Security Training Specialist

Northeast Georgia Health System; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Northeast Georgia Health System in Georgia seeks a Security Training Specialist to design, coordinate, deliver, and evaluate education and competency programs across the organization. You will partner with Security leadership, Emergency Preparedness, HR, and clinical operations to prepare staff for workplace violence risks, emergencies, and visitor management.

The role involves developing lesson plans, maintaining training records, delivering standardized programs, and supporting accreditation

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of three years in security, law enforcement, military, emergency management, healthcare operations, training, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and delivers standardized training programs for security officers, including onboarding, annual education, refresher training, and role-specific competency development.
• Coordinates security training related to workplace violence prevention, verbal de-escalation, defensive tactics, emergency response procedures, visitor management, patient elopement, infant or child abduction prevention, access control, report writing, and customer service.
• Partners with Security leadership to assess training needs, identify competency gaps, and recommend education plans based on incident trends, regulatory requirements, performance observations, and organizational priorities.
• Maintains training records, attendance documentation, competency checklists, and related evidence to support accreditation, regulatory review, and internal audit readiness.
• Develops lesson plans, job aids, scenarios, drills, practical exercises, and evaluation tools to reinforce consistent security practices across locations and shifts.
• Facilitates simulation-based learning and scenario discussions that prepare staff to respond appropriately to disruptive behavior, escalating threats, emergency events, and safety-sensitive incidents.
• Supports implementation of a training tracking process or database to monitor required education, certification status, completion rates, and upcoming renewals.
• Collaborates with clinical and operational departments to deliver security awareness education for non-security staff, including de-escalation, reporting expectations, personal safety, and emergency security procedures.
• Provides coaching and feedback to security officers and leaders to reinforce professional conduct, communication standards, customer service expectations, and consistent application of policy.
• Reviews incident reports, after-action findings, and operational feedback to identify training opportunities and update curriculum as needed.
• Ensures training content reflects current organizational policies, applicable healthcare security standards, emergency management expectations, and workplace violence prevention priorities.
• Supports drills, exercises, and department readiness activities in coordination with Emergency Preparedness and other key stakeholders.
• Serves as a subject matter resource for security education, competency validation, and training-related process improvement.
• Manages security-related equipment inventory control, including firearms, vests, tasers.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support departmental and organizational safety, security, and emergency preparedness objectives.

Skills

Facilitation

Presentation

Coaching

Interpersonal communication

Policy translation

Judgment

Discretion

Relationship building

Organizational skills

Office productivity tools

Learning management systems

Spreadsheets

Training documentation

Data analysis

Customer service

Education

High school diploma (required)

Associate or Bachelor's degree in related field (preferred)

Tools

Office productivity tools

Learning management systems

Spreadsheets

Training documentation methods

Job description

Job Category: Public Safety & Security

Work Shift/Schedule: Varies

About the Role

The Security Training Specialist is responsible for designing, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating security-related education and competency programs that support a safe, secure, and service-oriented environment across the organization. This role partners with Security leadership, Emergency Preparedness, Human Resources, clinical operations, and other stakeholders to ensure security officers, leaders, and applicable staff are prepared to respond effectively to workplace violence risks, emergency events, visitor management concerns, patient safety issues, and other security-related situations.

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Educational Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent required
• Minimum Experience: Minimum of three (3) years of experience in security, law enforcement, military, emergency management, healthcare operations, training, or a related field required.

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications: International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety certification or related healthcare security credential preferred. Instructor certification in de-escalation, defensive tactics, crisis prevention, workplace violence prevention, first aid, CPR, or other relevant training discipline preferred. Training, facilitation, emergency preparedness, or safety-related certification preferred.
• Preferred Educational Requirements: Associate degree or bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, emergency management, healthcare administration, education, organizational development, or a related field preferred.
• Preferred Experience: Prior experience developing or delivering adult learning, competency validation, field training, or instructor‑led education preferred. Healthcare security experience strongly preferred. Knowledge of workplace violence prevention, de-escalation practices, emergency response procedures, access control, incident reporting, and customer service in a healthcare or complex service environment preferred.

Job Specific And Unique Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Strong facilitation, presentation, coaching, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to translate policy, procedure, and operational risk into practical, engaging training content.
• Sound judgment, professionalism, and discretion when handling sensitive security, safety, and employee-related information.
• Ability to build effective relationships with security officers, leaders, clinical teams, and interdisciplinary stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple training priorities, schedules, records, and deadlines.
• Proficiency with common office productivity tools, learning systems, tracking spreadsheets, and training documentation methods.
• Ability to evaluate training effectiveness and use data, feedback, and incident trends to recommend improvements.
• Commitment to service excellence, inclusion, teamwork, accountability, and a safe environment for patients, visitors, employees, and providers.

Essential Tasks And Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and delivers standardized training programs for security officers, including onboarding, annual education, refresher training, and role‑specific competency development.
• Coordinates security training related to workplace violence prevention, verbal de‑escalation, defensive tactics, emergency response procedures, visitor management, patient elopement, infant or child abduction prevention, access control, report writing, and customer service.
• Partners with Security leadership to assess training needs, identify competency gaps, and recommend education plans based on incident trends, regulatory requirements, performance observations, and organizational priorities.
• Maintains training records, attendance documentation, competency checklists, and related evidence to support accreditation, regulatory review, and internal audit readiness.
• Develops lesson plans, job aids, scenarios, drills, practical exercises, and evaluation tools to reinforce consistent security practices across locations and shifts.
• Facilitates simulation‑based learning and scenario discussions that prepare staff to respond appropriately to disruptive behavior, escalating threats, emergency events, and safety‑sensitive incidents.
• Supports implementation of a training tracking process or database to monitor required education, certification status, completion rates, and upcoming renewals.
• Collaborates with clinical and operational departments to deliver security awareness education for non‑security staff, including de‑escalation, reporting expectations, personal safety, and emergency security procedures.
• Provides coaching and feedback to security officers and leaders to reinforce professional conduct, communication standards, customer service expectations, and consistent application of policy.
• Reviews incident reports, after‑action findings, and operational feedback to identify training opportunities and update curriculum as needed.
• Ensures training content reflects current organizational policies, applicable healthcare security standards, emergency management expectations, and workplace violence prevention priorities.
• Supports drills, exercises, and department readiness activities in coordination with Emergency Preparedness and other key stakeholders.
• Serves as a subject matter resource for security education, competency validation, and training‑related process improvement.
• Manages security‑related equipment inventory control, including firearms, vests, tasers.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support departmental and organizational safety, security, and emergency preparedness objectives.

Physical Demands

• Weight Lifted: Up to 50 lbs, Frequently 31‑65% of time
• Weight Carried: Up to 20 lbs, Frequently 31‑65% of time
• Vision: Heavy, Occasionally 0‑30% of time
• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending: Frequently 31‑65%
• Standing/Walking: Frequently 31‑65%
• Pushing/Pulling: Occasionally 0‑30%
• Intensity of Work: Frequently 31‑65%
• Job Requires: Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking, Keyboarding, Driving

Working at NGHS means being part of something special: a team invested in you as a person, an employee, and in helping you reach your goals.

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Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.