Security Officer

Job summary

St George's Hospital in Tooting is seeking suitably experienced individuals to fill security officer posts in its 24/7 security service. You will need to have an understanding of the special character of an NHS security service which is to care for patients and visitors often in pain or distress. In addition you will have a more conventional security role in managing violence, crime reduction and car parking on the hospital site often working closely with the police. This is shift work and shifts are 12 hour shifts. Please read the job description for more information.

You will need to be fully physically fit and able to run to incidents.

You need to have a good understanding of and an ability to communicate in English

You will need a good basic knowledge of IT such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and the use of databases.

All candidates will undergo fitness, literacy and basic IT tests on the recruitment day.

The fitness test will consist of a beep test in the gym (pass mark of 5), 20 press-ups, 20 sit ups and best effort on a squat wall sit.

Women are currently under represented in the team so we would welcome applications from women.

Main duties of the job

To work with the security team to provide a security service that will protect, offer advice, investigate and act to create and maintain a safe and crime-free environment 24 hours aday, 365 days per annum. The security team throughout the Trust are required to balance the needs of the visitors' experience with the security of the premises. Good interpersonal skills with strong oralcommunication are essential. Officers will be required to maintain a high level of personal appearance, be physically fit and able to conduct themselves appropriately in a customer facing role at all times. The ability to work as a team member and to support colleagues in thecompletion of their duties are essential within this role.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.