Security & Parking Officer | North Bristol NHS Trust

Our Security and Parking team are seeking pro‑active team players with experience of dealing with members of the public. Transferrable skills from hospitality backgrounds would be considered alongside current security experience or those with a police or military background. You will conduct patrols, respond to incidents, write reports, and enforce the site traffic policy. IT literacy and digital competence will be necessary for receiving and reporting on handheld devices. Your ability to connect and quickly build rapport with individuals to diffuse and deescalate complex situations will ensure our staff, patients and visitors enjoy a safe environment and a positive experience on our sites.Your ability to communicate clearly with calm confidence will be vital in managing potential confrontations. The ability to put people at ease and make calm, quick, justified decisions with autonomy will be crucial as you may be interacting with individuals with mental health difficulties, dependency, learning difficulties or who are distressed or confused.Benefits include enhancements for antisocial hours, access to the NHS pension scheme and a range of progression opportunities.Requirementsdemonstrate previous experience in a security rolehold a full UK driving licencebe able to undertake the physical and mental demands of the rolePrevious applicants need not apply.Applicants who are invited to interview must be able to attend in person.Responsibilities and Dutiesrespond to incidents on Trust property including undertaking investigations into suspicious behaviours or criminal activities such as theft and anti‑social behaviourprovide a security presence to support clinical staff, attending clinical incidents to provide support and assistance to clinical staffprotect Trust property from malicious damage and theft promoting a safe, positive environment to reduce the potential for crimeaccurately record every incident, gathering all relevant information, and completing detailed reportscommunicate clearly and effectively with the ability to listen and empathiseon a rotational basis, maintain an effective security presence in the Emergency Department (ED) areas, promptly intercepting poor behaviours and ensuring the ED patient service is not impacted or disruptedassist with fire alarm evacuationsuphold and enforce the Trust Parking policyrespond to every incident with a high sense of urgency, including alarms, violence & aggression and other significant eventssupport clinical staff in detaining patients under the Mental Health Act 2007 and Mental Capacity Act 2005, including lawful use of clinical holding and restraint where necessaryensure the safety, security and welfare of Trust staff, patients and others, and promote a safe, positive environment to reduce crimedetect and investigate any criminality on Trust property, keeping a record in pocket notebooks of each incident attendedcomplete specialist training for safer clinical holding and restraint where requiredconduct the required amount of internal and external patrols every shift, completing site‑specific activities and taskings as requiredassist with car park cash collections from pay and display machines, issue parking charge notices out of hours, and support car park closures and traffic managementensure all national and local Health & Safety requirements are met and reported, and pursue the Trust's policies in relation to Equal Opportunities and Diversity Legislationsupport risk management for the Division and the Trust by identifying risks or opportunities, implementing, and maintaining existing controls, contingencies, and actions, and reporting uncontrolled risk to Security managementThe position is full‑time, working 37.5 hours per week with shift patterns on a rota basis including days, nights, and weekends.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 under‑represented groups.For a full overview of the Job Description, please refer to the PDF Job Description attached as an additional document to this advert.This advert closes on Monday 29 Dec 2025. #J-18808-Ljbffr