Armed Security Officer

Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

Benefits That Support You

• Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days
• Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
• Retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
• Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

About the Role

The Armed Security Officer is responsible for providing a safe and secure environment for patients, visitors, and staff; and to interact with people, with an emphasis on professional service and customer relations. This position works closely with staff, local law enforcement, and other government agencies. Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors, and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Shift/Hours: Full Time, 40 Hours, Second Shift

Responsibilities

Patrol Activity

• Directs visitors, patients, and employees to appropriate location(s) and intervenes to prevent and control disturbances
• Protecting, securing, and safeguarding all persons on SEH property

Customer Relations

• Provide way-finding and general assistance for patients and visitors during the course of routine security duties
• Relate to customers, provide clear communications in a courteous, professional manner, and offer appropriate de-escalation techniques in a variety of situations

Operations Center

• Monitor activity via closed circuit television and monitor the various alarm systems that terminate within security
• Effectively handle radio and telephone communications

Documentation And Reporting

• Complete case reports, maintenance logs, the daily data entry, and any other necessary documentation in a professional manner
• Review roll call, emails, and other pertinent information on a daily basis
• Use photographic documentation to supplement written reports when appropriate

Training

• Successfully complete all mandatory training required by the department
• Complete and maintain all additional trainings associated with firearms
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required with applicable Criminal Justice experience OR Bachelor’s Degree
• Valid driver’s license and must be insurable by the Hospital insurance carrier

Qualifications

• Successfully completed an accredited police academy firearms course, or a state-approved concealed carry firearms course, or an approved firearms training program, or related military firearms training
• Successfully pass a Psychological Evaluation
• Successful completion of weapons retention training

Experience

• 6 months of SEH Security Officer 1 experience OR
• Current Sworn Law Enforcement Officer OR
• Honorably discharged member of the Armed Forces

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt