security officer I

Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare; Lakewood (WA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare is seeking a Security Officer to ensure the safety of patients, employees, and visitors across its facilities. In this role, you will conduct security operations, deter criminal activity, and utilize specific skills to manage aggressive behavior. Ideal candidates will have a high school diploma and prior experience in security or military settings.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off

Medical and dental benefits

Retirement benefits

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum six months experience in police, military, or security.
• First Aid training within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Conduct general security in the protection of people and property.
• Deter criminal activity and enforce policies.
• Utilize Management of Aggressive Behavior skills.

Skills

Vigilance

Tactical Techniques

Management of Aggressive Behavior

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

IAHSS basic certification

BLS certification

Tools

Weapons detection devices

Assistive devices

Job description

Greater Lakes Mental Health is a key component of MultiCare’s Behavioral Health Network, providing mental health and substance use disorder treatment for over 10,000 individuals annually across Pierce County. Providing services for adults, children, and families with Medicaid coverage, Greater Lakes offers 6 convenient mental health care locations including a 16-bed inpatient facility covering medically necessary voluntary and involuntary services to adults. Our experienced teams, veteran nurses, and robust training plans are designed to support your success and growth in facilitating recovery-oriented and trauma-informed treatment.

FTE: 1.0, Shift: Day, Schedule: Mon - Fri

Position Summary

The Security Officer is a key position on our Security Services team. In this role, you provide protection over MultiCare Health System properties and facilities. You will own the responsibility for the security and safety of MultiCare patients, employees, and visitors.

About Greater Lakes Mental Health

Greater Lakes Mental Health is a key component of MultiCare’s Behavioral Health Network, providing mental health and substance use disorder treatment for over 10,000 individuals annually across Pierce County. Providing services for adults, children, and families with Medicaid coverage, Greater Lakes offers 6 convenient mental health care locations including a 16-bed inpatient facility covering medically necessary voluntary and involuntary services to adults. Our experienced teams, veteran nurses, and robust training plans are designed to support your success and growth in facilitating recovery-oriented and trauma-informed treatment.

FTE: 1.0, Shift: Day, Schedule: Mon - Fri

Position Summary

The Security Officer is a key position on our Security Services team. In this role, you provide protection over MultiCare Health System properties and facilities. You will own the responsibility for the security and safety of MultiCare patients, employees, and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Conduct general security in the protection of people and property and the enforcement of all applicable policies, rules, and regulations.

• Deter criminal activity and misconduct utilizing tactical techniques.

• Utilize Management of Aggressive Behavior skills both verbally and physically as required.

• Apply the concepts of Awareness, Vigilance, Avoidance, Defense, and Escape to effectively protect and serve facility campus.

• Utilize weapons detection devices to monitor patients/visitors and ensuring the removal of contraband from facility.

• Apply appropriate techniques with assistive devices when engaging with combative/aggressive individuals.

• Effectively operate/leverage required security equipment and tools.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred.

• Current Washington or Idaho state driver’s license.

• IAHSS basic certification or ability to obtain within one (1) year of hire date.

• Minimum six (6) months of experience in police, military, or security, preferable in a health care setting.

• Proof of a safe driving record (which meets established MultiCare Standards) obtained by a motor vehicle report from the appropriate state.

• BLS certification or obtained within 30 days of hire.

• First Aid training within 30 days of hire.

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $24.58 - $35.36 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here .

Get to Know MultiCare

About Us

MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho.

MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care; Pulse Heart Institute; MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians; MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region; and MultiCare Connected Care, our Accountable Care Organization.

Twelve hospitals complete the organization: Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Capital Medical Center, Covington Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital — the Puget Sound region’s only children’s hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washington — Navos Behavioral Health Hospital, Valley Hospital, Yakima Valley Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital — which is home to the South Puget Sound region’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — and Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital.

Our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy, serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

MultiCare is also proud of our commitment to workforce diversity and culturally competent care. This commitment is led by our CEO and supported through employee education and community outreach.

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