Security Officer

About the role

This position patrols the facilities and grounds; assists with the welfare and safety of personnel and patients; investigates critical incidents; assists employees, patients and visitors; interfaces with emergency response agencies; secures doors; monitors parking and traffic control.

Responsibilities

• Responds to all emergency codes for assistance and control.
• Patrols and inspects facility frequently to assist in maintaining a safer and more secure environment.
• Assists employees with security related matters, mediate disputes, conduct interviews, conduct searches, enforces parking regulations and traffic control.
• Serves as a security subject matter expert.
• Assists medical staff in restraining and handling troubled/combative patients.
• Ensures security policies are being followed.
• Patrols unoccupied areas and sets the alarms when appropriate.
• Locks and unlocks facility doors at prescribed times.
• Conducts money pick-ups from departments, logs pick-ups and successfully delivers the contents to the appropriate destination department.
• Releases bodies from the morgue, ensuring that all paperwork is complete.
• Checks alarms to ensure they are in proper working order.
• Escorts patients, visitors and employees when required for security purposes.
• Participates in security lead training designed for staff.
• Maintains an accurate log of all relevant security activities during each shift.
• Professionally testifies in criminal court, state hearings and review boards when required.

Requirements

• Maintain required security certifications.
• Valid driver's license and eligibility for company auto insurance.
• Able to make accurate observations and exercise good independent judgment in a variety of situations (including emergencies).
• Ability to write comprehensive security reports.
• Successfully complete all required security departmental training, including department specific annual training and mandatory training as assigned.
• Successfully complete Banner Health Basic Officer Academy.
• Present a professional appearance and demeanor at all times and possess strong verbal communications skills.
• Qualify and maintain proficiency with assigned non-lethal weapons.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to perform physical requirements of the position.
• Successfully demonstrate the physical requirements by December 31, 2019.

Qualifications

Employees hired on or after January 1, 2019 will need to successfully demonstrate the physical requirements before starting in the role. Employees hired before January 1, 2019 must be able to successfully demonstrate the physical requirements by December 31, 2019. If upon initial evaluation, an employee is unable to successfully demonstrate the physical requirements, there will be a quarterly assessment administered. This physical skills assessment will then be conducted on an annual basis and employees must successfully meet the requirements to remain in role.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Customer service orientation.
• Good independent judgment in a variety of situations (including emergencies).
• Writing comprehensive security reports.
• Physical fitness to pass the functional capacity evaluation (FCE).

Benefits

This opportunity includes the option to participate in a variety of health, financial, and security benefits.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

The position works varied assignments and shifts, with a fixed schedule of 3 12-hour shifts and 1 half-day each week, offering work/life balance.