Control Room Operator

North Bristol NHS Trust

The closing date is 27 May 2025

Job summary

Do you aim to deliver exceptional service within a high-performing team? Are you a pro-active team player who enjoys the variety that each day can bring? Join our Security and Parking team ensuring our staff, patients and visitors enjoy a safe environment and a positive experience on our sites.

As a Control Room Operator you will monitor CCTV for safety events, detection of suspicious behaviour and traffic management, conducting scheduled CCTV camera checks. Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain concentration for sustained periods will be essential.

You should display exceptional customer service skills with an excellent telephone manner whilst maintaining a high standard of professionalism and presentation. Remaining calm and professional under pressure during incidents, especially highly stressed and emotive events will be imperative.

Previous security and control room experience is essential.

Benefits include enhancements for antisocial hours, access to the NHS pension scheme and a range of progression opportunities.

You must:

  • hold and maintain valid SIA and SIA CCTV licenses
  • hold a full UK driving license
  • show evidence of control room experience

Main duties of the job

As a control room operator you will act as the central point of contact for the Security and Parking Officers with supervisory responsibility for the day-to-day service and deliverables.

As such you will:

  • monitor CCTV for safety events, detection of suspicious behaviour, traffic management
  • conduct scheduled CCTV camera checks
  • ID access control and carpark permit systems, creation and activation of staff ID passes and access cards
  • take the lead in coordinating the response to incidents on Trust property including undertaking investigations into suspicious behaviours or criminal activities such as theft and anti-social behaviour
  • lead participation in the production of all scheduled NHS staff inductions
  • enhance current security practices and processes
  • work shifts across days, nights, and weekends.

About us

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

Date posted

28 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

339-TA-B4-CROp

Job locations

Southmead Hospital

Southmead Road

Bristol

BS10 5NB


Job description

Job responsibilities

For a full overview of the Job Description, please refer to the PDF Job Description attached as an additional document to this advert.

  • Provide a pro-active, well presented, professional, uniformed security presence for North Bristol Trust.
  • Take the lead in coordinating the response to incidents on Trust property including undertaking investigations into suspicious behaviours or criminal activities such as theft and anti-social behaviour.
  • Monitor CCTV for safety events, detection of suspicious behaviour, traffic management.
  • Conducting scheduled CCTV camera checks.
  • ID access control and carpark permit systems, creation and activation of staff ID passes and access cards.
  • Supervising day-to-day Security & Parking operations, ensuring key deliverables are met and service delivery remains high.
  • Accountable for directing and guiding the team to ensure high standards of operation are maintained. Ensuring that staff complete required duties every shift, all site-specific activities, and taskings as required.
  • Planning all shift activity, assigning of equipment and duties, allocation of staff breaks.
  • Manage and direct the teams response to all incidents and alarms.
  • Acting as primary contact during incidents, alarms, and safety events until emergency services or senior management assume control.
  • Monitoring of all site alarms and systems.
  • Reviewing and securing of incident footage from body worn cameras. Providing feedback and learning points to staff, ensuring that improvements are made where needed.
  • Completion of full, accurate, shift handovers on digital system to oncoming Operators.
  • In the event of a serious incident, responsible for raising escalations on internal systems and ensuring escalation process is followed.
  • Detect and investigate any criminality on Trust property including criminal damage and theft. Investigate and record security incidents in a fair, objective, and professional manner.
  • Central point of contact for fire alarm activations, liaising with Trust Departments and Avon Fire and Rescue Service as appropriate, to minimise the risk to Trust property and those that maybe potentially affected during fire incidents.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a full overview of the Job Description, please refer to the PDF Job Description attached as an additional document to this advert.

  • Provide a pro-active, well presented, professional, uniformed security presence for North Bristol Trust.
  • Take the lead in coordinating the response to incidents on Trust property including undertaking investigations into suspicious behaviours or criminal activities such as theft and anti-social behaviour.
  • Monitor CCTV for safety events, detection of suspicious behaviour, traffic management.
  • Conducting scheduled CCTV camera checks.
  • ID access control and carpark permit systems, creation and activation of staff ID passes and access cards.
  • Supervising day-to-day Security & Parking operations, ensuring key deliverables are met and service delivery remains high.
  • Accountable for directing and guiding the team to ensure high standards of operation are maintained. Ensuring that staff complete required duties every shift, all site-specific activities, and taskings as required.
  • Planning all shift activity, assigning of equipment and duties, allocation of staff breaks.
  • Manage and direct the teams response to all incidents and alarms.
  • Acting as primary contact during incidents, alarms, and safety events until emergency services or senior management assume control.
  • Monitoring of all site alarms and systems.
  • Reviewing and securing of incident footage from body worn cameras. Providing feedback and learning points to staff, ensuring that improvements are made where needed.
  • Completion of full, accurate, shift handovers on digital system to oncoming Operators.
  • In the event of a serious incident, responsible for raising escalations on internal systems and ensuring escalation process is followed.
  • Detect and investigate any criminality on Trust property including criminal damage and theft. Investigate and record security incidents in a fair, objective, and professional manner.
  • Central point of contact for fire alarm activations, liaising with Trust Departments and Avon Fire and Rescue Service as appropriate, to minimise the risk to Trust property and those that maybe potentially affected during fire incidents.

Person Specification

Education/Training/Qualifications

Essential

  • SIA License (DS)
  • SIA CCTV License
  • Full UK Driving License

Work Experience

Essential

  • Minimum 2 years security experience
  • Supervisory or Team Leader experience
  • Control Room experience

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • IT literate and proficient in ICT

Desirable

  • Knowledge of PFI and Shared Spaces
  • Performance Management of staff
  • Knowledge of ACU Management, Door/Barrier Management
Person Specification

Education/Training/Qualifications

Essential

  • SIA License (DS)
  • SIA CCTV License
  • Full UK Driving License

Work Experience

Essential

  • Minimum 2 years security experience
  • Supervisory or Team Leader experience
  • Control Room experience

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • IT literate and proficient in ICT

Desirable

  • Knowledge of PFI and Shared Spaces
  • Performance Management of staff
  • Knowledge of ACU Management, Door/Barrier Management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

North Bristol NHS Trust

Address

Southmead Hospital

Southmead Road

Bristol

BS10 5NB


Employer's website

https://www.nbt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North Bristol NHS Trust

Address

Southmead Hospital

Southmead Road

Bristol

BS10 5NB


Employer's website

https://www.nbt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Operations Coordinator

Christopher Preen

Chris.preen@nbt.nhs.uk

01174143335

Date posted

28 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

339-TA-B4-CROp

Job locations

Southmead Hospital

Southmead Road

Bristol

BS10 5NB


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