DEPARTMENT: SECURITY

F ACILITY: Tift Regional Medical Center

WORK TYPE: Full Time

S HIFT: Daytime

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.

* 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.
  

* High School Diploma or Equivalent

Work experience in security or related field preferred.