Security Officer-Security Department-Mount Sinai Morningside-Full Time/Days/Weekends
About The Position
The Security Officer will patrol and secure hospital property, employees, patients, and visitors. This role involves consulting with and keeping the supervisor informed of activities, needs, and problems in assigned areas. The Security Officer will monitor the conduct of visitors, report safety and fire hazards or security violations, and respond to inquiries for advice or assistance. Responsibilities also include participating in investigations, maintaining records and incident reports, securing and unlocking offices, handling patient valuables and lost and found items, and maintaining department policies and procedures. The officer may use hospital vehicles in emergencies, provide restraints for psychiatric patients, and escort personnel to parking lots and buildings.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalency.
- A minimum of one year experience as a security officer in an institutional setting or in a law enforcement setting
- New York State Security Guard certification.
Responsibilities
- Patrols hospital buildings and premises to prevent fire, theft, vandalism, and intruders
- Monitor conduct of visitors on hospital premises; conform unauthorized persons for questioning as need
- Reports safety and/or fire hazards or security violations
- Responds to inquiries for advice or assistance from hospital personnel, and visitors
- Participates in investigations; maintains records and prepares incident reports and other documents pertinent to security activities
- Secures and/or unlocks offices and facilities as required
- Secures patient valuables or lost and found articles; maintain logs of items received
- Maintains established hospital and department policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control
- Maintains department supplies and equipment in working order. Requisitions supplies and equipment as needed or informs supervisor of needed equipment
- Uses hospital vehicles in the event of an emergency to secure emergency supplies of life saving equipment outside the institution
- Provides restraints of psychiatric patients as needed.
- Escorts personnel to parking lots and hospital buildings
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
