Security Officer II

Sutter Health•San Francisco, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides a secure and safe environment for patients, visitors, physicians, personnel, and volunteers, enabling them to deliver or receive quality services with minimal threats to their personal well-being and property. The role involves patrolling and monitoring facility premises, observing and reporting suspicious and unauthorized activities, and identifying unsafe conditions. Responsibilities also include access control, managing keys, and responding to and notifying during emergencies. The Security Officer II offers assistance and security-related services to staff, physicians, patients, and visitors, which includes monitoring and, when necessary, restraining violent patients. Additionally, the officer investigates and documents incidents within the facility and acts as a liaison between staff and local law enforcement agencies.

Requirements

HS Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)
Proprietary Private Security Officer (PSO) certification within 30 days of start date
1-year recent relevant experience
General knowledge of the usual duty requirements of a security officer with an emphasis on the physical and emotional maturity required for the high degree of judgment and diplomacy necessary to work efficiently in a healthcare environment.
Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
Ability to write incident reports and read business correspondence and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
Ability to add, subtracts, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Responsibilities

Provide a secure and safe environment for patients, visitors, physicians, personnel, and volunteers.
Patrol and monitor facility premises.
Observe and report suspicious and unauthorized activities and unsafe conditions.
Manage access control.
Control keys.
Respond to emergencies and provide notification.
Render assistance and security related services to staff, physicians, patients, and visitors.
Monitor and restrain violent patients.
Investigate and document incidents relative to the facility.
Provide necessary liaison between staff and local law enforcement agencies.