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Public Safety Officer Senior - Lakeside Hospital
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What they do
A Hospital Security Officer provides security for property at hospitals. Monitors entrances and patrols buildings, watches for intruders or vandals; reports building maintenance problems; deals with customers or visitors that create a disturbance in the building.
$37,606 / year median in Louisiana
+2% projected growth
Job Description
Public Safety Officer Senior
- Lakeside Hospital LCMC Health
- 3.
GENERAL DUTIES
Provides routine security patrols of campus, both internal and external: Patrols assigned area on a constant basis to maintain safety, security, crowd control and order. Responds to domestic/patient/employee/visitor disturbances, processes lost and found and deescalates situations involving combative/aggressive personnel. May work jointly with Local Law enforcement to detain persons who commit domestic violence, auto burglary, theft, drug violations and other arrestable offenses. Performs special/covert operations to prevent car theft, car burglaries, etc. Assists victims with restraining orders. Attends scenario-based annual training for Active Shooter, weapons qualification, CPI and other mandatory departmental requirements. Reports and controls unauthorized or suspicious persons, unsafe conditions or other irregularities: Identifies, badges and restricts access for identified offenders who visit the campus. Enforces parking, train traffic and semi-truck redirection. Responds to codes and other calls for assistance immediately unless involved in or responding to an emergency situation. Sets out barricades for blocking spaces for maintenance, construction, VIP and other events.Assistance to staff/patient:
Assists behavioral health, ED and care center staff with restraining aggressive and combative patients/personnel. Utilizes a medical detector to search patient for weapons/contraband. Provides transport services for inclement weather shuttle, behavioral health patients, care center patients, rapid response medical team, staff, etc.Equipment operation:
Operates security screening equipment, accesses control systems, video security and intrusion detection systems, and maintains control of patient valuables given to security.EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
High School Diploma/GED or equivalent AND 2 years of directly related Security experience.Preferred:
Police Academy Graduate. 3 years of directly related Security experience will be considered in lieu of education.KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
As required by jurisdiction: Must have knowledge of local, state and federal laws that may include organized training from a Law Enforcement Academy Topics. Professionalism, ethics, laws and criminal codes, crisis intervention, universal precautions, firearms defensive tactics and handcuffing. Training from a police academy. Must be skilled with firearms, handcuffs, and restraining. Ability to supervise and instruct other officers on the proper use of firearms, handcuffs, and restraining. Must have the ability to walk and stand for long periods of time. Interact with others who may be criminal, violent, disruptive, combative, disoriented, etc.LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Required:
Valid Louisiana Driver's License Required:
Non-Violent Crisis Prevention- Crisis Prevention Institute [ Required within orientation period.
Required:
Annual Firearm TrainingLCMC Health Required:
Annual Baton TrainingLCMC Health Preferred:
P.O.S.T. Certification- Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement (LCLE) [ Required if officer has outside law enforcement powers.
Preferred:
Defensive Driving CertificationDefensive Driving Certification Issuer Preferred:
Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator- International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS)
WORK SHIFT
Variable Hours (United States of America) LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary Lakeside Hospital has a heritage rooted in extraordinary care for women and babies, while evolving to meet the healthcare needs of the whole family. As an essential part of LCMC Health's incredible community of care, Lakeside Hospital brings a new level of expert care by going the extra mile, treating the whole patient and not just a condition. Learn more about Lakeside Hospital and our expanding access to comprehensive and specialty healthcare services in Metairie Your extras Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. See opportunities, not problems- it's all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you
- because we do.