P/T LEAD HOSPITAL OFFICER

Responsibilities

• Serves as a lead worker responsible for providing supervision for detainees in a hospital.
• Maintains custody and control of the detainees in the hospital at all times.
• Fulfills restraint protocols outlined in the Medical Guarding Procedures.
• Ensures restraints do not interfere with medical procedures or harm the detainee.
• Ensures positioning is always within eyesight of the detainee.
• Prevents detainees from receiving outside visitors, except under required circumstances.
• Prevents detainees from making telephone calls, unless required by contract.
• Completes all necessary paperwork and reports accurately and thoroughly.
• Turns all reports into the Transportation Supervisor according to policies and procedures.
• Detailedly documents all events that occur during the shift in the duty log.
• Immediately reports all unusual events to the Transportation Supervisor.
• Secures detainees properly before leaving the hospital.
• Follows all applicable safety measures, including federal, state, municipal, and organizational laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent certification required.
• Three (3) years of continuous law enforcement related experience, including at least two (2) years as a lead supervisor or supervisor, or successful completion of GEO’s Supervision Training Course (certificate must be provided).
• At least twenty-one (21) years of age.
• State Firearms License.
• Personal sidearm meeting company standards and use an approved Level III retention holster.
• State Security Guard License.
• Completed an approved training program resulting in a certification of satisfactory completion in Corrections, Law Enforcement, or Military.
• Certification in Corrections, Law Enforcement, or Military.
• Able to work overtime frequently.
• Able to travel extended periods of time with frequent overnight stays.
• Able to handle physical and mental stress associated with working extended hours.
• Able to regularly report to work without being late.
• Able to be physically alert on any shift that is assigned.
• Able to work up to sixteen (16) hours within a rolling 24 hour period.
• Mature, flexible, and able to command the respect and confidence of inmates or detainees, with a high tolerance to mental stress.
• Able to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.