Security Officer AdventHealth South Overland Park

Location Address: 7820 W 165th Street, Overland Park, KS 66223

Top Reasons To Work At AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

• Providing faith-based, whole person care to Kansas City since 1962
• Excellent health benefits, an onsite child care center and fitness facility
• Tuition reimbursement to support continuing education
• Employee Referral Program
• Largest health care provider in Johnson County with three campuses
• Benefits starting on Day One

Work Hours/Shifts

Full Time, Nights

2300-0700 Monday-Friday

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Communicate via telephone & two way radio
• Obtain IAHSS Basic Certification
• Safely drives a variety of vehicles
• Monitors CCTV system
• Sit, stand, or walk for extended periods of time
• Speak, read, and write English proficiently
• Uses various computer programs including Microsoft Excel and Word to write reports and record activity
• Carries proper equipment at all times, generally done with a waist belt weighing up to 25lbs
• Works in a wide variety of climate conditions including extreme heat and cold.
• Answers telephone requests for security assistance or shuttle bus
• Establishes and maintains control of violent or potentially violent situations
• Investigates suspicious activity and persons
• Locks internal and external doors as scheduled
• Maintains radio communication with security dispatch
• Moves unattended vehicles under unusual circumstances
• Observes and reports all safety hazards
• Works in an environment where you may be punched, kicked, bit or otherwise attacked.
• Engage in strenuous physical confrontations with people.
• Holds patients or applies restraints to beds by kneeling or bending at the waist
• Subdue and control violent persons which may require wrestling on the floor.
• Patrol assigned areas of the campus and associated buildings
• Pick up or release patient valuables per policy
• Prepares written reports on security incidents utilizing a database report system
• Provides escorts or information assistance to persons as needed
• Provides motorist assistance to persons on campus (excluding changing tires)
• Receives and releases persons from the morgue and insures proper completion of paperwork
• Responds to all calls for security assistance
• Responds to all fire, duress, panic, and/or intrusion alarms

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Possesses judgement sufficient to make “Use of Force” decisions quickly and appropriately
• Ability to investigate and gather information related to high risk events
• Ability to write reports related to high risk events
• Safely drive a variety of vehicles
• Possesses judgement sufficient to make decisions to apply laws, policies, and procedures applicable to deadly force in a high stress incident
• Speak, read, and write English proficiently
• Uses various computer programs including Microsoft Excel and Word to write reports and record activity
• Must possess excellent customer service skills
• Enforces parking regulations on a fair and consistent basis in all lots
• Ability to establish and maintain control of violent or potentially violent situations
• Works in an environment where you may be punched, kicked, bit or otherwise attacked.
• Ability to engage in strenuous physical confrontations with people.
• Holds patients or applies restraints to beds by kneeling or bending at the waist
• Subdue and control violent persons which may require wrestling on the floor.
• Ability to pass a psychological examination from the department specified licensed professional

What will you need?

• High school diploma required
• Associates Degree in security or law enforcement preferred
• Drivers License required
• International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety required

Job Summary

The Security Officer is an essential component of the security team. This person assumes a personal lead in providing a reasonably safe and secure environment. Members of Security will present a positive, cheerful, and helpful attitude in contacts with co-workers, patients, staff and visitors or when responding to requests for service. This position’s main duty is to protect patients, visitors, and staff from harm. Officers are required to use force when appropriate to protect our customers and associates. Officers may be armed as appropriate