Security Team Specialist I - CONTINUOUS
About the Role
Security Specialists provide protection and security at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Campus for its buildings, grounds, equipment, patients, students, visitors, and staff. This is an open and continuous posting for full-time (40 hours) positions on all shifts. Assigned days on and off discussed at interviews.
Shifts: Day Shift 7AM-3:30PM, Evening Shift 3PM-11:30PM, Night Shift 11PM-7AM
Responsibilities
- Addresses concerns in a timely manner related to possible loss or damage from theft, fire, vandalism, civil disorder, violence, or other causes.
- Patrols campus buildings, parking lots and adjacent areas; enforces the Hospital's parking, smoking, and other policies, and the Hospital's traffic and safety regulations.
- Provides assistance during emergencies to DPH, DMH, and vendor programs on campus.
- Performs various duties required at fixed posts with a focus on customer service; monitors access control systems; maintains incident and daily logs; and related other duties as required.
- When needed, administers emergency first aid as a designated first responder.
Qualifications
- Experience in work involving the protection and/or security of buildings, equipment or individuals.
- Ability to deal tactfully with others, and to interact with people who are under emotional or physical stress.
- Can make decisions and act quickly in a dangerous or emergency situation.
- Read and gather information through interviewing and examining documents.
- Exercise sound judgement.
- Must have at least one (1) year of full-time or equivalent part-time experience in work involving the protection and/or security of buildings, equipment or individuals, OR any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
Working Conditions
- Requires lifting and carrying heavy objects, and standing and walking for prolonged periods of time, with or without an accommodation.
About the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital is a fully Joint Commission accredited teaching facility that provides acute, subacute, and ambulatory care to patients referred by public agencies and private sector providers. Shattuck Hospital's services help economically and socially disadvantaged patients to get high quality, cost-effective care from a staff that respects their dignity. Located in the heart of Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood, the Shattuck Hospital includes 248 inpatient beds including 95 Psychiatric beds and 29 Correctional Health beds. In addition, the Shattuck has a full outpatient clinic with many specialties that offers treatment to patients of the Department of Mental Health as well as Department of Correction and House of Correction inmates and community patients. The Shattuck hospital is on the forefront of substance use disorder treatment including a Suboxone clinic serving 200 patients. In addition to direct medical services LSH hosts and supports an array of services located on the campus, serving patients struggling with addictions and homelessness.
Additional Information
- Assigned Days On and Off Discussed at Interviews.
- Shift options: Day Shift 7AM-3:30PM, Evening Shift 3PM-11:30PM, Night Shift 11PM-7AM.
- First consideration will be given to those applicants that apply within the first 14 days.
- Salary placement is determined by a combination of factors, including the candidate's years of directly related experience and education, and alignment with our internal compensation structure as set forth by the Human Resources Division's Hiring Guidelines. For all bargaining unit positions (non-management), compensation is subject to the salary provisions outlined in the applicable collective bargaining agreement and will apply to placement within the appropriate salary range.
- Title 101 CMR 23.00 requires certain agency staff to have received the COVID-19 vaccination and Influenza vaccination, or have taken required mitigation measures. Successful candidates will be required to acknowledge and attest to your vaccination status for both COVID-19 and Influenza.
- Pre-Hire Process: A criminal background check will be completed on the recommended candidate as required by the regulations set forth by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services prior to the candidate being hired. Education, licensure and certifications will be verified in accordance with the Human Resources Division's Hiring Guidelines. Education and license/certification information provided by the selected candidate(s) is subject to the Massachusetts Public Records Law and may be published on the Commonwealth's website.
- If you require a reasonable accommodation with the application/interview process, please contact EOHHS Candidate ADA Requests. For questions regarding this requisition, please contact Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Human Resources at 1-800-510-4122 Ext. #4.
Substitutions
- An Associate's degree or higher in a related field may substitute for the required experience.
- Incumbents may be required to have a current and valid motor vehicle driver's license at a class level specific to assignment.