When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.
Job Type:
Regular
Scheduled Hours:
16
Work Shift:
Evening (United States of America)
Security Officer 16 Hours Evenings Every Saturday & Sunday
$1,000 Sign on Bonus! Come to Work with A Smile! Like you're Co-Workers. Generous Compensation, Paid Time Off. Career Growth and Professional Ladders.
Job Description:
Whether you're interested in a career as a police officer, a firefighter or growing your career in healthcare, Lahey Health provides a solid career path and values individual contributions. If you have a valid driver's license, are adaptable, pay close attention to detail and remain calm in difficult situations, consider applying for a position as a Security Officer. One year of Security, Military or fast-paced customer service work experience is preferred, and as well as enrollment in a Criminal Justice education program.
Our shifts include Full-Time, Part-Time, Per Diem, days, nights and evenings. This position will have rotating days off and weekends, scheduling will be based on department needs.
As part of the security team, you will:
•Patrol assigned areas on foot or in a vehicle
•Check for unsafe conditions, hazards, unlocked doors, security violations, blocked ingress/egress and unauthorized persons
•Prepare logs and reports
•Respond to all codes and alarms
•Complete extensive de-escalation, defensive tactics, nasal Naloxone and bleeding control training
•Coordinate with local police, fire and emergency personnel
•Respond to medical emergency calls including slips and falls in the facility or on the grounds
•Provide assistance to patients, visitors, and colleagues with vehicle problems
•Perform monthly preventative maintenance and required equipment checks
•Elevator phones
•Outside emergency phones
•Vehicle equipment
•Door alarms and panel
•Building alarms
•Fire alarm panels
•All doors and locks and radio equipment
Learn more and apply today.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: High School Graduate or equivalent
Licensure, Certification, Registration: Current valid driver's license required. Completed upon hire: CPI NCI Certification.
AVADE Workplace Violence Prevention Levels I, II, III Certification, BLS Provider Certification (CPR & AED), AHA Heart-Saver
First Aid Certification, Stop the Bleed and Nasal Naloxone Certification, and successful completion of
Safe Environment for Suicidal/Homicidal Patients and Restraints/Seclusion Safety training.
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities: Observant, paying close attention to detail; Ability to remain calm in difficult situations; Adaptable to sometimes rapidly changing situations; Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact effectively across diverse cultures and at various social and educational levels. Basic computer and data entry skills. In the absence of a particular skill, a colleague must have the ability to be trained to a level of proficiency.
Experience: 1 - 2 years of healthcare security experience preferred. Military, law enforcement, and customer service work experience are also preferred. Bachelor's degree level of education or current student enrolled in a criminal justice program also encouraged.
Position Purpose/Activities
Supervisor (supplemented by Charge Officer) -To receive schedules, daily duties, priorities, adaptations, and instructions as needed to assure safety of people and facilities.
Manager, Security Operations -Supplements shift supervision, manages planning, budgets, overall department day-to-day decision making and leadership.
Security Specialists - Follows instructions related to systems, training, investigations, etc. and communications issues and concerns as applicable.
Nursing Supervisors and Department Leaders - Respond to calls for assistance. Collaborates on safety planning.
Scope/Impact Statement: Not Applicable
Work Schedule: Hours of work may be subject to change based upon the needs of the business/department.
On Call: YES (during a Disaster when necessary) Shift Rotation: NO Weekends: YES
Essential Requirements & Attributes Task or Function Performed Frequency
Describe
Sitting - Frequently - If posted to desk duty, may be sitting during 8 hour shift with breaks, or while on standbys.
Standing - Frequently- If posted outside directing traffic, or on standbys may be standing for extended periods.
Walking - Frequently - If posted to floor duties, walking and stair climbing while on patrols or doing detex rounds.
Stooping (bending at waist) - Occasionally - In order to help pick up patients, cones, wheelchairs, etc.
Twisting Occasionally - May use twisting motions in restraining patients or lifting patients when needed
Crouching (bending at knees) - Occasionally - If called upon to assist lifting patients or in vehicle assists such as putting air in tires etc.
Climbing - Occasionally - Stair climbing when doing rounds, or during fire alarms
Pushing/Pulling - Occasionally - More than 100 lbs. Moving deceased patients or patients in wheelchairs or on stretcher, or a disabled vehicle such as one stuck in the snow or mud etc.
Kneeling - Occasionally - When inflating tires etc.
Reaching - Occasionally - May be used during patient restraints
Bending - Occasionally - May be used during patient restraints
Lifting - Occasionally - 16 - 30 lbs. Payroll boxes, wooden horses, signs, wheelchairs etc.
Lifting & positioning patients - weight varies significantly - Occasionally
May have to assist with lifting large or handicapped patients onto exam tables. Also lifting of deceased patients onto trays for transport
Driving - Frequently - May be assigned to drive the shuttle buses or vans
Fine finger movement - Occasionally - Writing skills, typing skills, restraining patients with wrist restraints, and straps, unlocking and locking doors, roping off lots
Using keyboard - Occasionally - Typing occasional reports
Telephone use - Occasionally - Answering department phones when assigned to desk duty
Object Handling - Occasionally - Handling of fire extinguishers, stretchers, wheelchairs, sharps disposal, patient valuables, wooden horses, cones, signs, ropes etc.
Viewing PC monitor - Occasionally - When typing reports
Effective communication - Constantly
Seeing, hearing, speaking and writing clearly in order to communicate with employees and clients, observe and report incidents. May be exposed to or required to handle sensitive and confidential information .
Working Conditions : With or without reasonable accommodation, a candidate must have the physical and mental capacity to effectively perform all essential functions described. In addition to other demands, the demands of the job include:
Exposure Frequency Identify Protective Equipment Required or Recommended
Bodily Fluids - Occasionally - May be exposed to bodily fluids when restraining patients, moving deceased patients etc.
Infectious disease hazards - Occasionally - When restraining patients, moving deceased patients, disposing of found objects, such as sharps, etc.
Hazardous Materials - Occasionally - During chemical spills, when restraining patients, moving deceased, disposing of objects such as sharps etc.
Auditory hazards - Occasionally - Fire alarms, mechanical room noises.
Dust, Fumes, Gas, or Radiation - Occasionally -
Fumes when driving from other vehicles, or positioned at lobby entrance, fumes from vehicles at entrance. Radiation from radioactive material searches when Radiation alarm goes off. Halon exposure from computer rooms.
Mechanical hazards - Occasionally - Exposed to low hanging pipes in mechanical room, air handling vents.
Extended working hours - Occasionally - May be asked to work overtime without advance notice.
Weather extreme - Frequently - Depending on the weather, may be exposed to winter conditions or extreme heat in summer if assigned to outside patrol etc.
Sensory Requirements
Visual Acuity -

• Close Paper work

• CRT use

• Color vision/perception

Auditory

• Conversation
• Monitoring Equipment
• Telephone

Communication

• Written Communication

• Oral Communication

Motor Coordination

• Equipment Moving
• Other (describe) Radio frequencies from portable radios/chargers.

Patient Care/Patient Contact Designation - Position facilitates the process that may impact patient access to services.
Sing on Bonus! Lahey Hospital and Medical Center is now offering up to a $1,000 in signing bonuses for our Security Officer positions. Important Details: •Signing Bonuses are paid out in three payments. You will receive your first payment (one third of the total amount) upon completion of the first 30 days of employment. You will receive the second payment upon completion of six (6) months and the third payment (final of the total amount) owe upon completion of one year following your start date. The bonus payments will be paid on the next regular pay day following the date on which you become eligible for the bonus. All payments are subject to applicable taxes. To be eligible:
•Signing Bonus is determined on a full-time status of 40 hours. Hours less than 40 hours will be prorated. Per Diem roles are not eligible. •Current and former BILH candidates - restrictions apply. Employees within the BILH system are not eligible for the bonus or if you have been employed by a BILH entity within the last 12-months. •If you leave Lahey Hospital & Medical Center before your first anniversary you will pay back the signing bonus. •Please note, signing bonuses are subject to change based on the organizations hiring needs and will be determined by Talent Acquisition on an ongoing basis. BILH/LHMC Talent Acquisition reserves the right to change signing bonus eligible jobs and amounts at any time.
FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.
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