Security Officer

CHI; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New Hire Sign on Bonus $1,500

Job summary

CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy is seeking a Security Officer to monitor buildings and grounds, protect staff and visitors, and act quickly in emergencies. You will patrol, guard access points, monitor cameras, and respond to security incidents with a calm, proactive approach.

Previous healthcare security experience is preferred. The role requires vigilance, adherence to hospital codes, HIPAA awareness, and timely incident reporting.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or equivalent; six (6) months experience as security officer in a healthcare setting.
• One year experience as security officer.
• Driver's License: NE; Basic Life Support - CPR within 90 Days.

Responsibilities

• Protect staff, patients, and visitors by responding to calls for assistance in a timely and prudent manner.
• Patrol the facility and grounds by foot or vehicle; monitor security alarms and dispatch officers promptly to location(s) where needed; and report unsafe acts or conditions.
• Knowledge of emergency procedures, equipment, and hospital codes
• Reports HIPAA breaches if witnessed; investigate security breaches, conducts investigation, and writes incident reports.
• Ensures that all activities are logged. That incident reports are accurately completed that they are clear, concise, legible, and submitted in a timely manner.
• Use appropriate emergency and radio codes in dispatching security officers while knowing hospital campus to ensure that dispatches are to write location.

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As our Security Officer, you will monitor buildings and grounds on the property to ensure the safety and security of employees, patients, and other visitors.

Every day you will monitor the property by walking and driving around the premises. Your security detail could include guarding facility and unit access points, monitoring surveillance cameras, testing new security technology, and protecting all employees/visitors against acts of violence should they arise.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need the ability to remain calm and take action based on the situation, known facts, and understand the position limitations. You are also expected to respond to emergency codes in a timely manner. Previous experience in security/patrol in a healthcare setting is preferred.

• Protecting staff, patients, and visitors by responding to calls for assistance in a timely and prudent manner. Calls may include incidents such as violent or unruly patients, visitors, crimes committed or in progress, or to emergency codes, and requests for opening doors.
• Patrol the facility and grounds by foot or vehicle; monitor security alarms and dispatch officers promptly to location(s) where needed; and report unsafe acts or conditions.
• Knowledge of emergency procedures, equipment, and supplies, including of radios and hospital codes
• Reports HIPAA breaches if witnessed; investigate security breaches, conducts investigation, and writes incident reports.
• Ensures that l all activities are logged. That incident reports are accurately completed that they are clear, concise, legible, and submitted in a timely manner.
• Use appropriate emergency and radio codes in dispatching security officers while knowing hospital campus to ensure that dispatches are to write location.

• *New Hire Sign on Bonus $1,500*

Job Requirements

• High School Graduate or equivalent and Six (6) months experience as security officer in a healthcare setting , upon hire or
• Six (6) months experience as security officer in a healthcare setting or
• One (1) year experience as a security officer.
• Driver's License: NE, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 90 Days

Where You'll Work

At CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy, our focus is patient-centered care. Our level I trauma center and academic medical center campus is designed to heal the body, mind, and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services includes trauma services, heart and vascular care, emergency services, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.

Pay Range

$18.06 - $25.51 /hour