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Pay Range: $16.13-$23.25 per hour
Position Summary
Safety & Security Officers provide the highest quality of public safety to protect life and property. Officers support Mercy's mission by fostering a safe environment. Officers perform security services, including electronic surveillance, and patrol of the Mercy campus. Enforce policy & procedures and coordinate Mercy's response to various potential problems and emergencies for patients, employees, and visitors, Working with the Environment of Care committee, help establish a safe environment of care to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to security and safety. Participates in employee awareness and education.
Job Duties
- Conducts investigations of incidents. Prepares clear and accurate reports.
- Enforces hospital regulations, guidelines and policies as needed.
- Responds to routine and emergency calls for service.
- Patrol areas as assigned to ensure personal, building and equipment security.
- Performs inspections as assigned. These inspections may include fire extinguishers, emergency lights, exit light, sprinkler flow and tampers, conducting of fire drills and hazard surveillance.
- Prepares daily reports of shift activity. Provides written communication as needed to other safety & Security Officers.
- Provides emergency response as requested or needed. Emergency response may include disasters, fire, tornado, duress alarms, hazardous materials decontamination, infant abductions, bomb threat, non-violent crisis intervention, aggressive patients, guests, or visitors.
- Provides information and assistance to patients, visitors, and employees.
- Provides escort service, lockouts, jump starts as requested.
- Provides traffic control and enforcement measures on all Mercy owned or operated property.
- Receives property found in hospital, inventories, and properly enters into lost and found system.
- Transfers deposits between the hospital and financial institutions to maintain security of funds.
- Basic understanding of key management programming.
Minimum Requirements
Qualifications
- High School diploma is required, Associates degree preferred or equivalent.
- Must be able to see color spectrum, read, write, and speak fluent English is required.
- Able to make critical decision under high stress situation is required.
- Valid Iowa Drivers License is required.
- Certification in non-violent crisis intervention and BCLS with in one year of employment.
- Computer experience is preferred.
