Officer-Security Armed
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 year experience in the security field, and healthcare setting or law enforcement, or military experience. Preferred/Desired - Minimum Required experience in the security field, and healthcare setting or law enforcement, or military experience.
Education: Minimum Required - Appropriate education. Knowledge, skills, and mental development equivalent to completion of 4 years of high school, or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience. High school graduate or higher. Preferred/Desired - High school graduate or higher.
Licenses: Minimum Required - DRIVER'S LICENSE (CURRENT), Mississippi Security Guard Firearms Permit. Preferred/Desired - Completion of CIT Training and Taser Certification preferred.