Enterprise Security Analyst

Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.•Lexington, KY

About The Position

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) is seeking an Enterprise Security Analyst to support the safety, security, and operational readiness of Home Health personnel working throughout ARH’s service region. The position is the primary intelligence and monitoring resource for protecting employees who work independently in community-based healthcare environments. It supports ARH’s duty-of-care obligations by monitoring staff activity, assessing safety risks, maintaining situational awareness, coordinating emergency communications, and providing real-time intelligence support during incidents affecting field personnel. The analyst monitors environmental, criminal, weather, transportation, public health, and workplace violence threats that may affect caregivers traveling and providing care in homes and rural communities. Working with Security Operations, Home Health leadership, Emergency Management, Human Resources, Clinical Operations, and local responders, the analyst provides risk assessments, traveler monitoring, emergency notifications, geospatial intelligence, and incident coordination to help ensure employee safety and continuity of patient care.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in security management, Intelligence Studies, Emergency Management, Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, Healthcare Administration, Geography, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
Experience in healthcare security, intelligence analysis, emergency management, security operations, law enforcement, military intelligence, or a related field.
Strong understanding of threat assessment, workplace violence prevention, and employee safety programs.
Excellent analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills.
Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
Understanding of HIPAA requirements and healthcare privacy regulations.
Ability to exercise sound judgment when managing employee safety incidents and critical events.
Ability to pass a confidential-level background investigation.
Required to comply with all Security Operations travel recommendations.
Knowledge of rural healthcare operations and community safety challenges.

Nice To Haves

Experience with emergency notification systems, geospatial technologies, or security monitoring platforms.
Experience supporting Home Health, community healthcare, hospice, EMS, or field-based healthcare operations.
Experience monitoring lone-worker safety programs and employee accountability systems.
Knowledge of healthcare workplace violence prevention programs.
Experience supporting emergency management, critical incident response, and business continuity initiatives.
Professional certifications such as CPP, PSP, CHPA, CEM, CTM, or related healthcare security credentials.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary security and intelligence resource supporting Home Health employee safety.
Monitor Home Health personnel’s location, status, and operational environment during field operations.
Conduct employee welfare checks and accountability monitoring during routine operations, severe weather, and emergencies.
Monitor lone-worker safety systems and respond to missed check-ins, duress alerts, and employee emergency notifications.
Coordinate emergency response and escalation when Home Health personnel encounter safety or security concerns.
Support after-hours monitoring and incident response for Home Health operations through the Security Operations Center.
Identify and assess threats to Home Health personnel, including workplace violence, domestic violence concerns, aggressive patients or family members, criminal activity, environmental hazards, and unsafe locations.
Conduct risk assessments for patient visits, service areas, and geographic regions presenting elevated safety concerns.
Monitor crime trends, public safety incidents, civil disturbances, public health concerns, and other threats affecting field staff.
Develop risk-mitigation recommendations and analyze incidents and trends to identify recurring threats and prevention opportunities.
Monitor travel conditions affecting Home Health clinicians, nurses, therapists, social workers, and support personnel.
Conduct route analysis for hazardous road conditions, traffic disruptions, severe weather, flooding, and transportation challenges; provide real-time travel advisories and route recommendations.
Assess travel risks in remote, rural, or high-risk service areas and support emergency travel coordination during disasters, severe weather, and healthcare emergencies.
Maintain real-time situational awareness of events affecting ARH operations and service areas, including severe weather, flooding, winter storms, public health emergencies, and utility outages.
Provide intelligence updates to leadership and support Hospital Incident Command System (HICS), Emergency Management, emergency response, and business continuity activities.
Administer Everbridge and other employee notification systems; develop and distribute alerts, weather notifications, safety advisories, and operational updates.
Manage employee contact records, notification workflows, and communication templates; coordinate incident communications and conduct notification tests, drills, and training.
Provide Everbridge training and support to Home Health leaders and staff.
Monitor threats targeting healthcare workers in community-based settings and support workplace violence prevention initiatives.
Analyze reports of threatening behavior, suspicious activity, verbal threats, and safety concerns; coordinate assessments with Human Resources, Clinical Leadership, and Security Operations.
Maintain awareness of high-risk patient environments and community safety trends, and support intelligence-driven interventions to reduce risks.
Manage ArcGIS mapping platforms and develop maps and geospatial products for crime patterns, severe weather impacts, service coverage, route planning, incident response, and operational risks.
Support real-time visualization of events impacting Home Health personnel.
Analyze employee safety data, incident reports, near misses, and operational trends; develop dashboards and reports for Home Health leadership and Security Operations.
Track key performance indicators related to employee safety, incident response, and monitoring effectiveness, and maintain documentation for security operations and compliance.