Lieutenant Supervisor - Police Officer - Night Shift

IU Health•Lafayette, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lieutenant Supervisor - Police Officer role is a full-time position with night shifts (11:00 pm - 6:00 am) at Arnett Hospital, supporting the Public Safety Department. This role provides direction and guidance to team members, guests, and patients, while also counseling, coaching, and evaluating subordinate personnel. The position involves assisting teams with de-escalating tense situations, preventing crime and safety incidents, and creating a safe healthcare environment. The Lieutenant Supervisor serves as the shift commander, supervising sergeants, police officers, and Public Safety Officers, issuing work assignments, and supervising work activities. They are responsible for completing and approving work schedules to ensure proper shift coverage. The role includes conducting patrols, responding to calls for service, investigating criminal activity and vehicle crashes, and enforcing IU Health rules, regulations, policies, and state statutes. Maintaining records, completing reports, and performing physical security screenings are also key duties. The Lieutenant Supervisor will assist other public safety agencies, respond to officers' calls for assistance, assume on-scene command of critical incidents, and act as the senior departmental officer in the absence of more senior ranking officers. Other duties may be assigned by the chain of command.

Requirements

Requires high school diploma or GED equivalent and seven (7) years of law enforcement experience. OR Associate's degree and five (5) years of law enforcement experience.
Requires current non-restricted Indiana Driver's License.
Requires previous successful completion of Indiana Law Enforcement Tier I or II training, successful completion of the IU Health DPS field training program.
Must be able to obtain NCIC/IDACS certification and access.
Must not have convictions for felony, domestic violence or violent misdemeanor offenses.
Must be able to pass a pre-employment background investigation, drug screening and psychological exam.
Requires working knowledge of computers and various software programs.
Have never had law enforcement officer license denied by final order or revoked.
Not currently on suspension or have a voluntary surrender of a law enforcement license currently in effect.

Responsibilities

Provides direction and guidance to team members, guests, and patients.
Counsels, coaches and evaluates subordinate personnel.
Assists teams with de-escalating tense, uncertain and emotional situations and proactively works to prevent crime and safety incidents.
Creates a safe healthcare environment for team members, patients, and guests.
Serves as shift commander and supervises sergeants, police officers and Public Safety Officers.
Issues work assignments and supervises work activities of all assigned personnel.
Complete and approve work schedules to ensure proper shift coverage.
Conducts rounding and foot and vehicle patrols in and around properties that are owned, leased, or occupied by IU Health.
Responds to calls for service and investigates criminal activity and vehicle crashes as needed.
Enforces and assists in the enforcement of IU Health rules, regulations, policies and state statutes.
Maintains records and logs and completes written reports as required.
Performs physical security screening as required.
Assists other public safety agencies as needed.
Responds to officers’ calls for assistance and assumes onscene command of critical incidents.
Control and assess situations, identify appropriate actions to preserve crime scenes, compile critical information and coordinate activities with other jurisdictions.
Acts in capacity of senior departmental officer in absence of more senior ranking officer.
Performs other duties as assigned by the chain of command.