Officer-Security Armed

Baptist Memorial Health Care; Meridian (AR); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care seeks a vigilant Security Officer to patrol the campus and protect patients, staff, and visitors. You will respond to incidents, enforce hospital policies, and maintain a professional appearance as an ambassador of the organization.

Responsibilities include deterring crime, handling alarms, and conducting escorts for money transfers and valuable items, while submitting timely reports and upholding safety procedures across the campus.

Qualifications

• Experience: 1 year in security, healthcare setting, law enforcement, or military.
• Education: High school graduate or higher.
• Training: First aid, CPR, de-escalation techniques, safe restraints, Mississippi Security Guard Firearms Permit, firearms qualification, armed guard training, OC/pepper spray, baton or taser certification.
• Preferred: CIT Training and Taser Certification.
• Skills: Basic computer literacy required.

Responsibilities

• Patrols the campus to deter crime and address safety hazards.
• Provide customer service to patients, visitors, and employees while enforcing safety procedures.
• Respond to disturbances, alarms, and incidents; enforce hospital policy and state/local laws as needed.
• Submit reports promptly and professionally.
• Escort money transfers and secure patient valuables; provide non-monetary escorts for staff, visitors, physicians, and patients.
• Control all parking, emphasize emergency parking areas.
• Conduct regular and random patrols and achieve assigned goals.

Skills

Customer service

Patrol

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

Patrols and protects the entire campus, inside and outside; responds to all incidents or calls relating to the safety and security of all persons and property on the campus. Officers are expected to demonstrate exemplary customer service skills and maintain a professional appearance while serving as ambassadors of the organization. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Patrols the entire campus for the purpose of deterring crime and initiating corrective actions on any physical security or safety hazards identified.
• Provides customer service to our patients, visitors, and employees carrying out safety and security procedures, site-specific policies and when appropriate, emergency response activities.
• Responds to all calls for disruptive behavior, disturbances, and combative patients, and incidents, as well as internal or external alarms.
• Understands, complies, and enforces hospital policy and procedure. As needed, enforces State and Local laws/ordinances to ensure the safety and security of all persons and property on campus.
• Submits all necessary reports in a prompt and professional manner.
• Performs escorts related to money transfers, as directed by facility policy. Will secure patient valuables upon request. Will perform non-monetary escorts for staff, visitors, physicians, and patients upon request for the safety and security of the requesting party.
• Controls all parking on the property, emphasizing parking in critical and/or emergency parking areas.
• Conduct regular and random patrols around the facility and completes assigned goals.

Specifications

Experience

Preferred/Desired

• 1 year experience in the security field, and healthcare setting or law enforcement, or military experience.

Education

Minimum Required

• Appropriate education. Knowledge, skills, and mental development equivalent to completion of 4 years of high school, or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience. High school graduate or higher.

Preferred/Desired

• High school graduate or higher.

Training

Minimum Required

• Possess or have the ability to complete First aid, CPR, De-escalation techniques, proper and safe restraints techniques, obtain Mississippi Security Guard Firearms Permit, meet minimum firearms qualification, complete armed guard training, and OC, Pepper Spray, Baton, or Taser Certification.

Preferred/Desired

• Completion of CIT Training and Taser Certification preferred.

Special Skills

Minimum Required

• Basic computer literacy skills required

Licensure

• DRIVER'S LICENSE (CURRENT), Mississippi Security Guard Firearms Permit.