Night Shift Emergency Communications Dispatcher

Cincinnati Children's; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 51,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnati Children’s is seeking a Night Shift Protective Services Officer at Burnet Campus to monitor weather alerts, operate mass notification, and coordinate information calls from staff and visitors.

You will monitor fire and access control systems, respond to Code Blues, dispatch security and maintenance, manage keys and badges, and support ongoing safety improvements in a 24/7 environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years of work experience in a related job discipline

Responsibilities

• Monitor weather information and communicate as necessary. Utilize Mass Notification system when receiving a request to send out a mass notification regarding security and other situations. Handle information calls from employees, visitors, and the general public who need general or security information. Appropriately direct callers as needed.
• Monitor, dispatch resources and communicate as required for a variety of systems. Monitoring these critical systems includes monitoring troubles in fire system ensuring proper documentation that is in compliance with Joint Commission standards and notification of maintenance. Monitor medical gases evaluating if switching to reserve or repair is needed. Receive Code Blues and based upon evaluation route to the appropriate response team. Also, included is evaluating alarms from the access control system and triaging door problems to determine appropriate response i.e., security officer, maintenance, security systems team, or with authorization the security integrator.
• Provide maintenance dispatch coverage. Control, and sign out master keys, maintenance vehicle keys, maintenance radio and other keys to authorized personnel as needed. Control and issue shredder bin keys to employees approved by their supervisor to retrieve documents mistakenly placed in bin. Utilize SAFE program to assign physical access and activate/deactivate badges based on established criteria, troubleshoot non-working badges. Cover garage intercom calls for parking and transportation, during breaks, absences, non-operational hours and 24-hour coverage on weekend and holidays. Dispatch escorts to the morgue.
• Improve organizational performance through recommending areas or approaches for improvement activities, performing new procedures, collecting data and providing input to the division for discussions. Ensure that work areas are organized and present a safe, accessible, effective and efficient environment for employees.
• Maintains the Computer Assisted Dispatch (CAD) to monitor location of officers at all CCHMC locations to determine availability for activities and for officer safety. Document calls/activity. Maintain radio communication with all officers. Dispatch officers for, but not limited to, distress calls, panic alarms, emergency calls due to disorderly, disruptive, combative or potentially violent individuals, security escorts, motorist assists, auto accidents, etc.

Job description

Cincinnati Children’s is seeking a Night Shift Protective Services Officer at Burnet Campus to monitor weather alerts, operate mass notification, and coordinate information calls from staff and visitors.

You will monitor fire and access control systems, respond to Code Blues, dispatch security and maintenance, manage keys and badges, and support ongoing safety improvements in a 24/7 environment.