Director, Security

Westchester Medical Center Health Network; Town of Mount Pleasant (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Westchester Medical Center Health Network seeks a Director of Security for its WMC-Valhalla Campus to plan and oversee protection of facilities, staff, patients and visitors. This role coordinates policy development, training and exercises, and maintains liaison with outside agencies to protect the organization.

The Director reports to the Chief Security Officer and drives security improvements through strategic oversight, data analysis and cross-disciplinary collaboration across campuses.

Qualifications

• Experience in security operations management within healthcare or large facilities.
• Demonstrated leadership and supervisory capabilities.
• Strong budget and resource management experience.
• Knowledge of healthcare safety and security regulations and standards.
• Ability to develop and implement security policies and training.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct and coordinate hospital security activities across the network.
• Recruit, train and supervise security staff; manage scheduling and overtime.
• Advise on access control systems and credentialing across facilities.
• Oversee surveillance and security technology systems implementation and maintenance.
• Lead investigations in collaboration with Legal, HR, Risk Management and external agencies.

Skills

Security operations

Leadership

Budget management

Policy development

Interagency liaison

Education

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Job Summary: The Director of Security for WMC-Valhalla Campus plans, directs and coordinates activities relating to the protection, safeguarding and security of hospital facilities, assets, staff, patients and visitors. The Director is responsible for development, implementation, coordination and assessment of security and security related interdisciplinary policy, operations, training and exercises. This position also requires investigative acumen, budget and project management, and multi-disciplinary committee engagement. The Director of Security develops and maintains liaison with outside agencies to protect the organization and facilitate cooperation across campuses. The Director of Security reports to the Chief Security Officer, WMC Health Network.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and directs employee security staff scheduling to ensure comprehensive security coverage across the system.
• Recruits, selects, orients, and trains security professionals. Adjudicates disciplinary issues, directs scheduling, controls overtime and ensures personnel quality.
• Makes recommendations relative to the design, implementation and maintenance of access control systems and protocols throughout the system, including credentialing.
• Directs design, implementation and maintenance of surveillance and other security technology systems throughout the system.
• Continuously develops strategic and tactical improvements through educational opportunities, personal networks, professional organizations, and liaisons with law enforcement and other agencies.
• Responsible for the gathering, analysis and reporting of key data, metrics and other relevant security indicators. Maintains record keeping systems for the security department.
• Continuously reviews and analyzes safety and security programs and makes proposals for necessary improvements and innovations.
• Monitors and conducts investigations including sensitive internal investigations, in conjunction with Legal, Human Resources, Risk Management, Quality Assurance, Clinical and Executive Management, in addition to external law enforcement or other agencies.
• Directs investigations in order to mitigate theft and provide loss prevention. Collates metric data to assess, analyze, and address potential loss trends.
• Provides development of and training in educational modules, including Preventing and Managing Crisis Situations, Workplace Violence, Code Response and other security related topics.
• Develops and promotes necessary change in policies to conform to current best practices. Continuously monitors healthcare risks and trends in order to address policy.
• Participates in the Environment of Care Committee to report on and address issues of safety and security in a multi-disciplinary group to ensure compliance with CMS, NYS DOH, and DNV standards.
• Participates in the Emergency Management Committee in order to ensure crisis management, business continuity, and recovery in the wake of emergency crises impacting the component institutions.
• Develops, conducts and documents joint exercises with law enforcement and other first responders to improve emergency response, particularly in such areas as active shooter and other workplace violence situations.
• Meets security department financial objectives by forecasting needs, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, monitoring variances and initiating corrective actions.
• Works closely with Information Technology in order to ensure the integrity of the system network and reliable operation of security technology systems.
• Provides necessary audits and reports on access to risk prone areas and conducts an annual risk assessment.
• Promotes by example the mission of WMC Health and ensures security department engagement with quality client and customer service.
• On twenty-four hour call for emergent situations.

Qualifications/Requirements

Experience: 8 years of administrative or managerial experience where the primary function of the position was security operations, one year of which must have been for a hospital facility, and at least four years of which must have been in a supervisory capacity. Demonstrated long term experience in safety and security field for a public law enforcement agency or private security company.Command or Executive experience in a public law enforcement agency or private security company.Comprehensive knowledge of healthcare specific methods and techniques of safety and security, and the regulation rich healthcare environment. Demonstrated expertise in principles, practices and techniques of institutional and building safety and security.

Education: Associate’s degree, required. Bachelor’s degree, preferred.

Licenses / Certifications: State of New York Unrestricted License to Carry Pistol Permit.

LEOSA H.R. 218/S1132 Annual Firearms Qualification. Preventing and Managing Crisis Situations (PMCS) training (current).

Other

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