Security Officer - Evenings, Part Time

Responsibilities

• Patrols all areas of the assigned facility to identify illegal/inappropriate activity and security/safety concerns.
• Provides information, assistance, and guidance to patients, visitors, and staff.
• Conducts internal and external rounds/patrols to ensure the safety and security of the facility, property, and occupants.
• Responds to and investigates security incidents, ensuring all incidents and activities are appropriately documented and recorded.
• Affords patient watch activities to prevent elopement or injury to self/others, and assists nursing units, clinical care areas, and other departments with uncooperative, combative, or violent patients and visitors.
• Effectively de-escalates situations and uses appropriate AVADE techniques.
• Applies restraints at the direction of the medical staff.
• Contacts local law enforcement as necessary.
• Deals with custody disputes and/or domestic disturbances occurring on campus.
• Conducts patient and visitor searches when required, and conducts room and belongings searching as needed.
• Responds to emergencies and code calls, performing CPR and using AEDs.
• Monitors all parking lots for compliance with facility parking regulations, tickets unauthorized parked cars, observes and follows up on safety hazards in parking areas, and provides vehicle assistance services.
• Enforces company policies as directed by a supervisor.
• Assists with parking space and utilization, rearranges parking barricades to meet organizational needs and special events, assists parking officers with parking control and assistance, and assists DHART with helicopter arrivals and departures.
• Releases deceased patients and accepts incoming deceased patients.
• Completes all required/requested forms, reports, and documents.
• Completes assigned secondary duties.
• Responds to duress alarms, calls for service, and other emergency situations.

Requirements

• High school graduate required.
• Two years of related experience preferred.
• Direct security experience highly preferred.
• Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record required in accordance with D-H’s Driver Disqualifications Guidelines.
• Maintain Taser, Handcuff, and Pepper Gel certification.
• Complete all required training and pass minimal physical requirements within 90 days from date of hire and as required thereafter.
• Obtain IAHSS Basic Security Officer Certification within 6 months of hire.