Armed Security Officer- Tempe

HonorHealth•Tempe, AZ

18d•Onsite

About The Position

The Armed Security Officer patrols designated HonorHealth properties, screens visitors, and performs activities to protect the safety and security of staff, patients, visitors, and property. The role helps maintain a safe hospital campus by monitoring for suspicious activity and hazards, managing visitor ingress through weapons detection systems, responding to alarms and dispatched calls, enforcing organizational policies, escorting people or property when needed, and documenting incidents. The officer responds to emergencies and disturbances throughout the hospital and its grounds, including alarms, restraint calls, and other urgent security situations. Duties may involve rapid stair climbing, running or sprinting, moving heavy equipment, and intervening with hostile or combative individuals, including applying approved restraint equipment when authorized and consistent with policy. The role may also support law enforcement and security leadership at public events, assist with mass-casualty preparedness, and help set up decontamination equipment. The position requires completion of department training and continuing education, including crisis intervention, self-defense, and recurring firearms training and qualification. The officer also serves as a professional and welcoming HonorHealth representative and collaborates with community partners.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
10 years of law enforcement experience with separation in good standing, or retired law enforcement experience.
Driver's license; if identified as a driver of an HonorHealth vehicle or golf cart, authorize an annual motor vehicle record check.
Arizona LEOSA certification for retired law enforcement firearms proficiency.
Successful completion of the HonorHealth Armed Security Officer Training Program within 90 days.
Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association within 60 days.
Taser certification within 90 days of hire through HonorHealth Public Safety or a certified Taser instructor.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree or equivalent from a recognized college or trade school.

Responsibilities

Patrol assigned areas and help ensure a safe and secure hospital campus.
Check for suspicious activity and safety or fire hazards; investigate or report unusual circumstances to appropriate leadership.
Check building doors and windows, document unlocked doors or windows, and provide the information to a supervisor or manager.
Monitor and manage ingress through weapons detection systems according to operational procedures while maintaining a professional and welcoming demeanor.
Maintain vigilance to identify, monitor, and help mitigate threats and hazards.
Escort people or property when the safety of people or property, money, or documents is a concern.
Respond to alarms and dispatched calls and take appropriate action.
Unlock buildings or doors after checking identification and compliance with hospital policies.
Enforce organizational policies, including parking, smoking, and badge-compliance rules.
Provide training to staff as needed.
Act as a first responder to disturbances and emergencies, including infant-abduction, fire, panic, and intruder alarms and restraint calls.
Take charge of maintaining order and protecting people and property during emergencies.
Subdue resisting, aggressive, combative, or distressed individuals and, when properly authorized and consistent with policy, apply appropriate restraint equipment.
Assist law enforcement officers and security leadership with protection details, crowd control, and surveillance at large public events.
Assist with security for mass-casualty events, including setting up decontamination equipment.
Investigate and document incidents, record policy violations in citations or emails, maintain a daily activity log, and relay information as directed.
Complete required training and annual or quarterly in-services, including crisis intervention, self-defense, and firearms training and qualification.
Represent HonorHealth as a brand ambassador by greeting patients, visitors, vendors, and staff professionally.
Collaborate with community partners and maintain positive working relationships.
Perform other duties as assigned.