Security & Facilities Specialist

Job Summary

The CHOICES Security & Facilities Specialist oversees patient and personnel safety, provides grounds keeping maintenance and basic repairs. Monitors clinic facilities and parking lot for unauthorized activity and focuses on keeping a facility's outdoor areas neat and presentable. The successful candidate will be reliable, punctual, available to work Tuesday through Saturday.

Duties and Responsibilities

Safety & Security

• Ensures personnel safety by being punctual and available for shifts assigned, and when required on call for Afterhours services offered at the facility.
• Oversees the safety of patients, visitors, and personnel in keeping with best practices and policies, including:

• Welcome patients and guests to premises.
• Verify patient appointments or other purposes of guest visits.
• Accompany staff members to cars after dark if requested.
• Enforces no trespassing policy on clinic property.
• Pleasant, helpful, and professional attitude toward patients and coworkers.
• Assist patients and guests with parking instructions.
• Monitoring clinic property, inspecting building access points, and reporting to authorities incidents of theft or other criminal activity as requested by the manager.

• Competently utilizes Security System and Cameras, ensures proper maintenance and timely repairs for function of security tools and services.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of patients and follow all HIPAA regulations.

Facility Maintenance

• Maintains parking lot free of garbage, picks up outdoor trash at the start and end of every shift.
• Coordinates, oversees repairs and maintenance work performed by vendors performing building maintenance, landscaping, and janitorial work. Reviews work orders and ensures their completion in a timely manner. Develops vendor relationships and trains vendors on work order and billing procedures.
• Obtains price quotes for the procurement of parts, services, and labor for projects, and submits for manager approval.
• Schedules pickup and delivery of material and equipment
• Assembles and moves furniture and small equipment.
• Performs basic repairs around the facility, alerts the manager of any repairs that are needed.
• Perform ice and snow weather treatment on entry and parking areas within facility premises.

Other Duties

• Please note this position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position.
• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Equipment Operated standard office equipment, repair and maintenance tools, lawn maintenance tools & equipment, snow shovel or blower.

Working Conditions

• This job operates primarily outdoors in all weather in a professional office environment.
• OSHA Blood borne Pathogen Exposure Determination: This role is subject to a job classification in which some employees at our facility have occupational exposure.

Travel

• Up to 0% travel may be required for this position

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required
• Willing to be licensed or registered (Armed Carry License) within six months of hire
• At least 1-3 years of private security or law enforcement experience, facility maintenance experience preferred.
• Basic experience and knowledge of electrical, plumbing, and mechanical maintenance preferred
• The ideal candidate is organized, empathetic, punctual, reliable, and possesses strong verbal communication skills.
• Ability to stay calm when patients and/or staff are stressed or upset.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills with an ability to prioritize, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• A multi-tasker with the ability to wear many hats in a fast-paced environment
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of CHOICES.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 50 pounds.
• This employee spends long periods of time standing and walking.