Security Officer
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Full Time, 3 month fixed term (40.25 hours per week) Includes weekends. Shift pattern: 4 on 4 off 6am - 6pm
£ 25,836.21 per annum plus benefits (plus night shift enhancements)
Here at Serco, we are looking for experienced Security Officers to join our team at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital puts its patients at the heart of everything they do. The Hospital cares for the people of Norfolk, north Suffolk and further afield, providing almost one million out-patient appointments, day case procedures and in-patient admissions every year. The hospital has 1,200 beds and state-of-the art facilities and works closely with the University of East Anglia to train health professionals and have a strong focus on research.
Main Accountabilities
As a Security Officer you will deliver a helpful and professional front of house service, providing a polite, efficient and compassionate service to patients, visitors and staff. You will offer a security presence at the hospital, carrying out reactive and proactive duties. You will act as first line response to violent and aggressive incidents, investigating reports of theft and producing written reports for all security related incidents. You will provide a proactive approach to crime prevention, by way of physically patrolling the Hospital site and use of installed security systems and offer crime prevention advice to all users of the Hospital.
This is an incredibly important role within the Hospital as you are ensuring that patients, staff and visitors feel and are kept safe at all times. You must contribute in a team approach with the police on investigations of thefts, criminal acts or bomb threats, attend court to assist authorities in legal cases and ensure fire safety checks are maintained in accordance with the fire safety policy.
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