Group Security Lead

This role at Elysium Healthcare involves leading various security initiatives across healthcare services to ensure the safety and security of service users, colleagues, and visitors. As a Group Security Lead, you'll work closely with clinical, operational, and support teams to integrate security best practices throughout the organization. Your responsibilities include conducting security audits, developing security policies, leading risk assessments, and collaborating with emergency services. The position requires significant experience in a secure or prison setting, a clinical mental health qualification, and knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983. You will also need to demonstrate effective leadership and management skills.

Are you an experienced security professional with a passion for creating safer environments, influencing best practice and driving meaningful change across healthcare services? Join Elysium Healthcare as Group Security Lead and play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering a modern, proactive approach to security that protects our service users, colleagues and visitors across the organisation.

This strategic and influential role is responsible for leading a range of security initiatives that strengthen safety, security and risk management across Elysium's operations. Working closely with clinical, operational and support teams, you will champion the principles of relational, procedural, therapeutic and physical security, ensuring they are embedded throughout services and support positive outcomes for service users.

As the organisation's subject matter expert for security, you will provide specialist advice and guidance to multidisciplinary teams, helping services identify, assess and manage risks effectively. You will work closely with ward-based and frontline care teams, supporting the assessment and management of risks presented by service users while ensuring security approaches remain person-centred, proportionate and aligned with clinical best practice.

You will play a key role in developing and promoting security standards, policies and improvement programmes, helping services create safe environments that support recovery-focused care pathways. Through collaboration, coaching and professional leadership, you will help strengthen security awareness, capability and culture across the organisation.

Using data, incident themes and emerging best practice, you will identify opportunities for improvement and support services to implement effective solutions that enhance safety and security outcomes. You will also provide expert input into risk management processes, investigations, governance forums and organisational initiatives, ensuring security considerations are embedded in decision-making and service development.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

What You’ll Get

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure

Elysium Healthcare, part of Ramsay Health Care, is a prominent healthcare provider with over 8,000 employees and more than 80 services across England and Wales. The organisation specialises in diverse areas including Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education. Elysium Healthcare is committed to providing high-quality care and offers numerous opportunities for professional growth and development. The organisation values the wellbeing of its employees, offering comprehensive benefits such as a competitive salary, career development, 33 days of leave including bank holidays, wellbeing support, life assurance, and access to healthcare services. Elysium Healthcare emphasises a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and promoting patient safety across its network.

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