Protective Service Officer Armed

Responsibilities

• Patrols hospital, parking areas and off-site locations to observe, protect and provide assistance as needed.
• Observes, corrects, reports and documents incidents of risk-related situations to management.
• Identifies, reports and corrects security and safety breeches.
• Conducts and assists in investigations of criminal and administrative incidents in the best interest of the hospital.
• Handles valuable items as needed.
• Assists with violent or potentially violent patients, visitors and staff when called throughout the hospital.
• Enforces Hospital Policy as related to security will be a 1st responder to all emergency situations, provide safety and security services in all areas of the OhioHealth and grounds.
• Foot patrol of the hospital and surrounding campus; mobile patrol of parking areas and off site locations to observe and provide assistance.
• Provides surveillance and security in the parking areas.
• Work independently to determine the correct response to most situations and initiate actions accordingly.
• Participates in the hospital lost and found program.
• Assist with violent or potentially violent patients, visitors, and staff in the Emergency Department, Behavioral Health Unit, and other areas of the hospital.
• Enforce and implement hospital policies related to security/safety.
• Assist in the hospital control center and other operational areas during breaks or staff shortage.
• Control access and monitor security of drugs in the hospital pharmacies through the hospitals access control system.
• Assist patients and visitors with automobile difficulty, such as changing tires, retrieving keys locked inside car, and other general needs.
• Investigate narcotic alarms, losses, and discrepancies.

Requirements

• High School or GED
• Driver's License - Department of Motor Vehicles
• OPOTC - Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission
• OPOTC Private Security Twenty (20) Hours Firearms Certification or Ohio Peace Officer Basic Training Certificate
• Basic computer skills; excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Mentally and physically capable to successfully complete training for, participate in, and maintain certification as applicable.