Head of Security, Crime and Violence Reduction

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Job overview

The post holder will be a senior member of the Estates & Facilities team, leading on security strategy & violence reduction, ensuring a proactive & robust security culture across the organisation. They will act as subject matter expert on security management, violence reduction, security systems & ensuring the implementation of national standards & guidance across the Trust.

Will be responsible for the day-to-day management of car parking operations.

The post holder may need to work unsocial hours to meet specific service demands.

Key Performance Indicators

• Violence Reduction & Staff Safety
• Improvements in Security Systems

Key Relationships & Stakeholders

• Chief Operating Officer, Chief Nurse, Clinical Service Leads & Safeguarding Leads
• Director of Strategy & Director of Human Resources, Health & Wellbeing Teams
• Emergency planner
• Site Management
• Chief Pharmacist
• Quality and Information Governance
• Legal Services
• Other NHS Providers
• Local Government, Crown Prosecution Service
• Metropolitan and other Police Services e.g. Counter terrorism
• Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
• Security Contractors, Conflict Resolution and Restraint training providers
• General Contractors

The post holder will develop, plan & lead a long-term security management strategy which includes reducing crime & violence & improvements to the operational response of the security team.

Main duties of the job

Lead & co-ordinate security, crime and violence reduction across the Trust.

Develop, lead & ensure the implementation of robust work programs required to deliver a pro security culture, violence reduction, staff safety, patient safety & asset protection.

Ensure evidence is collected and assembled in line with judicial requirements for use by the Crown Prosecution Service or other legal services.

Ensure security incidents are investigated professionally, fairly & objectively so that suitable sanctions may be applied, preventative action considered, & recommendations implemented.

Work with the Police and CPS to ensure cases are progressed accordingly & applicable sanctions are applied against those responsible for security incidents.

Ensure lessons learnt from security incidents & breaches both local to the Trust & nationally are analysed & preventive measures are developed.

Provide subject matter advice to staff who have been victims of abuse, providing a supportive service in a sensitive manner, advising on actions that can be taken by the police or CPS.

Work with the communications team to promote Security, Crime & Violence Reduction work steams being undertaken.

To develop & manage the Security Team.

Have oversight of all security related risks across the trust, using Datix & related systems.

Work with & advise senior managers on mitigation & closure of risks, escalating risks as required to the Trust risk register.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.

We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Security, Crime and Violence Reduction

Implement Counter Terrorist Strategies and Procedures with the support of the Police Counter Terrorism Specialist.

To produce reports for a broad range of internal external audiences relating to Security, Crime and Violence Reduction and topics identified by threat level to the NHS.

Ensure annual site security surveys are completed Trust wide.

Ensure lessons learnt from security incidents and breaches both local to the Trust and nationally are analysed and preventive measures are developed.

Provide subject matter advice to staff who have been victims of abuse, providing a supportive service in a sensitive manner, advising on actions that can be taken by the police or CPS.

Work with the communications team to promote Security, Crime and Violence Reduction work steams being undertaken.

To develop and manage the Security Department Team.

Manage the Security Department budget, ensuring where applicable/appropriate value for money is sought. Provide advice on trust saving schemes to ensure security provisions are not compromised leading to increased security risks, crime and violence.

Have oversight of all security related risks across the trust, using Datix and related systems.

Work with and advise senior managers on mitigation and closure of risks, escalating risks as required to the Trust risk register.

To build successful working relationships with internal, external stakeholders and partners.

Lead on Trust-wide physical security management to ensure regulatory and statutory requirements inform related policies and procedures. Such as: BS 16000 Security Management and upcoming Bills such as Terrorism (Protection of Premises) are considered in advance.

Car parking

Lead Trust wide on the day-to-day management of the Trusts car parking provisions.

Reply to complaints regarding the day-to-day management of the Trust car parking provisions.

Report where appropriate on car parking income.

Lead client for the Trust's ANPR and Enforcement service provider. Ensuring the Trust is receiving the appropriate service levels and capitalise on new technologies offered.

Assist the lead Car Parking & Travel planner with advice on car parking policy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Masters or equivalent in Security or equivalent
• Extensive Security experience covering operational security, systems and project management
• Health & Safety certificate or equivalent
• Level 3 Conflict Resolution Training or significant demonstrable experience
• Qualified personal safety & conflict resolution trainer

Desirable criteria

• Accredited LSMS
• Membership or working towards the Security Institute
• Chartered Security Professional or working towards

Skills

Essential criteria

• Write high quality and detailed reports and documents which deliver highly complex information that could be highly sensitive or contentious.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Very developed ability to review complex and detailed information and make it useful.
• Proven capability to review complex problems then develop and implement successful practical and workable solutions to resolve them
• Proven capability to present highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to internal staff, board members & external stakeholders
• The ability to check documents, analyse statistics and manage conflicting priorities
• Proven ability to manage upwards especially when issues are highly contentious and may deliver messages that others do not want to hear
• The ability to motivate individuals and teams across all levels of the organisation
• Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy and the ability to relay this to a wide range of audiences.
• Intellectually flexible and able to look for answers outside of existing structures or constraints

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in health security.
• Experience of managing and delivering security agenda within the NHS, healthcare setting or equally large multi-site/multi-disciplinary organisation
• Detailed knowledge and ability to understand and implement criminal, civil and security related law, legislation and guidance.
• Knowledge and experience of security management standards within an NHS provider setting.
• Managing audits from an external regulator in relation to security management
• Significant experience or working with multiple organisations and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Managing the security agenda upwards as well as across the organisation
• Experience of managing budgets within an NHS or healthcare setting.
• Demonstratable experience to develop partnerships to improve and benefit the Whittington Health NHS

Qualities

Essential criteria

• Adhere to the Trust values and behaviours
• Highly self-motivated.
• Flexible approach, attitude and the ability to manage ambiguity
• Outstanding interpersonal, communication and organisational skills
• Strive for performance and improvement.
• Exceptional ability to remain calm, controlled and polite in a very busy and pressurised environment.
• Exceptional sense of commitment to honesty and integrity when undertaking this role and dealing with others.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.

• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form -

1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes -

1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information -

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Head of Security, Crime and Violence Reduction JD (PDF, 320.4KB)
• Whittington Probationary Policy (PDF, 298.0KB)
• Whittington Employment Promise (PDF, 22.4KB)