Security Officer-Security Department-Mount Sinai West-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
- 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
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalency
- A minimum of one year experience as a security officer in an institutional setting or in a law enforcement setting
- New York State Security Guard certification
About the Employer
The Mount Sinai Health System is committed to fostering an environment where everyone can contribute to excellence. We share a common dedication to delivering outstanding patient care and transforming healthcare through innovation, education, and research.
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 by tackling complex healthcare challenges through discovery, education, and patient-centered care.
Pay
The salary range for this role is $26.54 - $29.24 hourly.