SECURITY OFFICER, HEALTHCARE

Occ Summary

Perform a variety of security and safety-related functions while involved in the safeguarding of students, employees, visitors, patients, and property. Creates and maintains a non-escalating environment for all patients, visitors, and staff.

Work Performed

Serves as a professional representative of Duke Health, always striving  to create professional first impressions by:

• Showing respect through verbal etiquette (in person, telephone, and otherwise).
• Demonstrating a sense of urgency when helping customers to solve Communicating concern (i.e., through facial expression, tone of voice, word content, and body language) to patients, visitors, and Communicating effectively and respectfully via two-way radio, computer, email, telephone and via verbal communications within the department, with other departments and agencies, as well as with hospital staff, visitors, and patients.
• Maintain a professional appearance, consistent with policy.
• Patrol and monitor premises, on foot and motorized conveyance, to provide incident prevention and detect signs of criminal or suspicious activity.
• Respond promptly to, investigate, and properly document calls for service in accordance with applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to: Alarms Directing vehicle & pedestrian traffic Assisting with patients Emergency medical assistance Motorist assistance Parking violations Protective escorts Suspicious circumstances Unlock/lock doors Deescalate difficult situations by remaining calm, being empathetic and maintaining impulse control.
• Respond to patient intervention calls, interacting with patients in the safest, most therapeutic manner; if needed, physically restrain volatile and combative patients when de-escalation does not work, consistent with Maintain a weapons-free environment:
• Controls patient and visitor entry into the Hospital facility.
• Effectively, professionally, and politely confirm appropriate access into any area of the hospital through seeking proper authorization or identification.
• Operate detection and electronic monitoring devices to prevent weapons or other contraband from being brought into the Hospital facility.
• Conduct searches of patient and visitor property to detect contraband Effectively patrols, monitors, visualizes, and scans all people during daily rounding for the possible presence of weapons.
• Take appropriate action per department policy. All assignments require CPI certification, Vistelar and CPR. Maintain certification and eligibility. Some assignments may require PPSB (Private Protective Security Board). Maintain certification and eligibility. Understandand apply CMS guidelines in restraining patients and (for some assignments) using a TASER. Understand and apply the NC laws of self-defense and (for some assignments) using a TASER. Ensure compliance with University policies, including smoking rules and regulations and perform appropriate enforcement action. Perform simple vehicle maintenance procedures such as checking fluids and reporting mechanical or other problems to supervisors.
• Observe and report hazardous or unusual conditions. Effectively demonstrates knowledge of the physical layout of all appropriate facilities and grounds.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Must have High School Diploma or GED. department. Must possess and maintain a valid North Carolina Driver's License. Pass or achieve an acceptable score on all pre-employment screening. Pass an extensive background investigation. Continued employment is contingent upon successful attainment and ability to perform duties associated with job related certifications (CPR, IHASS, first aid, etc.) within the timeframe established by the

Experience

One year of experience preferably in a security related field.

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