Operational Security Grade

An opportunity has arisen for three permanent full time and One Fixed Term 12 months OSG vacancies within the HSS Security Department

The purpose of the role is to undertake a range of duties in support of the security requirements of the Hospital.

Please note: If you have applied before you need not apply.

An opportunity has arisen for one permanent full time OSG vacancy. The purpose of the role is to undertake a range of duties in support of the security requirements of the Hospital.

The Security Department provides a hospital wide service ensuring all aspects of Procedural, Dynamic and Passive security systems are in place, operationalised, maintained and regularly updated. This ensures a delivery of effective patient care is balanced with the hospital's statutory requirements to maintain a safe and secure environment for staff, patients and the public.

The hospital's passive security systems are divided into a number of functional areas. These cover all aspects of hospital security; staff main entrance reception, visitor processing, security maintenance and control room operations.

The department operates a flexible rostering system covering a 24 hour period covering day and night shifts where required including weekends.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Staff Main Entrance
This functional area of the Security Department is primarily concerned with the secure processing of staff into the secure sites. The role incorporates responsibilities for security monitoring and responses to alarm states in the entry building.
a) Staff identification, and the utilisation of specialized I.T. equipment
b) Key and radio issue/return
c) Key security checks
d) Vehicle processing including searching and passenger processing, (metal portal, X-Ray, heart beat monitor)
e) Contractor/other tool checks
f) CCTV monitoring, (entry building)
g) Entry building staff pedestrian control
h) Emergency vehicle escorts, (fire, ambulance etc)
i) Alarm response states to entry building

Visitor Processing
This functional area of the Security Department is primarily concerned with the secure processing of visitors into the secure sites.
a. Visitor information centre
b. Visitor verification, pre booking and goods/items processing, (metal portal, X-Ray search)
c. Visitor processing at entry building
d. Central visits North Site
e. Contractor escort management and coordination
f. Staff search, (metal portals, X-Ray)
g. Staff goods processing/control
h. Patient possessions processing
i. Assist in the facilitation and the escorting of child visits

Security Maintenance Function
This function area of the Security Department is primarily concerned with the range of security roles which underpin and maintain the security standards of the secure sites.
a. Dedicated Search Team Staff
b. Routine perimeter patrols/response to alarm states
c. Response to personal attack alarm states in the grounds
d. Non secure site security/barrier control
e. At times there is a requirement to be able to drive the patrol vehicle to assist in the maintenance of perimeter security
f. Assist in the updating of patient photographs as and when required
g. Participate in drug detection dog searches

Control Room Operations
The Control Room operations are primarily concerned with organizing and coordinating all emergency responses across the secure sites to alarm states. The monitoring function performed by the Control Room is seen as integral to the safe operation of the hospital.
a. Hospital wide communications systems
b. CCTV surveillance/monitoring within the secure sites
c. Ward alarm response, (disturbance)
d. Site incident response
e. Emergency responses, (fire, ambulance etc), and escorting and monitoring emergency vehicles within the secure site.