Security Liaison Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 30/07/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This role involves joining the Control Room team at Arnold Lodge, a medium secure psychiatric hospital. You will provide a professional and efficient security service, including controlling access, monitoring security systems, and conducting checks. The position also requires providing reception services outside of normal office hours, dealing with visitors, professionals, patients, and their families. Excellent communication skills are essential for this role.
Essential criteria
- Good basic education - GCSE's or equivalent
- Willingness to train in use of computer security systems
Desirable criteria
- Any training relevant to the post
- Skills/Competencies
- Excellent communication skills/ verbal and written
- Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision
- Understanding of Confidentiality
- Organisational skills
- Positive attitude willing to undertake a variety of tasks on request
- IT literate
- Knowledge of security related issues
- Understanding of Health & Safety
- Awareness of mental health issues
- Demonstrable experience of working in a Team environment
- Experience of working in a secure environment
- Experience of working in a customer orientated environment
- Experience in the use of CCTV equipment
- Contractual Requirement
- Ability to work flexibly such as weekend work, shift work, including night shifts.
- Good basic education - GCSE's or equivalent
- Willingness to train in use of computer security systems
- Any training relevant to the post
- Skills/Competencies
- Excellent communication skills/ verbal and written
- Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision
- Understanding of Confidentiality
- Organisational skills
- Positive attitude willing to undertake a variety of tasks on request
- IT literate
- Knowledge of security related issues
- Understanding of Health & Safety
- Awareness of mental health issues
- Demonstrable experience of working in a Team environment
- Experience of working in a secure environment
- Experience of working in a customer orientated environment
- Experience in the use of CCTV equipment
- Contractual Requirement
- Ability to work flexibly such as weekend work, shift work, including night shifts.
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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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Security Liaison Officer
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
Arnold Lodge is a medium secure psychiatric hospital in Leicester that provides care and treatment for male and female patients, who have mental health issues that require treatment within a Medium Secure setting.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join our well-established Control Room team delivering an efficient and effective high quality service. which contributes significantly to the safe and secure functioning of the Hospital.
You would be based in the Control Room at Arnold Lodge. The post requires 24 hour cover, therefore unsocial hours, weekend working and night duties would be required.
Main duties of the job
As part of the Control Room team you will provide a professional and efficient security service to the hospital
Key duties include controlling access to the site, monitoring a range of security technologies including key management, access control, radio communications and alarm systems and conducting security checks in liaison with Wards and other Departments
You will also be required to provide a Reception service outside of normal office hours and so will deal with visitors, health and social care professionals as well as with patients and their family and carers.
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