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Location
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 per annum PLUS enhancements
Profession
Administrative and IT
Grade
Band 3
Deadline
17 Nov 2024
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
04 Nov 2024

Job overview

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust are seeking mature, honest, enthusiastic, hardworking and committed individuals, who are able to work in a team and as an individual on own initiative. You will be complimenting existing security teams based in the busy environment of the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton and the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath. You will be required to perform duties within all premises in University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. You must be capable of protecting staff, patients and visitors and dealing with untoward incidents. Ideally you will have experience of dealing with the public in a customer orientated environment and be of a calm, sympathetic nature whilst maintaining an authoritative manner. Some control room duties will be required.

Main duties of the job

You will come into contact with difficult, aggressive and sometimes violent individuals as well as patients and visitors. You will be given formal training in Conflict management & Physical Intervention Techniques. A degree of physical and mental robustness is required.

If you have any doubts about your physical abilities or any health problems that will make you more liable to physical or mental harm you should consider carefully whether to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Essential requirements for this role are good communication skills, good understanding of written and spoken English, staying calm under pressure and being able to sustain lengthy periods of concentration.

Full training will be provided but experience of working in Security in a Healthcare or Higher Education establishment would be advantageous.

Applicants must possess a full clean manual car driving license, desirably for a minimum of 2 years.  Hours of work will be as required, but based on a 37.5 hour week pro rota, rostered duties will include 12 hour shifts at weekends, nights and bank holidays.

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