Enhanced Support Officer inSheffield inSheffield PUBLISHED
THU 21 NOV 2024
The Trust emphasises its commitment to inclusivity throughout the recruitment process, welcoming applicants from diverse backgrounds, including ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. The role aligns with the Trust's core values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence in patient care.
We are delighted to offer one 24 hour Night post, this will consist of working 2 x 12 hour shirts pro rata.
The roles will be to support the Trust with its provision of Security within Sheffield Children's Hospital to ensure a safe and secure environment for patients, visitors and staff.
All work must be carried out in line with the Health and Safety, Security and all Trust Policies and Procedures.
You will be flexible, able to work as part of a team and able to interact with patients, staff and visitors in a pleasant and co-operative manner. The security team will ensure the safety of patients and staff within the hospital/on ward areas by providing support to nursing teams.
- Maintaining a highly visible deterrent by presence and the patrolling of hospital site.
- Provide a first line response to violent and aggressive persons within the hospital and where necessary restraining and escorting persons from site to maintain a safe environment within the hospital.
- To provide early indications of unwanted activity around the site from the observation of the CCTV system and liaising with staff and police on viewing as required.
- To assist with any security emergency.
- Litter removal from the main entrance.
- To ensure that the correct documentation is filled in after every incident and passed to management
- To provide support to ward staff and patients with physical and mental health needs, providing prolonged cover when requested by senior site manager/security manager or charge hand porter.
- To provide support in safe holding of patients when required
- mandatory duties such as waste removal, laundry delivery, food delivery and support the post room operative.
About us
Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager:
We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
- Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
- Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
- Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
- Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care
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