Safety and Security Technician-Transportation
About The Position
Central State Hospital (CSH) is a 277-bed, Joint Commission-accredited psychiatric inpatient facility in Petersburg, Virginia. The facility is recruiting a Safety and Security Technician to transport patients housed in the Maximum Security Unit safely and securely to destinations on and off campus, and to provide therapeutic and physical interventions when needed. The position requires willingness to work any shift. The role also involves security screening and access control, observing and supervising patients at assigned posts, and following applicable security procedures, post orders, and key control policies. Applicants must ensure that their relevant qualifications are documented as verifiable work experience in their application or résumé.
Requirements
- Valid Virginia Driver’s License.
- Security experience.
- Mental health experience.
- Willingness to work any shift.
- Ability to drive long distances on highways, narrow roadways, through tunnels and over bridges, and in areas of high and low altitude.
Nice To Haves
- Security and mental health experience in an inpatient hospital setting.
Responsibilities
- Transport and escort patients safely and securely to destinations on and off campus.
- Maintain a professional demeanor while transporting patients.
- Search vehicles and clients before transport.
- Apply metal transport restraints and/or flex-cuff restraints as needed, and ensure patients are properly restrained outside the unit.
- Maintain proper coverage of patients outside the unit.
- Report problems immediately to the shift supervisor.
- Ensure only authorized persons enter or exit controlled areas.
- Operate electrically controlled doors to control access to secure areas.
- Screen staff and visitors with a metal detector before they enter the unit.
- Check bags, purses, briefcases, and other items brought into the unit.
- Supervise and observe patients at assigned posts.
- Follow key control policy.
- Scan and search vehicles before allowing them through the gates.
- Work various security posts as needed and follow post orders.
- Provide therapeutic and physical interventions when needed.
Benefits
- Choice of health plans
- Paid life insurance
- Retirement plans
- 13 paid holidays
- Annual leave
- Family personal leave
- Sick leave
- Employee discount programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
