Public Safety Officer

aah; Sheboygan (WI); In loco; USD 30.000 - 45.000; Tempo pieno

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Benefits eligible

40-hour work week

Descrizione del lavoro

aah is seeking a full-time Security Officer for a health care campus in Wisconsin. The role requires maintaining safety, conducting patrols, and enforcing rules with professionalism and empathy toward patients, visitors, and staff.

Responsibilities include responding to emergencies, de-escalating conflicts, and preparing detailed incident reports while coordinating with local law enforcement and the safety team. Training and certifications are part of the onboarding process.

Competenze

• CHSO certification must be obtained within two years of appointment.
• Must have valid driver's license.
• Experience in security, public safety, or customer service with emergent situations.

Mansioni

• Provide professional security services and maintain a service-oriented appearance.
• Perform interior and exterior patrols, identify hazards and ensure safety.
• Assist patients, visitors, and staff with information and directions.
• Control traffic, monitor visitors, and question unauthorized persons as needed.
• Investigate workplace violence and respond to emergencies and threats.
• Document incidents with timely reports and coordinate with leadership.

Conoscenze

CHSO certification

De-escalation

Verbal/written communication

Attention to detail

Emergency response

Formazione

High School Diploma or GED

Descrizione del lavoro

Department:

11926 AMC Sheboygan County - Public Safety

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hou rs Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

• Friday thru Tuesday; 7:30AM-3:30PM
• 40-hour New Officer Academy
• Additional 120 hours site training

Pay Range:

$21.85 - $32.80

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Provides security services with professionalism, fairness, and compassion in even challenging circumstances and in accordance with policies, procedures, and training. Inspires confidence in patients, visitors, and team members by presenting a professional, approachable, and service-oriented appearance and demeanor. Is alert, observant, and ethical. Complies with and enforces all safety and security rules and regulations. Maintains Department uniform and equipment in good repair.

Performs routine responsibilities during interior and exterior patrols to ensure safety and security, including but not limited to inspections to identify vulnerabilities, hazards, and fire conditions, audits of Interim Life Safety Measures, patient valuables management, and thorough contraband searches. Assists team members, patients, and visitors by providing information, directions, and physical help. Ensures traffic control, monitors conduct of visitors on premises, and confronts unauthorized persons for questioning.

Prevents, responds to, and investigates workplace violence. Responds to service calls, such as combative or threatening patients or visitors and team member incidents. Serves as a primary resource for de-escalation.

Performs key responsibilities to plan, prevent, practice, and respond to emergencies such as lost or abducted infants/children, fire, and active threats. Responds immediately to emergency and crisis situations; physically intervenes in accordance with training to situations that have a potential for injury.

Investigates incidents that occur on Advocate Aurora property and completes timely and accurate reports. Addresses and escalates complaints to the appropriate leader and provides supporting documentation.

Performs liaison rounding duties to cultivate close partnerships with all department and units. Delivers security awareness education to team members to leverage their assistance in the overall security of the site.

Liaisons with state and local law enforcement and first responder agencies. Coordinates, briefs, and monitors every law enforcement prisoner patient guard to ensure policy compliance and prevent unsafe practices.

Maintains current Department training standards in radio communications, verbal de‑escalation, stabilization, CPR, application of clinical restraints, conducted energy weapon (Taser), to include training on any/all department‑issued equipment and/or requirements identified in the Annual Training Plan.

License/Registration/Certification Required:

• Security Officer Healthcare Certification (CHSO) issued by the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) must be obtained on a one-time basis within two years of appointment to this role. Recertification is not required.
• A valid driver's license issued by the Division of Motor Vehicle.
• Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) Card issued by the Illinois State Police or Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) license issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ). This is needed in order to carry a taser at work.
• Certified in Conducted Energy Weapon (Taser) use within 90 days of hire and periodically thereafter.

Education Required: High School Diploma or GED

Typically requires 1 year of experience in a security, related public safety, or customer service area that includes experiences in responding to emergent situations and identifying and resolving issues that pose a potential risk to patients, visitors, staff and/or property.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Illinois team members must have completed State of Illinois 20-hour Basic Security Officer course.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise mature judgment and sound reasoning while maintaining a courteous and tactful demeanor in dealings with employees, visitors, and patients, even if they are verbally aggressive persons.
• Demonstrated experience in quickly assessing dangerous situations and taking appropriate action.
• Demonstrated ability in verbal and written communications.
• Ability to use a computer to document work such (Microsoft Word, Excel, navigating a web page, and database entry).
• Must successfully pass background investigation, drug screen, pre-placement physical post-offer, pre-employment and periodically thereafter.
• Ability to defend self and/or others in case of physical confrontations when de-escalation efforts fail and there is cause to detain a non-cooperative person who is committing a criminal act or fleeing and possess the ability to physically restrain a person against their will.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people; ability to hear radio and telephone communications at both high and low decibels.
• Ability to communicate via radio a