Highlights:

• Uniforms provided.
• Creative scheduling: FT Float pool, PT and PRN Positions available.
• Great benefits provided: PTO, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Loan & Tuition programs, & 401(K) retirement.

Position Highlights:

• Retention Bonus: $5,000!
• Award Winning: Named among the top 10% in the Nation for Patient Safety Excellence Award, America’s 100 Best Orthopedic Surgery, America’s 100 Best Spine Surgery.
• Employee-centric: Competitive pay, excellent benefits, tuition assistance, retirement plan matching, recognition program, local discounts.
• Stability: Serving Erie and surrounding counties since 1876.
• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.

What You Will Do:

• Protects, serves and assists the patients, staff and guests of FRHS.

• Responds to designated emergency codes.

• Uses communication skills to verbally engage with and/or deescalate people who are in distress including behavioral and psychiatric emergencies.

• Subdues/restrains individuals when needed. Must be able to operate available tools such as restraints, sprays, shields, handcuffs, etc.
• Monitors one or more individuals at a time for any unsafe actions or behaviors. Must possess acute hearing and vision and be able to detect and react quickly to movement.
• Monitors medical center buildings and grounds to maintain a safe and secure environment and takes appropriate action to resolve problems.
• Handles dangerous ordinances (e.g. firearms, narcotics) when needed.
• With appropriate personal protective equipment may be in contact with blood, body fluids and deceased persons.
• Investigates incidents, accidents or complaints on medical center property.
• Facilitates the safe takeoff and landing of medical aircraft.

What You Will Need:

• High school graduate or GED equivalent required. Prior military, law enforcement or security experience preferred.
• Must hold or obtain International Association of Healthcare Safety and Security officer certification upon hire or obtained within six months of hire. Ohio Peace Officers Training Association certification may substitute for this requirement but Firelands cannot hold that certificate.
• Must have BAT (Breath Alcohol Technician) certification upon hire or obtained within six months of hire with re-certification every 5 years.
• Must have CPR/AED/First Aid certification upon hire or obtained within six months of hire with re-certification every 2 years.
• Must have non-violent crisis intervention training upon hire or obtained within six months of hire with re-certification every 2 years.

• Must possess a valid State of Ohio motor vehicle operator's license and be insurable under Firelands' auto policy (must be 21 years of age or older). Must be able to safely drive during day time and night time hours without restriction. Employee must provide proof of personal automobile liability insurance coverage upon request.

• Maintain certification in handcuffing, defensive tactics, Turtle Shield and use of the Reflex Protect defensive device as appropriate.
• Must have a mobile phone.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)