Senior Director, Security and Safety

Capital Health is the region's leader in providing progressive, quality patient care with significant investments in our exceptional physicians, nurses and staff, as well as advanced technology. Capital Health is a dynamic health care resource accredited by the DNV that includes two hospitals, an outpatient center, satellite ED, and an expansive network of primary and specialty care. Capital Health Medical Group is made up of more than 600 physicians and other providers who offer primary and specialty care, as well as hospital-based services, to patients throughout the region. Capital Health recognizes that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as an organization. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we can attract the best candidates.

About the role

Provides strategic and operational governance for Capital Health’s system-wide security and safety programs, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, patient care needs, and applicable requirements.

Responsibilities

• Directs, coaches, evaluates, and holds accountable the Director, Security and other assigned leaders; establishes clear reporting relationships, performance goals, and succession and staffing plans.
• Establishes multi-year security and safety strategies, annual priorities, policies, procedures, standards, and key performance indicators across facilities and departments.
• Oversees the effectiveness of daily security operations through subordinate leadership, including deployment, staffing, contracted services, access control, patrols, and incident response.
• Leads the development and oversight of enterprise physical security risk assessments, mitigation plans, security technology investments, and capital improvement priorities.
• Partners with clinical, Human Resources, Employee Relations, Facilities, Emergency Management, Risk Management, Compliance, and other stakeholders on workplace violence prevention and employee, patient, and visitor safety initiatives.
• Provides executive oversight of serious security incidents, sensitive investigations, threat assessments, and corrective actions; coordinates with appropriate internal functions while preserving confidentiality and due process.
• Coordinates security-related emergency preparedness, incident command participation, drills, and response planning with designated emergency management and clinical leaders; does not supersede their assigned program ownership.
• Oversees security-related regulatory and accreditation readiness, audits, documentation, training, and corrective action plans in partnership with responsible compliance and safety functions.
• Develops and administers operating and capital budgets for assigned functions; evaluates expenditures, vendor performance, contracts, resource allocation, and financial stewardship.
• Serves as the senior organizational liaison, as appropriate, to local, state, and federal law enforcement, emergency response agencies, and community safety partners.
• Presents regular risk, incident, staffing, financial, and program effectiveness reports and recommendations to executive leadership and relevant governance committees.
• Drives system-wide consistency in security training, incident reporting, trend analysis, continuous improvement, and service standards across all Capital Health locations.
• Leads cross-functional initiatives and organizational change efforts that strengthen security culture, readiness, resilience, and a safe environment of care.
• Performs other related duties as assigned consistent with the scope of senior leadership responsibilities.

Benefits

• Medical Plan (Prescription drug coverage & In-House Employee Pharmacy)
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) – Healthcare FSA, Dependent Care FSA
• Retirement Savings and Investment Plan
• Basic Group Term