Security Officer - Safety & Security - Full Time

Guthrie Enterprise•Sayre, PA

About The Position

Ensures Guthrie’s campuses are safe and secure for patients, employees, and visitors by routinely patrolling buildings and grounds and responding to requests for assistance. Reports to the Regional Coordinator for Security or their designee. Applicants must be willing to submit to fingerprinting for a background check. The officer patrols campus buildings and grounds, checks that departments and entrances are secure, maintains a visible presence in the hospital emergency department, assists with patient transportation, responds to calls for assistance, identifies unsafe conditions, and restrains individuals when necessary to protect people or property or to assist with patient treatment. The role also involves documenting incidents, completing at least eight hours of security-related continuing education each year, attending annual update sessions and departmental meetings, and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external customers and local police and fire officials. The position may require rotating shifts, including days, evenings, nights, holidays, and weekends, as well as overtime. Travel is sometimes required. The officer must maintain confidentiality, a neat and well-groomed appearance, good attendance, and compliance with applicable safety, infection control, emergency preparedness, and organizational policies.

Requirements

Valid driver's license.
One or more years of experience in institutional security; experience in a health care facility or similar setting is preferred.
Working knowledge of the functions of departments within a hospital or health care facility.
Working knowledge of state and federal security regulations affecting hospitals.
Experience interacting effectively with people.
Excellent communication skills.
Willingness to submit to fingerprinting for a background check.
Ability to work rotating shifts, including days, evenings, nights, holidays, and weekends, and to work overtime when required.
Ability to travel when required.
Ability to complete an annual physical assessment within the appropriate timeframe.

Nice To Haves

Classroom training in a field relevant to security functions, including coursework in behavioral sciences, is strongly preferred.
High school diploma or GED equivalency is preferred.
Experience in institutional security in a health care facility or similar setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

Patrol campus buildings and grounds to ensure open departments are safe and secure, closed departments are locked, and perimeter entrances and exits are secure at designated hours.
Prevent unauthorized people from entering buildings during non-visiting hours or congregating on campus grounds, and maintain a visible presence in the hospital emergency department.
Respond promptly and courteously to requests for assistance from patients, visitors, employees, and campus personnel.
Assist with transporting patients within the building or to and from vehicles when requested by nursing personnel.
Observe buildings and grounds for unsafe conditions and report them to a supervisor.
Restrain patients, visitors, or employees when necessary to protect people or property, or when asked by nursing personnel to assist with patient treatment.
Prepare detailed reports of incidents occurring during the work shift and submit them to a supervisor.
Complete at least eight hours of security-related continuing education annually and attend annual update sessions and departmental meetings.
Maintain confidentiality, professional appearance, courteous conduct, punctuality, and required attendance.
Coordinate tasks effectively, assist coworkers, support departmental productivity, and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external customers and local police and fire officials.
Use sound judgment to assess situations, consider alternatives, choose an appropriate response, and consult a supervisor as appropriate.
Complete an annual physical assessment within the required timeframe.
Travel when required and comply with infection control, safety, fire/disaster, OSHA, departmental, human resources, and emergency preparedness policies.
Perform other duties as assigned.