Public Safety Officer

About the role

This role focuses on preventing workplace accidents and promoting health and safety awareness and education for individuals within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Prevents workplace accidents and promotes health and safety awareness and education for employees.
• Conduct proactive patrols of all hospital buildings and grounds to prevent fire, theft, vandalism, illegal entry, and bodily harm to patients, visitors, and staff.
• Respond to and report on both routine and emergency calls for service, building alarms, restraint of violent patients and/or visitors.
• Maintain composure under stressful circumstances, using all trained intervention skills including verbal and nonverbal de-escalation strategies and approaches.
• Provide escorts to patients, visitors, staff and others in conformance with established procedures.
• Identify security vulnerabilities, safety hazards and violations of Hospital policy.
• Take immediate correction action to mitigate the vulnerability or hazard, if possible, and collaborate with other departments to either mitigate or resolve, if warranted.
• Report deficiencies to Supervisor, and document via an incident report or work order for required follow up and resolution.
• Grant access to locked areas and buildings to authorized staff in possession of a Hospital identification badge.
• Restrict access to those individuals who have no authorized business on campus in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Ensure that all employees and other appropriate members of the Hospital community are in possession of a Hospital identification badge and that it is clearly visible.
• Assist with all emergencies and disasters that may affect the Hospital, including: crowd control; evacuations and other responsibilities as directed by supervisors.
• Complete an accurate and comprehensive written incident report for any incident occurring upon hospital property.
• Participate and coordinate investigations, conduct interviews, review recorded video, prepare case files, catalog and secure evidence as required.
• Enlist the support of a supervisor or assistance from fellow Officers when warranted.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues in order to effectively contribute to the working group’s achievement of goals, and to help foster a positive work environment.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Valid state issued driver’s license.
• Possess IAHSS Basic certification as a Healthcare Security Officer within 1 year of hire.

Skills

• Proficient in communicating, reading, and writing in English.
• Basic Computer Skills required.
• Ability to multi-task and meet established deadlines.
• Ability to assess potentially dangerous situations quickly, make sound decisions, and take appropriate action based on the information available.

Benefits

At Tufts Medicine, we want every individual to feel valued for the skills and experience they bring. Our compensation philosophy is designed to offer fair, competitive pay that attracts, retains, and motivates highly talented individuals, while rewarding the important work you do every day. The base pay ranges reflect the minimum qualifications for the role. Individual offers are determined using a comprehensive approach that considers relevant experience, certifications, education, skills, and internal equity to ensure compensation is fair, consistent, and aligned with our business goals. Beyond base pay, Tufts Medicine provides a comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports your health, financial security, and career growth—one of the many ways we invest in you so you can thrive both at work and outside of it.

Pay

Pay Range: $21.53 - $26.91