Security Officer PRN

Intermountain Health; United States; On-site; USD 27,552 - 37,195; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Health LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, seeks a Security Officer to maintain a safe environment for patients and staff. You will enforce policies, assist and direct people, respond to emergencies, and protect Intermountain property.

The role covers de-escalation, handling violent patients, and leading workplace violence prevention training. You’ll participate in drills, perform safety inspections, and support investigations with HR and law enforcement as needed.

Qualifications

• Current Driver’s License (if applicable for the role).
• Current Basic Life Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers or willing to obtain within 90 days of hire.
• At least 21 years of age

Responsibilities

• De-escalation: use verbal and non-verbal strategies to calm individuals and resolve conflicts peacefully.
• Intervene with violent patients to protect safety when aggression occurs, including using restraints when necessary.
• Provide WPVP training focusing on education, prevention, and mitigation of workplace violence.
• Ensure regulatory compliance, reporting crimes/incidents with minimum necessary information to law enforcement.
• Respond to bomb threats and suspicious packages following protocols to ensure facility safety.
• Engage in drills like infant abduction and active shooter scenarios to prepare staff.
• Conduct safe, respectful searches of patients and narcotics, complying with legal requirements.
• Perform safety inspections of walking surfaces, fire extinguishers, and overall facility safety.
• Enforce parking regulations to support safety and patient experience.
• Collaborate with HR and law enforcement to conduct investigations and protect patient information.

Skills

Law Enforcement

Parking

Public Safety

Lockout Tagout

Fire Drills

Key Control

Exterior Design

Patient Transportation

Communication

Situational Awareness

Education

Basic Life Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers

Job description

Job Description:

The Security Officer provides a safe environment for patients, visitors, employees, and volunteers. This position is responsible to enforce policy, provide assistance and direction, respond to emergencies, and to provide protection for employees, visitors, and Intermountain property.

Essential Functions

• De-escalation: Security officers use verbal and non-verbal strategies to calm individuals and resolve conflicts peacefully, minimizing the need for physical force.
• Dealing with Violent Patients: They intervene to protect the safety of everyone involved when patients act aggressively or violently, including using physical restraints when necessary.
• Training on Workplace Violence Prevention (WPVP): Security officers teach WPVP techniques, focusing on education, prevention, and mitigation of workplace violence. This includes handling verbal harassment, physical assault, and bomb threats.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring compliance with regulations such as HIPAA when reporting crimes or incidents, disclosing only the minimum necessary information to law enforcement.
• Bomb Threat/Suspicious Package Responses: Trained to respond to bomb threats and suspicious packages, following protocols to ensure the safety of the facility.
• Participation in Drills: Engaging in exercises like infant abduction and active shooter scenarios to prepare staff for real-life situations.
• Conducting Searches: Performing respectful and safe searches of patients and searching for narcotics, ensuring compliance with legal requirements.
• Safety Inspections: Conducting inspections of walking surfaces, fire extinguishers, and overall facility safety to mitigate risks.
• Parking Enforcement: Enforcing parking regulations to ensure safety and accessibility, focusing on enhancing the patient experience.
• Investigations: Collaborating with HR and law enforcement to conduct investigations, following protocols for disclosing patient information, and ensuring facility safety.

Skills

• Law Enforcement

• Parking

• Public Safety

• Lockout Tagout

• Fire Drills

• Key Control

• Exterior Design

• Patient Transportation

• Communication

• Situational Awareness

Minimum Qualifications

• Current Driver’s License (if applicable for the role).
• Current Basic Life Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers or willing to obtain within 90 days of hire.
• At least 21 years of age

Preferred Qualifications

• One-year previous law enforcement, corrections, public safety, military police or security experience.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with customers require employees to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location:

Intermountain Health LDS Hospital

Work City:

Salt Lake City

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$20.45 - $27.04

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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