Security Officer - FT - 36hr - Day
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Location: Danbury, CT, United States
Salary Range: 17.60 - 33.48
Work Type: Full-Time
Standard Hours: 36
FTE: Non-Exempt
Work Schedule: Day 12
Work Shift: 07:30 - 19:30. Days of week will vary
Date Posted:
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Nuvance Health extends from New York’s Hudson Valley to western Connecticut. Our team of more than 15,000 caregivers delivers compassionate care through seven community hospitals, primary care and specialty practice locations, outpatient settings, home care services and telehealth visits. With strong hearts and open minds, we’re pushing past boundaries and challenging the expected, all in the name of possibility. As we journey forward, we are guided by our values: personal, imaginative, agile and connected. Our curiosity is opening new pathways and creating new advancements in healthcare for all.
Description
Summary:
Provides a safe and secure environment for patients, visitors and employees within the facility and on the property. Assists the medical staff to control patient and visitor behavior, and protects the hospital's assets.
Responsibilities:
1. Oversees patients considered at risk. performs safety intake of close supervision watch Emergency Depart. Patients. Searches patients and their property for injurious items.
2. Monitors, observes, documents for medical records and ED &/or Crisis Intervenetion or Nurse/Clinician. Applies restraints, monitors and documents combative patients safety while in restraints.
3. Performs range-of-motion checks on restrained patients. Communicates to Nursing/Clinical staff changes in patients condition.
4. Assesses the security of hospital property through designated rounds.
5. Investigates lost, stolen, or damaged property.
6. Investigates injuries, assaults, and other incidents with patients, staff, & visitors.
7. Responds to various emergency situations throughout the hospital.
8. Interacts with and provides information to various law enforcement agencies.
9. Monitors and responds to alarms designed to protect person & property.
10. Controls patient and visitor behavior that is deemed unacceptable.
11. Operates specialized equipment (cameras, radios, etc...) through routine performance of duties.
12. Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
13. Morgue services (including admits and releases).
14. Performs other duties as assigned.
Education: HS GRAD/EQUIVALENT
Other Information:
Required: Thorough knowledge of protocols established for specific emergency situations.
Minimum Experience: zero to six months
Desired: Criminal justice or related field coursework preferred.
Working Conditions:
Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
Occupational: Some occupational risk
Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force
Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.
Credentials:DRIVER LIC
Company: Danbury Hospital
Org Unit: 253
Department: Security
Exempt: No
Salary Range: $17.60 - $33.48 Hourly
We are an equal opportunity employer
Qualified applicants are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other classification protected under applicable Federal, State or Local law.
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation or our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources at 203-739-7330 (for reasonable accommodation requests only). Please provide all information requested to ensure that you are considered for current or future opportunities.
