Armed Security Officer

Responsibilities

• Patrols the entire campus for the purpose of deterring crime and initiating corrective actions on any physical security or safety hazards identified.
• Provides customer service to our patients, visitors, and employees carrying out safety and security procedures, site-specific policies and when appropriate, emergency response activities.
• Responds to all calls for disruptive behavior, disturbances, and combative patients, and incidents, as well as internal or external alarms.
• Understands, complies, and enforces hospital policy and procedure. As needed, enforces State and Local laws/ordinances to ensure the safety and security of all persons and property on campus.
• Sets up and submits all necessary reports in a prompt and professional manner.
• Performs escorts related to money transfers, as directed by facility policy. Will secure patient valuables upon request. Will perform non-monetary escorts for staff, visitors, physicians, and patients upon request for the safety and security of the requesting party.
• Controls all parking on the property, emphasizing parking in critical and/or emergency parking areas.
• Conducts regular and random patrols around the facility and completes assigned goals.

Specifications

• Experience: Minimum Required - 1 yr experience in security field, and healthcare setting. Preferred/Desired - Minimum Required 1 yr experience in security field, and healthcare setting.

• Education: Minimum Required - Knowledge, skills and mental development equivalent to completion of 4 years of high school, or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience. Preferred/Desired - High school graduate or higher.

• Training: CPR, CIT training within 1 year of hire. Minimum Required - CPR, CIT training within 1 year of hire. Preferred/Desired - CIT Training and Taser Certification preferred.

• Licensure: Minimum Required - DRIVER'S LICENSE (CURRENT), TN armed guard training and certification.