# Security Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/security-officer/7bea1517-ffb7-42c8-bd31-317aa7f1cfe4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/security-officer/7bea1517-ffb7-42c8-bd31-317aa7f1cfe4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** St James's University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Security officer - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25760.00 to £27476.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-15T13:26:31.760Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9298-26-0958 - **Employer website:** https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary Successful candidates will work alongside our award-winning Security team across a variety of locations in Leeds. This is a challenging but rewarding role protecting staff, visitors and patients as well as property. Responding to fire calls, locking and unlocking duties and assisting to resolve disputes between individuals in a calm and professional manner. This is a demanding and physical role and there is a requirement to wear body armour at all times when on duty. Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy. ### Main duties of the job This is an exciting opportunity to join the Security Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). Our security officers respond to incidents across all NHS LTH sites, providing vital support to staff and ensuring that every area remains safe and secure so teams can deliver excellent care to patients and visitors. You will help ensure departments and facilities are locked and secure, respond to fire calls, and assist in managing and resolving conflict between individuals. In doing so, you will offer a calm, reassuring presence to staff, patients, and visitors at all times. Our skilled security team plays a crucial role in keeping NHS LTH sites running safely and effectively. If youre seeking a highly rewarding role within an essential support service, we encourage you to consider joining our awardwinning team. This is a permanent, full-time position offering successful candidates the opportunity to build on their existing skills, gain valuable experience, and develop new competencies. Applicants must hold a valid SIA Door Supervisor Licence. ### About us The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do. ### Details - Date posted: 15 September 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 3 - Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 002101 - Job locations: Cross Site, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities For questions about this job, contact: Samuel MacGregor Security Operations Manager leedsth-tr.security@nhs.net Shortlisting Date: 28/09/2026 Interview Date: 05/11/2026 Job Summary This is an exciting opportunity to join the Security Team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT). Our security officers respond to incidents across all NHS LTH sites, providing vital support to staff and ensuring that every area remains safe and secure so teams can deliver excellent care to patients and visitors. You will help ensure departments and facilities are locked and secure, respond to fire calls, and assist in managing and resolving conflict between individuals. In doing so, you will offer a calm, reassuring presence to staff, patients, and visitors at all times. Our skilled security team plays a crucial role in keeping NHS LTH sites running safely and effectively. If you’re seeking a highly rewarding role within an essential support service, we encourage you to consider joining our awardwinning team. This is a permanent, full-time position offering successful candidates the opportunity to build on their existing skills, gain valuable experience, and develop new competencies. Applicants must hold a valid SIA Door Supervisor Licence. Why you should join our Team Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest employers in Leeds, employing over 20,000 staff and providing care to 1.6 million patients every year. The Estates and Facilities team keep the Trust's sites running and manage one of the largest estate portfolios across the NHS. With over 2,300 staff, we provide a range of Estates & Facilities management services and ensure our buildings and environments are fit for purpose, clean and safe. Whether we're cleaning wards, maintaining buildings, monitoring environmental impact, providing staff childcare, delivering hot meals to patients, or patrolling our sites, we support the delivery of patient care. Guided by our Leeds Way Values, we are committed to creating the best place to work and being the employer of choice for estates and facilities in the region. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions. What you will bring to the role Successful candidates will work alongside our award-winning Security team across a variety of locations in Leeds. This is a challenging but rewarding role protecting staff, visitors and patients as well as property. Responding to fire calls, locking and unlocking duties and assisting to resolve disputes between individuals in a calm and professional manner. This is a demanding and physical role and there is a requirement to wear body armour at all times when on duty. Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy. About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Our Trust values The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients. We are…. Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind Our Trust priorities Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time Our priorities: People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Display a working knowledge and understanding of service users' needs and requirements. - Ensure that all tasks are carried out in compliance with relevant statutory legislation and local policies and codes of practice by following agreed safe working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working within a customer focused environment ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to read/understand instructions along with verbal instructions - Ability to adapt to change - Maintain effective communication with patients, colleagues in all working areas. - Ability to follow instructions and make judgements at the time of service delivery. - Ability to record any information required for facilities services. - To be flexible and adapt to changes in circumstances which impact on patient care. - To use tact & diplomacy when occasion arises. - To be able to organise workload depending upon priorities. - Be able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team during a serious/ major incident. - Use de-escalation techniques for patients, staff and members of the public who display confrontational and challenging behaviour. The post holder will be required to utilise high level communication skills to calm, persuade and reassure individuals in often emotional or hostile situations. - To work independently with limited supervision. - Ability to read and understand instructions - Capability to undertake strenuous physical tasks ### Qualifications and Licences **Essential** - Current Driving Clean Licence - SIA Door Supervisors License ### Personal Qualities and Behaviour **Essential** - conduct oneself in a polite/professional appearance /manner - Demonstrate the desire to provide a high-quality facilities service. - Be a positive role model for the E&F and wider Trust colleagues. - To maintain high standards of personal hygiene and appearance at all times whilst on duty ### Physical and Working Requirements **Essential** - This job will involve prolonged periods of walking and frequent difficult physical activity and therefore the post holder must be capable of undertaking such duties. - There will be frequent occasions where officers will need to physically restrain people and for prolonged periods of time. - Daily manual lifting and handling of larger, bulky, awkward or heavier items of goods i.e. metal cabinets weighing up to 68kgs. - Services are provided 24 hours per day, 7 days per week therefore the post holder will be required to work a shift rota. - Requirement to work at any Trust managed site across the region, in order to meet the needs of the service. ## Documents - [Job Description (DOC, KB)](https://vacancies.leedsteachinghospitals.jobs/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=3836&JobId=2104) ## 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.