Armed Security Officer

About the role

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.

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 routine security duties; ability to relate to customers, provide clear communications in a courteous, professional manner, and offer appropriate de-escalation techniques.
• Operations Center: Monitor activity via closed circuit television and monitor various alarm systems; effectively handle radio and telephone communications.
• Documentation and Reporting: Complete case reports, maintenance logs, daily data entry and any other necessary documentation; review roll call, emails, and other pertinent information daily; ability to use photographic documentation to supplement written reports.
• Training: Successfully complete all mandatory training required by the department; complete and maintain additional trainings associated with firearms; performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or GED required with applicable Criminal Justice experience OR Bachelor’s Degree.
• Credentials: Valid driver’s license and must be insurable by the Hospital insurance carrier.
• Specialized Knowledge: 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; successfully complete 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.

Benefits

• 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.

Schedule

Full Time, 40 hours per week, Third Shift.