Security Guard

Duties

• Periodically tours buildings and grounds, examining doors, windows, and gates to determine that they are secure and not tampered with
• Check all hospital doors on an hourly basis
• File a completed DAR each shift and email to appropriate directors at the end of each shift
• Check physician offices and mobiles at least twice a shift
• Check parking lots throughout their shift, by camera or by foot patrol
• Confronts unauthorized persons for questioning, routes or detains them, or telephones police for assistance, according to circumstances
• Alerts Hospital staff that the fire department and hospital personnel in event a fire needs to be extinguished
• Patrols hospital grounds to detect unauthorized persons or vehicles both physically and by cameras
• Checks cars and verifies if vehicles are parked in restricted areas, such as fire zones, turnarounds, ambulance entrances or reserved parking spaces
• Checks exterior lighting and access routes to emergency and fire entrances
• Escorts personnel to and from parking lots or between buildings as requested
• Answers visitor's questions concerning locations of various offices, rooms, and other areas within the hospital

Qualifications

• Previous experience and holders of Guard Cards will be prioritized when setting interviews
• Ability to speak read and write English and follow written and oral instructions
• Up to 3 months on-the-job training to learn location of safety and plant equipment
• Must possess a valid New York State unarmed security guard license or equivalent, IE. Police or Corrections Officer

Pay

This rate does not include the overnight shift differential of $1.75