Security Officer

Baptist Health; Richmond (KY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky is seeking a Security Officer for the 1st shift on a full-time basis to join the hospital's Security Department. Under supervision of the Security Director, you will help create a safe environment for patients, visitors and staff.

Responsibilities include enforcing hospital policies, patrolling the campus, responding to alarms, assisting with restraints when permitted, and providing escorts.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid Kentucky driver's license and clean driving record.
• Proficient use of technology including computers, software, and mobile technology.
• 1-year Security or related experience preferred.
• Ability to successfully achieve Taser certification, successfully complete hand-cuff training.
• Certified Healthcare Security Officer (CHSO) preferred.
• BLS Certification within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Enforce hospital policies through active monitoring and patrolling.
• Investigate complaints of potential criminal and non-criminal conduct.
• Assist in restraining patients as permitted and provide protective services.
• Respond to alarms and emergencies and assist during crises.
• Provide escorts for personnel to and from parking areas.
• Support law enforcement agencies when requested.
• Perform minor maintenance tasks as directed.

Skills

Driver's license

Technology proficiency

Taser certification

Hand-cuff training

Good physical fitness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Summary Job Description

Job Title: Security Officer FULL TIME 1st SHIFT

The Security Department, under the management of a Security Director, provides direct oversight and support in campus safety, security, and emergency preparedness. Security Department personnel are familiar with contingency plans in the event of a fire, disaster, or critical event that occurs on campus.

Job Summary

Under the general supervision of the Director of Security, or their designee, enforces hospital regulations, provides a safe and secure environment for patients, visitors, and employees. This position requires knowledge and skill in dealing with customers ranging from infancy to death. The Security Officer may perform other duties, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below, and specific functions may change from time to time.

Job Description

Enforce policies and regulations through active monitoring and patrolling of Baptist property. Investigate complaints of potential criminal and non-criminal conduct, assist in restraining of patients as permitted and provide protective services. Officer makes immediate correction of situations, which might contribute, to security or safety problems. Responds immediately when called for assistance and attempts to resolve situation and ensures that employees, visitors, and patients are assisted during a crisis. Provides escorts for personnel to and from parking areas of building. Assists with combative patients, determine need for physical intervention in accordance with Use of Force policy. Conduct patrols of campus/hospital utilizing appropriate tools, ensuring all points are checked during each patrol. Covers absentee call-in’s received during shift. Performs minor maintenance tasks in the absence of Engineering staff as directed by Security Supervisory staff. Manage control of patient valuables and Lost & Found property and complete all documentation as required. Assist Law Enforcement agencies operating at, or in support of, the facility as requested. Respond to Alarms (Door Alarms, Infant Abduction Alarms, Panic/Duress Alarms, etc.)

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid Kentucky Driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Proficient use of technology including computers, software, and mobile technology.
• 1-year Security or related experience preferred.
• Ability to successfully achieve Taser certification, successfully complete hand-cuff training.
• Certified Healthcare Security Officer (CHSO) preferred.
• BLS Certification within 90 days of hire.

Benefits

• Full-Time 32 weekly hours (0.8 FTE) - 40 weekly hours (1.0 FTE)
• Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
• Retirement with Company Match

About Baptist Health

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug‑free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre‑employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES

Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll‑free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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