Security Team Leader Main Duties and Responsibilities Risk Management Confidentiality Health & Safety Equal Opportunities

To manage the daily operations of the King's College Hospital security team, ensuring they provide a high profile, visible uniformed presence to the general public and the hospital's patients & staff thereby providing positive reassurance to all persons. Fulfilling all duties and ensuring the team perform to agreed standards in accordance with the Trust's policies and to be primarily employed on the Denmark Hill campus working a twenty-four hour shift based roster., 1. Your primary duty is to manage the Security operations, ensuring the safety and security of all persons and properties at King's College Hospital, promoting public reassurance and reducing the fear of crime by providing a high profile visible uniformed presence.
2. To be responsible for the management, supervision and administration of security staff including: appraisals, attendance sheets, sickness / absence records, disciplinary investigations, training and the implementation of the Trust's policies and procedures. Conducting a daily handover of information.
3. To co-ordinate all staff duties, ensuring that any staff absence is covered and that staff patrol and provide escorts as directed, whilst delegating additional tasks as necessary. Utilising leadership and problem solving skills to make decisions that may conflict with medical or senior staff.
4. To respond to any security incident within an agreed time frame and to attend at medical emergencies to provide support to medical staff, including the use of reasonable force, if necessary.
5. To liaise with all Emergency Services and the Trust's Work's Department to assist them as necessary in pursuit of their duties.
6. To co-ordinate and work as part of the Fire Response Team, liaising with other departments and the Fire Brigade as appropriate.
7. To manage and staff the hospital's Security Control Room, monitoring all alarms within, as well as monitoring the CCTV cameras. Ensuring all equipment is operational and that faults are reported immediately. To compile and update the Standard Operating Procedures for the Service.
8. To use designated powers & policies when intervening at incidents, whilst deterring, and preventing crime and other anti-social behaviour. To undertake, as appropriate, necessary tasks and risks associated in restraining/detaining individuals.
9. To promote a pro-security culture within the Trust so that patient's and staff accept responsibility for this issue. Whilst ensuring that where security incidents/breaches do occur that they are detected and reported. To actively seek information/intelligence associated with criminal offences committed and to identify suspects and trends.
10. To investigate and monitor ongoing staff investigations into security incidents/breaches in a fair, objective and professional manner so that the appropriate sanctions are taken and consideration of preventive action takes place.
11. To manage the hospitals car parking systems and to enforce the Trust's parking policies, including PCNs where appropriate. Ensuring all car park monies are collected and counted on a regular basis, whilst calculating cash till revenue on a daily basis and depositing for collection; often handling amounts of up to £15,000.
12. As required, to attend court and give evidence in relation to any incident that is within the post holder's personal knowledge or in which the post holder has any involvement.
13. To ensure that all Health & Safety requirements are met and maintained and to actively pursue and reinforce the Trust's policies in relation to Equal Opportunities and diversity legislation.
14. To comply with the Trust and local security policies.
15. To take additional responsibilities in the absence of a Security Manager and justify any management decisions made.
16. To support risk Management for the Directorate and the Trust by identifying, implementing maintaining controls, contingencies and action.

Risk Management
To support and contribute to risk management for the Directorate and the Trust by identifying, implementing and maintaining controls, contingencies and actions.
All staff have a responsibility to report all clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly and when requested to co-operate with any investigation undertaken.

Confidentiality
During the course of your employment you may have access to, see or hear information of a confidential nature and you are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
In order to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 you must not at any time use personal data held by either Trust for any unauthorised purpose or disclosure such as data to a third party.
You must not make any disclosure to any unauthorised person or use any confidential information relating to the business affairs of the Trusts, unless expressly authorised to do so by the Trust.

Health & Safety
The post holder must co-operate with Management in discharging its responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and well being and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.
Infection Control
The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.

Equal Opportunities
You are at all times required to carry out your responsibilities with due regard to the Trust's Equal Opportunities Policy and to ensure that staff receive equal treatment throughout their employment with the Trust.
General Conditions
You will be expected to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.
This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder. You may be required to carry out other duties which are felt to be reasonable and in accordance with the grade of the post. The post holder will be expected to undertake any relevant training to acquire the specific and core competencies determined for the post.

King's College Hospital has an exciting opportunity to join their Security Department. We are seeking a highly motivated individual to lead one of our four Operational Security Teams. The successful candidate will be looking at developing their existing supervisory skills and will be expected to proactively contribute, sometimes in a very demanding environment. We have one Security Shift Leader post available, to work a 24/7 shift pattern which attracts a salary of between £37461 - £45603 dependent on experience and abilities. Plus Inner London HCAS of 20%.
You should ideally have experience of working in a supervisory capacity and in a security type role, with an understanding of CCTV, access control and various alarm systems, etc. You must be physically fit with good communication skills, along with the personality and experience to relate to people in all situations. You will be expected to exercise control and restraint techniques, for which full training will be provided.
If you feel you can meet the challenges of working at King's, and can provide the very highest standards of service, we'd like to hear from you. We encourage applications from female applicants.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley., King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible., + Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust's criminal records checking policy
+ All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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