Security Officer - Evenings

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Concord • Lebanon, NH

67d

About The Position

This position involves working from 3pm to 11pm, Wednesday through Sunday, with a 10% evening shift differential and a 15% weekend shift differential. The primary responsibility is to ensure the safety and well-being of patients, visitors, staff, facilities, and hospital property.

Requirements

• High school graduate required.
• Two years of related experience preferred.
• Direct security experience highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Patrols all areas of their assigned facility looking for illegal/inappropriate activity and security/safety concerns.
• Proactively provides information, assistance, and guidance to patients, visitors, and staff.
• Conducts internal and external rounds/patrols to ensure the safety and security of the facility, property, and occupants.
• Responds to and investigates security incidents.
• Ensures all incidents and activities are appropriately documented and recorded.
• Assists nursing units, clinical care areas, and other departments with uncooperative, combative, or violent patients and visitors.
• Effectively de-escalates situations and uses the appropriate AVADE techniques.
• Provides patient watch activities to prevent elopement or injury to self/others.
• At the direction of the medical staff, applies restraints.
• Contacts local law enforcement as situation warrants.
• Deals with custody disputes and/or domestic disturbances occurring on campus.
• Conducts patient and visitor searches when required and conducts room and belonging searching as needed.
• Responds to emergencies and code calls.
• Performs CPR, to include the use of AED's.
• For medical incidents outside the building, contacts the local fire department for ambulance response.
• Monitors all parking lots for compliance with facility parking regulations.
• Tickets unauthorized parked cars.
• Observes and follows up on safety hazards in parking areas.
• Provides vehicle assistance services.
• Enforces company policies as directed by a supervisor.
• Assists with parking space and utilization.
• Rearranges parking barricades to meet organizational needs and special events.
• Assists parking officers with parking control and assistance.
• Assists DHART with helicopter arrivals and departures.
• Releases deceased patients and accepts incoming deceased patients.
• Completes all required/requested forms, reports, and documents.
• Completes assigned secondary duties.
• Responds to duress alarms, calls for service, and other emergency situations.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees