Security and Portering Service Lead

NHS; Winchester; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000

Job description

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).

The post holder will manage and deliver Security and Portering services within the Trust. As a member of the Facilities management team, the post holder will be required to support the facilities management business plan through the operational delivery of Security and Portering services and assist the Head of Security and Portering to enable them to deliver these services.

They will ensure the Trust achieves compliance with its legal requirements in relation to CCTV and security matters as deemed necessary by the Head of Security & Portering and provide operational advice on how to improve security awareness and systems at all Trust properties.

Main duties of the job

• Provide security and Portering advice within the Trust to staff to ensure the Trust meets its statutory obligations in respect to Security management and Portering standards.
• Ensure resourcing levels are maintained, supporting patient-focused delivery, and reducing risk to the Trust.
• Support the Trust objective to reduce and address violence and aggression against staff in accordance with national frameworks.
• Review security and portering incidents in a fair, objective, and professional manner.
• Respond to and where necessary investigate incident reports received through the Trust incident management tool (Datix).
• Develop, maintain and review Business Continuity arrangements for security and Portering services.
• Review incidents which have required the use of restraint by security and/or Portering staff to manage an incident.
• Support the maintenance and development of the Trust's security systems (CCTV and Access Control).
• Ensure Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are created, reviewed, and maintained in line with Trust policy.
• Ensure staff remain in date with all training requirements.
• Maintain channels of communication with staff, to include 1-2-1s and Team meetings to ensure staff are fully engaged.
• Manage recruiting and probationary reviews to ensure resources are maintained and operating at the highest levels.

Undertake other projects or other duties and responsibilities as may be required.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement, and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represents the interests of their constituencies and influences the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• Good Level of Education to A-Level or Equivalent
• Operational understanding of Security Management
• Knowledge of CCTV (ICO 12 guiding principles) and security systems
• Full Driving Licence
• Specialist security management training or experience.
• Breakaway and conflict resolution training

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of supervising multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of developing, implementing, and reviewing procedures
• Evidence of adapting to operational changes
• 3 years' experience working in the NHS or a public sector organisation

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to manage a large team
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels of staff groups within the Trust structures
• Evidence of multi-tasking and prioritisation of workload
• Demonstrate performing under pressure

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.

Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata