Lead Security Officer

Fairview Health Services; Minnesota; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Lead Security Officer to ensure a safe environment for all employees and patients. This role involves proactive leadership, responding to emergencies, and collaborating with internal partners to mitigate risks. Join a dedicated team focused on community safety and service excellence.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement plan

Early access to earned wages

Qualifications

• Two years security or military experience or Associates degree and one year of security experience.
• Valid Class D Driver’s License required.

Responsibilities

• Ensures safety of patients, staff, and visitors by responding to calls for assistance.
• Guides the workflow of the shift and provides leadership in absence of supervisory staff.
• Maintains knowledge of laws and regulations related to security.

Skills

Leadership

Critical Thinking

Conflict Resolution

Education

Associates Degree in a related field

Job description

Job Overview

Fairview is looking for a Lead Security Officer to join our security team at our Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville, MN.

Job Summary:

Ensures a safe & secure environment for all M Health Fairview employees, patients, guests, stakeholders, and communities through proactive leadership, agility, and a holistic organizational approach. Provides for the safety and security of patients, visitors, staff and property by responding to needs of hospital patients, visitors and staff, helping and providing excellent customer service standards. Proactively works to prevent theft and vandalism. May be involved in high-risk situations with exposure to potentially dangerous situations which requires range of safety precautions.

Schedule:

• 1.0 FTE (80 hours per pay period)
• evening shift
• every weekend

About the location:

For families and individuals living south of the Twin Cities metro area, the emergency department atM Health Fairview Ridges Hospitalin Burnsville is a convenient option when you need care for an immediate or critical health concern. Located where Interstate 35E merges into Interstate 35W, we serve many communities in the area, including Burnsville, Apple Valley, Lakeville, Savage, and Eagan.

Our emergency medicine physicians, nurses, and medical staff can treat patients with any type of injury or emergency medical need. Our Ridges Hospital emergency care team is also highly experienced caring for children and teens. In fact, a portion of our emergency department is dedicated to pediatric patients. Ridges also has a pediatric inpatient unit staffed by pediatric hospitalists who are ready to provide high-quality care in a child-friendly setting.Child-Family Life specialistsare available in the emergency department in the evenings, and they’re often available to assist during the day, as well.

About Fairview

Fairview is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies, and benefit management services.

Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other.

Job Expectations:

• Guides the workflow of the shift as needed
  • Implements daily work deployment
  • Modifies the schedule as needed to ensure adequate scheduling
• Provides leadership in the absence of supervisory staff
  • Responds to staff and customer questions and concerns
  • Assists officers with policy and process definition
  • Ensures staffing is adequate in response to open hours or unexpected absences
  • Manages overtime within guidelines set by the department manager and director
• Serves as a department liaison to internal partners, community partners, and visitors
  • Partners with internal employees to identify risk and safety concerns
  • Provides education to internal employees to mitigate personal safety in and out of the workplace
  • Serves on organizational regulatory and security committees
• Assures the safety of patients, staff, and visitors
  • Responds quickly and effectively to all emergency and non-emergency calls for assistance
  • Provides visible deterrents to crime and prohibited activities by patrolling buildings and grounds
  • Physical interaction with such individuals involves strength, stamina, flexibility, and critical thinking
  • Makes critical decisions based on available information
  • Reports all safety hazards observed on patrols and inspections
  • Ensures safety inspections as assigned and completed
• Maintains knowledge of, and complies with, all relevant laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards
• Other duties as assigned

Required

Experience

• Two years security or military experience or
• Associates degree and one year of security experience

License/Certification/Registration

• Valid Class D Driver’s License

Preferred

Education

• Associates Degree in a related field

Experience

• 2 years in healthcare security

Additional Requirements (must be obtained or completed within a period of time, as applicable):

• Pass pre-assignment training within probationary period.
• Conflict Resolution: Uses appropriate interpersonal skills and techniques to gain acceptance for ideas or solutions. Uses influencing strategies to gain genuine agreements; seeks to persuade rather than force solutions or impose decisions or regulations
• Critical Thinking: Gathers and integrates critical information, recognizing and addressing underlying assumptions of others, to arrive at practical solutions; breaks down problems into simple tasks or activities; analyzes relationships among several parts of a situation
• Risk Analysis: Utilizing policies, procedures, and practices to minimize or eliminate unacceptable risk; applying qualitative or quantitative techniques to reduce the uncertainty of outcomes, liabilities, or losses

Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract

Compensation Disclaimer

An individual's pay rate within the posted range may be determined by various factors, including skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization prioritizes pay equity and considers internal team equity when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical.

EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status

Compensation

$24.29-$34.29/Hr.