Now Hiring Security Officers

The Security Officer protects the interests of the Hospital by patrolling buildings and grounds, enforcing procedural rules and regulations, and ensuring the personal safety of staff, visitors, families and property. Maintains security and safety for assigned areas. Responds to emergency situations, and documents any incidents. Provides logistical support including, scheduling LaVan and Oncology ride services and ensuring hospital vehicle maintenance. The Security Officer protects the interests of the Hospital by patrolling buildings and grounds, enforcing procedural rules and regulations, and ensuring the personal safety of staff, visitors, families and property. Maintains security and safety for assigned areas. Responds to emergency situations, and documents any incidents. Provides logistical support including, scheduling LaVan and Oncology ride services and ensuring hospital vehicle maintenance. Patrols Hospital buildings and grounds.

Verifies vehicles in Hospital and private parking lots for authorized parking stickers. Opens and closes off-site facilities, ensuring that users have left the premises. Secures and alarms said facilities.

Reports security and general maintenance problems to proper authorities.

perform additional functions incidental to security.

Operates and monitors security control panels, alarms and related security equipment to provide area and visitor surveillance.

Maintains radio communication at all time with work team monitoring all areas.

Responds to and investigates security situations.

Responds immediately to Hospital emergency codes, taking appropriate action and steps needed to ensure the safety of patients, visitors and Hospital personnel.

Responds to and investigates situations reported to the security department, calling appropriate law enforcement if necessary.

Calls on appropriate hospital administration as needed in investigating suspicious activities or security violations that require intervention.

Responds to control alarms including security, HVAC and fire safety and to monitor activities to the public.

Replenish the infant security transmitter and banding material supplies as needed.

Processes ACI inmate patients according to policy

Accurately interprets policies and procedures and their application in circumstances not yet encountered.

Verifies ID cards of persons entering facility, taking appropriate action against those who cannot provide proper authorizations or cause for being admitted.

Maintains logs and records of occurrences, completing necessary paperwork and uses computer terminal to input and retrieve data as appropriate.

Extracts and compiles a range of data from written sources and individuals.

Assists in filing material using a straightforward alpha, numerical or chronological system.

Understands non routine notes, written instructions and general policy statements.

Provides assistance, information, and/or escort to visitors, patients and Hospital personnel as required.

Provides courteous assistance to visitors, patients and other staff, giving accurate information or directing to appropriate party as necessary.

Provides escort to parking lots and other hospital sites as needed.

Assists and cooperates with visitors, patients, and Hospital personnel on security-related issues.

Collects and transports money and handles small amounts of cash transactions when necessary. Perform infant car seat if certified, tire change and jump starts.

Provides logistical support including, scheduling LaVan and Oncology ride services, expediting deliveries to other departments, and ensuring hospital vehicle maintenance.

Expedites deliveries to fulfill various Hospital department needs and requests

Keeps abreast of Hospital wide/Security Department Organizational policies and procedures.

Maintains detailed knowledge of narrow areas of hospital academic, administrative and financial rules and procedures.

Preserves and protects confidentiality of patient, employee, and Hospital information.

Demonstrates discretion in confidential matters concerning the Hospital, patients and Hospital personnel.

Treats patient and employee files, documents and other materials with the utmost security.

Demonstrates flexibility in work schedule in staffing alternating or rotating shifts, and willingly provides back-up and assistance to staff as needed during absences or emergencies.

Cooperatively participates in special projects for department or Hospital as requested.

Entry level computer skills preferred.

~ Care New England Health System (CNE) and its member institutions, Butler Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital, Kent Hospital, VNA of Care New England, Integra, The Providence Center, and Care New England Medical Group, is a trusted, integrated health care organization that fuels the latest advances in medical research, attracts the nation’s top specialty-trained doctors, hones renowned services and innovative programs, and engages in the important discussions people need to have about their health and end-of-life wishes. Care New England is helping to transform the future of health care, providing a leading voice in the ongoing effort to ensure the health of the individuals and communities we serve.

Americans with Disability Act Statement: External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled must be able to perform the essential job-specific functions either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation, to be determined by the organization on a case-by-case basis.

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status

Employee conducts himself/herself consistent with the ethical standards of the organization including, but not limited to hospital policy, mission, vision, and values.

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