Security Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
Join the security team at Royal Cornwall Hospital to ensure a safe and trouble-free experience for patients and visitors. This role involves providing support and protection to medical and nursing staff, especially in challenging situations. You will need excellent communication skills, IT literacy, and the ability to handle physically and mentally demanding tasks, including conflict management and physical intervention. The position requires working a rotational shift pattern with unsocial hours and weekend enhancements.
Essential criteria
- Standard Level General Education
- Candidates are able to speak and write English to an appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirement
- Must be willing to attend and qualify as a NHS Security Accredited Security Officer within 3 months of employment
- Must be able to pass written test (not AI generated)
- Must be able to pass visual test
Desirable criteria
- GCE/CSE/GCSE or equivalent
- Customer Service NVQ Level 3
- NAHS or Security Officer qualification or equivalent
- Experience of dealing with the general public in a diverse, fast moving, customer-oriented organisation in a position of trust.
- Working a 24/7 Shift service.
- Working in a physically and mentally demanding role.
- Working within a large and widespread environment requiring high levels of fitness.
- Working in the public sector.
- IT literate (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Working in a Hospital environment
- Previous experience of security in a complex organisation or uniformed service
- UK Security / Police or Military background.
- Security / Police or Military background (other)
- Practical & Intellectual skills (specialist knowledge)
- Physically fit.
- Highly developed communication skills, both written and oral.
- Organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Capable of exercising influence and control.
- Full clean driving licence
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to digest relevant legislations, guidance and current protocols.
- Ability to input and access information from a personal computer using windows and MS Office and other software packages
- Knowledge of First aid techniques.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.
- Knowledge of firefighting techniques.
- Knowledge of criminal and civil law.
- Knowledge of control, restraint and breakaway techniques.
- Experience in teaching/training groups.
- Experience of using CCTV control and monitoring systems.
- NAHS course for security officers or similar to NVQ 2 level
- Attitude/Adjustment/Disposition
- Smart appearance, enthusiastic, reliable, diplomatic, honest, trustworthy.
- Able to work as part of team or on own initiative.
- Calm sympathetic nature.
- Willingness to work any shift at short notice or in an emergency.
- Evidence of personal development and or training
- Sense of humour.
- Confidence to communicate with the general public and staff groups.
- SIA Licence
- SIA Licence (Held for more than 3 years)
- Previous user of Body Worn Camera
- Standard Level General Education
- Candidates are able to speak and write English to an appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirement
- Must be willing to attend and qualify as a NHS Security Accredited Security Officer within 3 months of employment
- Must be able to pass written test (not AI generated)
- Must be able to pass visual test
- GCE/CSE/GCSE or equivalent
- Customer Service NVQ Level 3
- NAHS or Security Officer qualification or equivalent
- Experience of dealing with the general public in a diverse, fast moving, customer-oriented organisation in a position of trust.
- Working a 24/7 Shift service.
- Working in a physically and mentally demanding role.
- Working within a large and widespread environment requiring high levels of fitness.
- Working in the public sector.
- IT literate (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Working in a Hospital environment
- Previous experience of security in a complex organisation or uniformed service
- UK Security / Police or Military background.
- Security / Police or Military background (other)
- Practical & Intellectual skills (specialist knowledge)
- Physically fit.
- Highly developed communication skills, both written and oral.
- Organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Capable of exercising influence and control.
- Full clean driving licence
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to digest relevant legislations, guidance and current protocols.
- Ability to input and access information from a personal computer using windows and MS Office and other software packages
- Knowledge of First aid techniques.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.
- Knowledge of firefighting techniques.
- Knowledge of criminal and civil law.
- Knowledge of control, restraint and breakaway techniques.
- Experience in teaching/training groups.
- Experience of using CCTV control and monitoring systems.
- NAHS
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
Security Officer
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
You will be joining our security team as one of our valued officers whose role will be to assist the Royal Cornwall Hospital provide excellent healthcare to our inpatients and outpatient while they are using our services. You will be available to provide support, help and guidance to our patients and visitors to ensure that their time with us is a safe and trouble-free experience.
Working closely with medical and nursing staff you will be part of the team who will help them to enjoy their working experience by always being available to provide support and protection to them when they are called on to work with patients who become troublesome or demanding due to their medical condition.
You will possess an approachable manner and be courteous and knowledgeable when communicating with hospital users. Decision making will be one of your strengths when called to attend and provide support with difficult situations which can either be intentional acts by volatile individuals or problems caused by clinically related challenging behaviour. You will need to have excellent communication skills both verbal and written and be able to demonstrate a reasonable level of IT literacy. Due to the diverse service demands of healthcare provision, female applicants with previous security-rel
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