Security Officer - Per Diem/Night Shift

About the role

Under the direction of the Senior Manager, Security Services and within established organizational and departmental policies and procedures, responsible for performing a variety of duties, including patrolling, and monitoring an assigned area.

Responsibilities

• Respond to security and life safety issues as needed.
• Demonstrates competence in the performance of duties and responsibilities related to interior security and safety.
• Tours buildings and grounds periodically, minimum of 4 rounds per shift, examining doors, windows, and gates to ensure they are secure and not tampered with.
• Confronts unauthorized persons for questioning, routes or detains them, or telephones police for assistance, according to circumstances.
• Utilizes emergency fire equipment (alarms, fire extinguishers) adequately and appropriate.
• Records and reports any safety violations, plant equipment failure, plumbing, heating, or electrical malfunctions.
• Checks persons for unauthorized weapons or contraband as requested by medical staff and confiscates and stores weapons/contraband as required.
• Notifies police department when appropriate.
• Responds to all calls for assistance. Maintains a 100% response rate for assistance. Responds to all calls for assistance immediately unless involved in or responding to an emergency situation.
• Documents details on the daily shift reports.
• Checks vehicles for signs of theft/vandalism.
• Enforces parking policy with issuance of written warnings.
• Checks condition of parking lots/sidewalks in inclement weather and notifies/assists appropriate personnel for sanding and shoveling.
• Is actively checking exterior lights to ensure that all lights are working properly and reports any lighting that is not working properly.
• Completes required paperwork to account for all security related actions.
• Completes all reports by the end of assigned shift.
• Completes incident reports, occurrence forms, injury reports, and fall occurrence forms.
• Notifies Senior Manager, Security Services of major incidents.
• Initiates investigations for all security related incidents. Incident reports are completed accurately 100% of time.
• Participates in appropriate role in hospital disasters, fires, drills, and other emergency situations.
• Responds appropriately to violent/psychiatric patients.
• Notifies police department when appropriate.
• Provides crowd control and dispersal when appropriate and notifies police dept. for assistance when needed.
• Exercises care in the operation of hospital equipment and reference material.
• Maintain established hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, confidentiality, quality improvement program, compliance, safety, infection control, and environmental standards.
• Maintains professional growth and development through attendance at seminars, workshops, conferences or in-services, professional affiliations, or journals to stay abreast of current trends in field of expertise.
• Physically must be able to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to run to any emergency within the hospital and be able to verbally and physically control an emergency situation upon arrival if necessary.
• Strong sight and hearing abilities needed in order to effectively deal with diverse and emergency situations.
• Ability to use enough force to subdue or restrain someone if necessary.
• Technology: use of access control and database software, communications equipment, and first aid equipment.
• Ability to trouble shoot systems when necessary.
• Maintain established hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, confidentiality, quality improvement program, compliance, safety, infection control, and environmental standards.
• Meet annual competency and retraining requirements.
• Attend meetings as required.
• Perform other functions/duties as requested.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• AVADE (Workplace Violence Prevention training required within three 3 months of hire)
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills required
• Demonstrated basic computer skills required
• Demonstrated good judgment required; demonstrated ability to interpret and adhere to both verbal and written instructions required
• 1 year experience / 21 years of age
• Healthcare experience / Law enforcement experience
• Availability to work weekends, and holidays required
• Completion of Handcuffing certification within 2 weeks of hire
• Completion of IAHSS basic certification within 90 days of hire
• Exposure to Oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray including end user instruction and training
• BLS within 90 days

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• AVADE (Workplace Violence Prevention training required within three 3 months of hire)
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated basic computer skills
• Demonstrated good judgment
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and adhere to both verbal and written instructions
• 1 year experience / 21 years of age
• Healthcare experience / Law enforcement experience
• Availability to work weekends, and holidays
• Completion of Handcuffing certification within 2 weeks of hire
• Completion of IAHSS basic certification within 90 days of hire
• Exposure to Oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray including end user instruction and training
• BLS within 90 days

Skills

• Interpersonal skills
• Basic computer skills
• Good judgment
• Verbal and written instructions
• Security experience
• Handcuffing certification
• IAHSS basic certification
• Oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray exposure
• BLS certification

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth.

Pay

$20.99 - $29.99/Hourly

Schedule

Night