Security Officer II

About the role

Provides a secure and safe environment that allows patients, visitors, physicians, personnel and volunteers to deliver or receive quality services with minimal threats against their personal well-being and property.

Responsibilities

• Patrolling and monitoring facility premises
• Observing and reporting suspicious and unauthorized activities and unsafe conditions
• Access control and control of keys
• Emergency response and notification
• Rendering assistance and security related services to staff, physicians, patients, and visitors, including monitoring and restraining violent patients
• Investigating and documenting incidents relative to the facility
• Providing necessary liaison between staff and local law enforcement agencies

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)
• PSO - Proprietary Private Security Officer certification/licensure
• 1 year recent relevant experience

Skills

• General knowledge of the usual duty requirements of a security officer with an emphasis on the physical and emotional maturity required for the high degree of judgment and diplomacy necessary to work efficiently in a healthcare environment
• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to write incident reports and read business correspondence and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public
• Ability to add, subtracts, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

Schedule

• Nights
• Full Time
• 8 hour shifts
• Variable days of the week
• Weekends as needed

Pay & Benefits

• Pay Range: $28.90 to $40.46 / hour
• Benefits: Yes
• Weekly Hours: 40
• Non-Exempt position