Public Safety Officer I - Armed (PSO I)

National Police; Downers Grove (IL); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits Eligible

Job summary

National Police seeks a Public Safety Officer I - Armed for Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, IL. This full-time, hybrid role involves day and PM shifts with a rotating week schedule and every-other-weekend off.

Pay ranges from $22.90 to $34.35 per hour, with benefits eligible. Responsibilities include patrols, incident response, crowd control, and collaboration with local authorities to maintain safety at the hospital campus.

Qualifications

• Minimum security duties knowledge and customer-service approach.
• Ability to de-escalate and enforce safety rules.
• Familiarity with hospital security procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide security services with professionalism and compassion.
• Perform interior/exterior patrols; identify hazards and ensure safety.
• Respond to emergencies and incidents; collect reports with documentation.

Job description

Department:

11926 Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital - Public Safety

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Day shift and PM shift hours

0530-1800 and 1330-2200.

Week rotation with every other weekend off.

Pay Range:

$22.90 - $34.35

It's More Than a Job, It's a Calling!

Position: Public Safety Officer I - Armed

Location: Good Samaritan hospital; Downers Grove, IL.

Full Time; 1st/2nd shift Hybrid

~0530-1800 and 1330-2200.

~Week rotation with every other weekend off.

Major Responsibilities:

• Provides security serviceswith a customer-service approach, focusing on professionalism, fairness, and compassion evenin 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.Isalert, observant, and ethical.Complies withand enforces all safety and security rules and regulations. Maintains Department uniform and equipmentin good repair.
• Performs routine responsibilities during interior and exterior patrols to ensure safety and security, including but not limited to inspections toidentifyvulnerabilities, hazards, and fire conditions, audits of Interim Life Safety Measures, patient valuables management, and thorough contraband searches.Assiststeam members, patients, and visitors by providing information, directions, and physical help. Ensures traffic control, monitors conduct of visitors onpremises and confronts unauthorizedpersons 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,utilizinguse of forcewhen necessary (e.g.conducted electrical weapon (CEW),h andcuffing. )
• Performs key responsibilities to plan, prevent, practice, and respond to emergencies such as lost or abducted infants/children, fire, and active threats.
• Respondsimmediatelytoemergencyand crisis situations; physically intervenesin accordance withtraining to situations that have a potential for injury.
• Investigatesincidents that occur on AdvocateHealthproperty andcompletes timely and accurate reports. Addresses and escalates complaints to theappropriate leaderand provides supporting documentation.
• Performs liaison rounding duties to cultivate close partnerships with all departmentsand units. Delivers security awareness education to team members to leveragetheir assistance in the overall security of the site.
• Liaisons withfederal,state,and local law enforcement and first responder agencies. Coordinates, briefs, and monitorsevery law enforcement prisoner patient guard to ensure policy compliance and prevent unsafe practices.
• Maintains current Department training standards in radio communications, verbal de-escalation,hemorrhage control (e.g. "STOP the BLEED"), CPR, application of clinical restraints, conducted energy weapon (e.g. T ASER), to include training on any/all department-issued equipment and/or requirements identified in training academy and the Annual Training Plan.
• Assistswith exteriortraffic and crowd control, including parking enforcement, valet parking assist, and vehicular assistance.
• UtilizesInterview and Interrogation tactics touncover information about incidents that have occurred.
• Completes