Security Team Leader

DSFS Ltd are looking to appoint the right candidate into the role of a Security Team Leader, the post holder will provide a reassuring visible presence with a caring and sensitive approach. Will protect, advise, investigate, and act in an endeavour to always create and maintain a safe and crime free environment.

Security staff will be compassionate, courteous, and patient, acting without fear, favour or prejudice to the rights of others. To protect service users and staff wherever possible from the effects of crime by highlighting potential and actual situations and coordinating security services as required.

To prevent and detect crime, undertake initial enquiries, and liaise with local police and management.

• Supervise and manage a small team of security officers ensuring all organisational policy and procedures are adhered to.
• Prepare and disseminate daily hand over reports.
• Advise, remind, and encourage staff members to develop an interest in crime prevention and protection of personal, patients and Trust property.
• Keeping a record of all duties carried out each shift in a personal notebook as well as entering any untoward incidents in the daily occurrence log. Complete incident reporting using the Trusts incident reporting system when necessary.
• Assist with safe operation during take-off and landing of Air Ambulance and security of same whilst on ground.
• Monitor the access control systems, particular attention to break glass notifications, doors left open, faults and temporary interruptions to service.
• Maintaining a highly visible deterrent by patrolling of hospital on foot and via vehicle. In doing this checking all property and land associated with the Trust is secure and free of hazards.
• Supervision of duty security staff ensuring all organisational policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Any other duties appropriate to the role.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS is proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.