Security Officer-Security Department-Mount Sinai Morningside-Full Time/Nights/Weekends
About the Role
Patrols and secures hospital property, employees, patients, and visitors. Consults with and keeps supervisor informed of activities, needs, and problems in assigned areas.
Responsibilities
- Patrols hospital buildings and premises to prevent fire, theft, vandalism, and intruders
- Monitors conduct of visitors on hospital premises; confronts unauthorized persons for questioning as needed
- Reports safety and/or fire hazards or security violations
- Responds to inquiries for advice or assistance from hospital personnel and visitors
- Participates in investigations; maintains records and prepares incident reports and other documents pertinent to security activities
- Secures and/or unlocks offices and facilities as required
- Secures patient valuables or lost and found articles; maintains logs of items received
- Maintains established hospital and department policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control standards
- Maintains department supplies and equipment in working order; requisitions supplies and equipment as needed or informs supervisor of needed equipment
- Uses hospital vehicles in the event of an emergency to secure emergency supplies of life-saving equipment outside the institution
- Provides restraints of psychiatric patients as needed
- Escorts personnel to parking lots and hospital buildings
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalency
- A minimum of one year of experience as a security officer in an institutional or law enforcement setting
- New York State Security Guard certification
About The Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, over 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. We advance health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex healthcare challenges of our time, discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge, developing safer and more effective treatments, educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators, and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Pay
The salary range for this role is $26.54 - $29.24 hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need.