care skills, effective written and verbal communication skills are essential. The successful applicant should also have experience of working with the general public. Applicant's will be required to have the SIA certification or Prison/Police/Military equivalent in control and restraint., Candidates must demonstrate a willingness to be flexible and work as part of a team; must be physically fit to perform the duties and have experience in a security service environment. Good assertion skills, good customer care skills, effective written and verbal communication skills are essential. The successful applicant should also have experience of working with the general public.

One LSC stands for 'One Lancashire and South Cumbria' because there is one team serving Lancashire and South Cumbria in a joined-up way. It is run by the five Trusts as a collaborative partnership. The Trusts that make up One LSC are:

  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
  • The core principles of One LSC are: by bringing services more closely together we can deliver the best service possible, eliminate duplication, ensure value for money, work across different organisations to benefit from being able to share common systems and processes.