Senior Consultant - Healthcare Security (System Director)

Vizient, Inc; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. seeks a Director of Security to lead security programs for healthcare providers, overseeing budgeting, planning, project development, and contract evaluations while collaborating with senior leaders to improve effectiveness and cost outcomes.

The role emphasizes vendor management, RFPs, risk assessments, and security operations across multiple locations, with regular travel and a focus on policy improvements and staff development.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant experience required.
• Experience as a Director of Security in a multi-location healthcare system.
• Ability to read location schematic drawings and specifications.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage RFPs and evaluation for security management contracts.
• Collaborate with legal, risk management, compliance and other departments on contracting activities.
• Develop vendor relationships; negotiate pricing and value adds to achieve provider savings.
• Review and improve vendor contracts, KPIs, SOPs, and security policies.
• Prepare analyses and present recommendations to senior leadership; may involve multi-system, regional aggregation.

Skills

Security leadership

Communication

Project management

Budgeting

Vendor management

Reading schematics

Travel readiness

Education

Relevant degree

CHPA credentials

Board certification in Security Management

Job description

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Summary: In this role, you will engage with healthcare providers as a knowledge resource for security processes and programs. You will manage security programs which include staff management, budgeting, planning, project development and contract evaluations. You will collaborate with senior leaders to develop and plan actions to increase overall effectiveness, cost reduction opportunities and the financial outcome for healthcare providers.

Responsibilities:

• Manage request for proposal (RFP) and evaluation process for security management contracts.
• Understand customer processes for purchasing, contracting, etc. including collaboration with provider’s Legal, Risk Management, Compliance, and other support departments as necessary to complete contracting activities in accordance with the provider’s policies and procedures.
• Cultivate and develop new and existing vendor relationships; effectively articulate objectives to vendors and negotiate pricing and value adds to provide provider savings opportunities.
• Review and recommend improvements for benchmarks with current vendor pricing against contract pricing for identification of future savings opportunities.
• Design and execute project work plans; provide status updates; identify, track, and validate savings achieved through program engagement.
• Prepare analyses and present recommendations to senior leadership at provider locations.
• This may include multi-system, regional aggregation.
• Review and make recommendations for improvements for vendor contracts, security program KPI’s, standard operating procedures, safety and security policies and process.
• Recommend improvements with security vendor training, awareness, orientation, onboarding processes and personal belonging search processes.
• Monitor physical workflows and movement of patients and staff in high-risk areas.
• Review and recommend improvements for security leadership structure, education, and training.
• Review and recommend improvements for location of cameras, duress (panic) alarms, badge readers and lighting and the quality of these elements, access management and control for building security, including badging processes (how permissions are assigned, what doors are operable under certain access and permissions, door lock schedules review if staff, unbadged, visitor and patient process.
• Evaluate main entry-point access processes (both staff entry and patient/visitor entry) and recommend improvements.
• Review and recommend improvements for vehicle appropriateness, patrol routes and response times.
• Recommend improvements for security and public safety-centric signage, parking lot, vehicle security and monitoring, processes, post-orders, rounding and risk-points.
• Evaluate potential security threats by location and intrusion detection; exterior openings fortification, gates and fencing and security operations center.
• Review and recommend improvements for security uniforms, weapons, use of law enforcement, plain-clothed armed agents, other security contractors and security and safety program certification.
• Prepare and deliver assessment reports to include Observations, Crime Index Report, Key User Feedback & Requirements, Practice Use Gaps and Financial Investments/Savings.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 5 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Experience as a Director of Security and/or law enforcement at multi location healthcare system required.
• Ability to read location schematic drawings and specifications required.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills required.
• Experience in consulting, analytics, healthcare supply chain procurement, and an understanding of both clinical and non-clinical activities and processes within the healthcare industry is preferred.
• CHPA credentials required.
• Board certification in Security Management preferred.
• Proficient in the use of project management principles, practices, techniques, and tools.
• Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously throughout the year to meet clients’ needs and timetables.

#LI-LH #IDS Estimated Hiring Range: At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances.

The current salary range for this role is $88,900.00 to $155,500.00. This position is also incentive eligible. Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here: http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.

Working at Vizient means shaping the future of healthcare, every day. Alongside our clients, we're building a healthier, more human healthcare system. We connect people, data, and solutions to enable healthcare organizations to improve financial sustainability, enhance system performance, and deliver better care. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, with 11 offices across the United States, Vizient has more than 5,000 employees who bring deep expertise and a shared commitment to transforming healthcare. Together, we're solving some of the industry's most complex challenges while creating opportunities to learn, grow, and drive lasting change for healthcare organizations and the communities they serve. Through our enterprise of companies, we deliver meaningful impact across the continuum of care: Apexus - The exclusive contractor for 340B Drug Pricing Program, managed by the Health Resources and Services Administration. aptitude - The industry's first online direct contracting market, supporting self-contracting activity between hospitals and suppliers. Kaufman Hall - Leading healthcare advisory services to support our clients in achieving financial, clinical, and operational excellence. Provista - Proven supply chain partner specializing in extended, diagnostic, and preventive care facilities, including surgery centers, home health, and senior living.