Head of Security - Oldham, United Kingdom - Northern Care Alliance NHS Group

Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
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Oldham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job overview:


Job Title:
Head of Security

Salary/Band: 8a

Speciality:
Security

Care Organisation:
NCA - Group wide role

Contract type and hours:
Permanent, 37.5hrs per week, Hrs TBC

Main duties of the job:


The Head of Security shall provide professional skills and expertise to tackle security management issues across a range of proactive measures & reactive action; ensuring high quality local delivery.

They will have responsibility for compliance with security standards across the Trust including retained staff and/or external provision.


Working for our organisation:


The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.

Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.


As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners.

We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility.

The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction.

By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website


Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

  • The post-holder will ensure that the security services meet the highest level of performance standards and delivery, providing effective services to protect life, property, Trust assets and staff/patients.
  • The postholder will ensure CQC Health & Social Care Act & Regulations in relation to premises, equipment and patient and staff property are adhered to across their sites.
  • The postholder will contribute to the work of the wider Capital, Estates & Facilities Management team, providing operational and organisational support.
  • Through the Trust Security management team, ensure the service delivered meets agreed SLA/ KPI's and provides a patient centred approach.
  • The post holder is responsible for associated contract management, ensuring appropriate thirdparty liaisons for services connected or directly managed under Trust Security, inclusive of technical systems and operational services.
  • The postholder will be expected to assist with the development of other divisional strategies across the Trust in relation to security or represent Estates & Facilities division as a point of expertise in Trust wide operational task force groups or policy documents.
  • The postholder will produce the Trust's annual security plan for approval by the General Manager Estates and Facilities Group Technical Lead and the Deputy Director of Capital, Estates & Facilities.
  • The postholder will provide professional advice to staff, departments, and the Trust, on best practice in security and support the Trust and staff alike, in seeking and progressing successful prosecutions from criminal activities conducted within the Trust.
  • The postholder will be the Trust lead in interaction and point of contact with Greater Manchester Police and local Counter-Terrorist Security Advisors, to ensure the Trust receives the latest information and guidance in enforcing a safe and secure environment with protection against criminal and terrorist activity.
  • The post holder will ensure capital development schemes and refurbishments, receive appropriate and timely advice and support, covering all respective needs from a security perspective.
  • The postholder will carry out Security Risk Assessments within the framework of the Trust's risk assessment process, to identify strengths and weakness throughout the Trust, that could affect the safety of staff, patients and visitors, the protection of property and assets; and how these impacts on operations, and formulate action plans for improvement, and work with the Risk Management Team to ensure a consistent approach to risk management.
  • The postholder will be acquainted with general technological developments in the security services and related technologies, as well as current practices, on matters which may affect or be beneficial to the area of work for which they are responsible, actively keeping abreast of NHS developments and changes within the industry
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