Job summary
- Main area
- Estates and Facilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 394-CORP-8333456NO
- Employer
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Hillingdon
- Salary
- £30,630 - £32,346 Per Annum inc HCAA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/10/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 02/11/2026
Employer heading
Security Officer - Permanent Flexible Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
Once a sufficient number of applications have been received the vacancy may be closed prior to the published closing down date.
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Job overview
The Security Section exists for the safety of all staff, patients, and visitors to the Hospital site.
To be responsible for monitoring the CCTV System, responding to all alarms within the Hospital and responding to duress calls made by members of the Hospital staff, patients and visitors. To deal with any aggressive patients/visitors as necessary. To be responsible for parking on the site, providing directions to visitors, searching for patients missing from the wards, assisting confused patients back to their wards and helping Hospital staff moving patients around the site where appropriate.
Main duties of the job
- To maintain a safe environment for staff, patients and visitors within the Hospital and grounds, and the protection of all Hospital assets
- To respond promptly to incidents and emergencies within the Hospital site
- To provide documentation, reports and liaise with outside agencies such as the Police
- To establish and maintain effective working relationships with all wards, departments, and outside agencies with which the Security Team comes into contact
- To collect evidence for the Police using Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as required
- To represent the Hillingdon Hospital in Court, giving evidence in any cases that are involved with theft, violence or damage to Hospital property, staff, patients, or visitors
- To escort staff, cash and patients’ property around the Hospital on a regular basis
- To regularly monitor the car parks and issue parking tickets to staff, patients, and visitors when necessary
- Issue keys to Hospital departments as necessary.
- To produce and issue ID/Access Cards, maintaining electronic database records
Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Person Spec
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE or equivalent in English and Mathematics
- Basic Computer Skills
- Experience of working in the security sector
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the NHS security sector
- Is able to utilise CCTV, Fire and Safety systems to maintain the security and integrity of the Trust
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Veejay Patel
- Job title
- Security Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929797389
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