Security Officer Full Time Nights

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Springlee (KY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky is seeking a dedicated Security Officer for the full-time night shift to monitor and protect patients, staff, and property across the campus. You will remain vigilant, respond to emergencies, and coordinate with diverse groups, including visitors and vendors, ensuring safety and compliance with hospital policies.

The role requires a high school diploma or equivalent, a valid driver's license, and readiness to obtain BCLS, taser, and handcuff certifications within

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Valid Driver's License with satisfactory driving record.
• BCLS certification within 90 days of hire.
• Taser X26P or Taser 7 course within 6 months.
• Handcuff course within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Ability to physically intervene during crisis.
• Constantly alert and vigilant for activities that could result in injury or property loss.
• Emergency response.
• Communicates effectively with diverse people including clients, employees, visitors, or vendors.
• Enforces and adheres to hospital policies and guidelines.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Situational awareness

Emergency response

Effective communication

Policy enforcement

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

BCLS certification within 90 days

Taser X26P/7 & Handcuff training within 6 months

Valid driver's license

Tools

Taser X26P course

Taser 7 course

Handcuff course

Job description

Job Summary

Security Officer- Full Time, Nights Status: Full Time Shift: Third

Responsibilities

• Ability to Physically Intervene During Crisis.
• Constantly Alert and Vigilant for Activities Which Could Result in Injury to a Person or Damage or Loss of Property.
• Emergency Response.
• Communicates effectively with diverse people including clients or their representatives, client employees, visitors, or client vendors.
• Enforces and abides by all policies and guidelines of the hospital.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Valid Driver's License with satisfactory driving record.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification within 90 days.
• Taser X26P or Taser 7 course within 6 months.
• Handcuff course within 6 months.

Company Background

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. 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 NONDISCRIMMATION 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.