POSITION TITLE: Security Officer

POSITION SUMMARY:

Provide security for patients, employees, visitors, and hospital property. Willing to work day, night, graveyard shifts, weekends and holidays. The security department exists to provide a secure and safe environment that allows patients, staff and visitors to deliver or receive quality care and services. The really important outcome of this department is protecting patients, visitors, and staff from reasonable fear of harm. That helps Sky Lakes Medical Center succeed by providing an atmosphere that is conductive to rest and recovery to persons who make our job possible - our customers.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Perform frequent inspections tours (patrols) of the facility to watch for and guard against signs of trespassing, loitering, theft, property damage, fire, vandalism, breaches of security, accidents and other hazardous conditions which threatens the safety and well-being of hospital staff, patients, visitors and serves as first line defense/response to such incidents.
• Renders timely emergency assistance to requesting parties in incidents such as patient restraint, assault, theft, fire, etc., to the best of his/her ability.
• Maintain knowledge of the Safety & Security Procedures as well as the Sky Lakes Safety and Disaster Policies.
• Required to be thoroughly cognizant of the Security Officers involvement in the Hospital Internal and External Disaster Plans.
• Operate all hospital vehicles in a safe manner and patrol all parking areas enforcing compliance with parking procedures as detailed in the Sky Lakes Medical Center policies.
• Participate in investigations; maintain records, prepare incident and situation reports and other documents pertinent to security activities.
• Consult with and keep supervisor informed of activities, needs, and problems.
• Care for and maintain department supplies and equipment as assigned by the supervisor. Request supplies and equipment as needed or inform supervisor.
• Attend no less than 80% of monthly staff meetings as required and all scheduled in-services.
• Demonstrates competence in relation to the defined mission, vision, values, and strategic plan of the organization. This will be apparent by ongoing completion of any or all of the following: proficiency testing, skill demonstration, practice of core standards for service excellence, and documentation review.

MARGINAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Perform other duties as assigned.