What are the responsibilities and job description for the Security Officer position at Southwell, Inc.?
DEPARTMENT: SECURITY
F ACILITY: Tift Regional Medical Center
WORK TYPE: Full Time
S HIFT: Daytime
SUMMARY:
The Security Officer is the front line position within the Security Department. This position provides a safe and secure environment for patients, guests, and employees through continuous patrolling. Under general direction of the Security Director, Senior Lieutenant, Sergeant, and/or Corporal, the Security Officer helps ensure that the diverse organization will provide security functions which are fundamental to both the conduct of operations and the achievement of the hospital’s operational objectives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Cooperates in testing new security techniques and equipment to make recommendations of review to Supervisor.
- Inspects and evaluates condition of assigned areas of hospital.
- Makes recommendations as to improving safety and security.
- Demonstrates knowledge of how to handle hazardous waste safely and appropriately, following safety rules and guidelines.
- Tours assigned hospital areas to ensure all instructions and safety rules are followed.
- Assists in directing and controlling work flow of security.
- Completes all required reports in a timely manner.
- Rounds internally on the main campus, ancillary building, and parking lots.
- Provides security service to infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, as well as the visitors, physicians, and hospital employees.
- Responds to service or incident calls.
- Monitors Patients.
- Keeps abreast of pertinent federal, and state regulations and laws and Tift Regional Health System, Inc. (“TRHS”) policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.
- Understands and adheres to: TRHS’ compliance standards as they appear in TRHS’s Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy; and HIPAA and TRHS policies regarding privacy and security of protected health information.
- Demonstrates the ability to perform tasks that meet the age-specific requirements of the persons, patients, vendors, and staff that the employee is charged to interact with as required by the position.
- Offers suggestions on ways to improve operations of department and reduce costs.
- Attends all mandatory education programs.
- Improves self-knowledge through voluntarily attending continuing education/certification classes.
- Maintains required competency levels as identified in written exams, skills checklists, skills labs, annual safety and health requirements as well as service excellence education hours requirements.
- Cross-trains in order to better assist co-workers and to provide maximum efficiency in the department.
- Volunteers/participates on hospital committees, functions, and department projects.
- Manages resources effectively.
- Reports equipment in need of repair in order to extend life of equipment and removes malfunctioning equipment out of service with timely reporting to the appropriate personnel.
- Makes good use of time so as to not create needless overtime.
EDUCATION:
* High School Diploma or Equivalent
OTHER INFORMATION:
Work experience in security or related field preferred.
Southwell/Tift Regional Health System, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.