Security Lead Educator

Sanford Health•Bagley, MN

1d•$21 - $33•Onsite

About The Position

The educator security position is responsible for maintaining effective security operations across all shifts while ensuring the safety of employees, patients, and visitors. This role also carries responsibility for ensuring 100% compliance with all mandated training requirements, including the 240-hour new officer certification. The educator security position maintains active certifications in Basic Life Support, MOAB, Taser, Repuls spray, and defensive tactics, and remains knowledgeable of local laws governing conduct on private property. Serving as the primary liaison with the LEAD Training Center, internal subject matter experts, and local law enforcement agencies, this position conducts in-house training, oversees onboarding of new officers beginning on day one, develops a sustainable internal instructor pipeline, and administers targeted remedial training for performance or policy violations. Accurate maintenance of both digital and hard-copy training records is required to support accreditation audits and regulatory compliance while promoting continuous improvement in security operations.

Requirements

Communicate effectively with all customers.
Ability to write professional reports.
Demonstrate the physical ability to perform basic security officers functions as trained.
High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
College or vocational education is preferred.
May require a current valid driver's license with Sanford insurability dependent upon region.
Advanced certification by International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety required within one year of hire.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience healthcare security, contract security and/or law enforcement is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Enforces the organization's policies and procedures with all patients/residents, visitors and staff.
Patrols and secures facility buildings and grounds as assigned.
Monitors conduct of visitors on premises and confronts unauthorized persons for questioning.
Reports safety, fire hazards or security violations.
Responds to all requests for assistance from employees and visitors.
Assists with any and all situation; i.e., problem-solving with positive outcomes.
May escort personnel to and from parking areas as requested.
Maintains records and prepares incident reports and other documents pertinent to security activities.
Ability to work with all age groups.
Must be able to prioritize calls for service in order of urgency based on safety needs.
Security officers are expected to work in highly stressful situations in which they are to de-escalate the situation as soon as possible.
All security officers are requires to maintain awareness of local laws which affect the way individuals conduct themselves on private property.
Serves as a resource for questions and concerns and oversees day to day activities.
Effectively prioritizes, follow-up skills and the ability to escalate issues when necessary.
Demonstrates leadership qualities: intelligence, persistence, integrity, and confidence.
Ensures 100 percent compliance with all mandated training requirements, including the 240-hour new officer certification.
Maintains active certifications in Basic Life Support, MOAB, Taser, Repuls spray, and defensive tactics, and remains knowledgeable of local laws governing conduct on private property.
Serves as the primary liaison with the LEAD Training Center, internal subject matter experts, and local law enforcement agencies.
Conducts in-house training.
Oversees onboarding of new officers beginning on day one.
Develops a sustainable internal instructor pipeline.
Administers targeted remedial training for performance or policy violations.
Maintains accurate digital and hard-copy training records to support accreditation audits and regulatory compliance.
Promotes continuous improvement in security operations.