# Security Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/security-officer/6b41b759-3f0d-4c56-81cc-34fd2ff84dcb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/security-officer/6b41b759-3f0d-4c56-81cc-34fd2ff84dcb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust - **Town:** Nuneaton - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (2 x 7a-7p, 2 x 7p-7a 4 off repeated) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-15T12:43:03.147Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Nuneaton/George_Eliot_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Security_Officer/Security_Officer-v7915394 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7915394?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.geh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview **PLEASE NOTE: This role is not eligible for sponsorship** Security Officer - hours per week (Shift pattern below) Permanent Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum Closing Date: Wednesday 29th July 2026 Interview Date: TBC **This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. ** All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas. A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community – get in touch to find out more #JoinTeamEliot **This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. ** All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas. A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community – get in touch to find out more Shift Pattern: 2 x 7am-7pm and 2 x 7pm-7am  - 4 off repeated ### Main duties of the job To undertake regular foot patrols of the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust in general and the Accident and Emergency Department in particular to: - Deter criminal activity against Trust property, staff, patients and visitors - Reassure staff, patients and visitors that there is a security presence - Detect resolve and report security breaches such as insecure buildings, departments etc - Detect and resolve and report Health and Safety hazards - Detect, resolve and report fire hazards e.g. blocked fire exits escape routes - Provide routing assistance and guidance to patients and visitors - Enforcement of all Trust policies and procedures To provide emergency response to incidents on Trust premises to protect staff patients and visitors from acts of violence or aggression and to protect Trust and staff property Incidents include and are not restricted to: - Assaults on staff - Fighting between patients and visitors - Assisting police and prison service with violent prisoners on hospital premise The preservation of good order on Trust property, including: - The protection of patients, staff, contractors and visitors against violent acts and abuse - The protection of Trust property against loss, theft, damage and waste - The protection of property belonging to patients, staff, visitors and contractors against loss, theft and damage - To help with routine and emergency portering duties when requested as determined by the LSMS and Team Leaders ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Provide covert and overt security presence for wards and departments where there is advance warning of potentially violent behaviour by staff patients and visitors on the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust premises if staff are unable to deal with conflict - To help the Mental Health Liaison Nurse specifically in the Accident and Emergency but also throughout the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust regarding possible violent patients awaiting assessment or sectioning under the Mental Health Act - To carry out lock ups of nominated buildings at the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust at night and to unlock on the morning, ensure that the main entrances are secure at night sand weekends in accordance with local procedures - To work within the security control room to direct other officers in response to incidents on site, calls for assistance and to operate radio communications system, requests for entry (through main doors) to monitor and respond to intruder alarm and personal alarm response (pinpoint) and to ensure that appropriate responses are made. To operate the CCTV system with due regard to: - Code of Practice and procedures - Understanding surveillance and individual roles - Evidence and the law in relation to digital and video recordings - Human rights and civil liberties - Data Protection Act 1998 - Local knowledge - Confidentiality, accountability and privacy The post holder will operate the body worn camera in all calls for assistance to include but are not restricted to: - Incidents of verbal abuse - Incidents of Physical aggression - Persons attempting suicide of self-harm (mental health concerns ) - Car crime - Issuing enforcement notices on motor vehicles for  car parking issues - Incidents of potential child protection issues - Non-compliance with the Trust No smoking policy - Suspicious people To respond to intruder alarm systems activations in buildings and departments in order to: - Investigate cause of intruder alarm activation internal and external search of premises - If false alarm to reset the alarm and secure the building - If any signs of intruders in building to call the police and wait for arrival - If the building is empty but has been burgled or subject to criminal damage call the police and preserve the scene of crime - To obtain authorisation to call out on call department staff and engineers to make good any damage and to secure the building - department as far as reasonably practical - To provide a report to the Local Security Management Specialist ## Person Specification ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to work under busy and demanding conditions - Ability to defuse and manage potential confrontational/ emergency issues when required - Ability to maintain calm and control in difficult situations, minimising panic in others ### Experience and Knowledge **Essential** - Experience of working and communicating clearly with challenging patients/individuals with challenging behaviour - Good organisational skills - Good interpersonal skills and ability/approach to adapt to suit the needs of the person/situation - Demonstrate good knowledge of security environment, the potential risks and threats - Previous experience of working within a customer focused environment **Desirable** - Previous experience of working within a hospital / healthcare environment - Experience of using CCTV systems ### Qualification(s) and Professional Training **Essential** - Basic Numeracy & Literacy Skills to Level 1 or equivalent - Basic IT Skills / Computer literate - MAPA qualified and accredited or willingness to undertake and achieve **Desirable** - Professional security qualifications or licence or minimum 2 years security industry experience ## Documents - [security officer - jd (pdf, 464.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10192549) - [security officer - ps (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10192550) - [security officer - frf (pdf, 648.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10192551) - [functional requirements (pdf, 620.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1934) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.