Quick Response Officer - Full-Time

Essential Job Functions

• Rapid Deployment & Incident Response: Deploy promptly across the entire hospital campus in response to high-risk security incidents, leveraging tactical expertise to neutralize threats and mitigate risk to individuals and property. Be available for immediate assignment to various locations as needed.
• Crisis De-escalation: Use advanced de-escalation techniques to manage volatile confrontations involving patients, visitors, or staff, with a focus on minimizing harm and maintaining control.
• Security Patrols: Conduct proactive security patrols across hospital premises, ensuring a visible presence that deters potential security breaches and maintains a secure environment.
• High-Risk Event Support: Lead or assist in emergency operations during active threats, disasters, or hospital lockdowns, providing critical support to safeguard life and property.
• Collaboration with External Agencies: Work in coordination with law enforcement, fire departments, EMS, and other external stakeholders in response to complex, high-risk situations, ensuring a unified and efficient approach to crisis management.
• Operational Excellence: Maintain expert knowledge of hospital protocols, security systems, and emergency response procedures to ensure rapid, efficient execution during incidents.
• Availability for Flexible Assignments: Demonstrate readiness for deployment across multiple hospital facilities and locations, providing flexible support as required by hospital operations and security needs.
• Critical Thinking in High-Pressure Situations: Exhibit proven composure and exceptional decision-making abilities in combative and high-intensity events, ensuring calculated, effective responses even under extreme pressure.
• Stamina and Physical Endurance: Maintain physical fitness and stamina necessary to respond effectively in physically demanding situations, including the ability to perform sustained physical exertion during high-stress or prolonged emergency events.
• Composure Under Physical Exertion: Demonstrate the ability to remain calm, focused, and make sound decisions even when faced with physical exhaustion or extreme physical demands, ensuring safety and control in challenging circumstances.

Job Requirements

• Experience: A minimum of 5 years of experience in military, law enforcement, or a combination of both, with a proven track record of handling high-stress, high-risk security situations. Specialized training in Special Operations or Tactical Operations, Crisis Intervention (CPI), Defensive Tactics, and De-escalation Techniques is preferred. Certification in advanced crisis response, active shooter response, and emergency medical procedures is highly desirable.
• Education: High School Diploma or GED, with preference for additional certifications or education in security management, law enforcement, or related fields. Advanced security-related coursework or certifications in tactical operations, emergency response, or law enforcement management is preferred.

Key Competencies & Skills

• Exceptional Communication: Ability to convey clear, concise information in high-pressure environments, ensuring effective coordination with team members and external agencies.
• Crisis Management: Demonstrated expertise in managing emergencies, rapidly assessing situations, and implementing effective solutions.
• Tactical Proficiency: High-level proficiency in defensive tactics, crisis de-escalation, and special operations protocols.
• Situational Awareness: Exceptional attention to detail and heightened sensitivity to potential risks or threats, ensuring early detection and rapid intervention.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work seamlessly within multidisciplinary teams, ensuring effective communication and unified actions during crises.
• Composure Under Pressure: Proven ability to remain calm and think critically in combative or high-intensity events, ensuring sound decision-making during moments of extreme pressure.
• Physical Fitness: Ability to maintain high levels of physical fitness, stamina, and endurance to respond to emergency situations that may require sustained physical exertion.
• Focus Under Physical Strain: Capacity to maintain focus, remain composed, and make effective decisions in situations involving high levels of physical activity, stress, or exhaustion.