Security Professional Full Time Second Shift

Security Officer - Security - Full Time 8 Hours Evenings 2PM - 10:30PM (Non-Exempt) (Non-Union)
Job ID REQ20182200 Category Keck Medicine of USC

Ensures that the healthcare enterprise remains a safe place. Maintains safe and secure environment for medical staff/employees, patients, and visitors by patrolling the premises and visitor management. Observes and reports activities and incidents at an assigned site. Preserves order and acts to enforce regulations when assistance is requested by medical staff/employees. Responds rapidly to security emergencies within the hospital or other healthcare settings. While not authorized to carry firearms, may use security defensive equipment (e.g., batons, pepper foam/gel, handcuffs) when necessary, according to training and/or standard procedures. This position requires the full understanding and active participation in fulfilling the Mission of Keck Medical Center of USC. It is expected that the employee will demonstrate behavior consistent with the Core Values of the Keck Medical Center of USC.

Specific duties or tasks may vary and be documented separately.. Provide a visible deterrence to crime, prohibited activities, or suspicious activities in public and non-public areas such as the main building, outlying buildings, grounds, parking areas, stairways, tunnels, mechanical areas, patient treatment areas

May provide physical assistance alongside a in-patient staff member, including but not limited to nursing supervisor and / or nursing aid in lifting, transporting, and placing cadavers in a morgue or designated location and patient restraints based on assigned location.

Interacts regularly with patients or representatives for status updates and addresses any security related or potential problems; carries out security plans.

Escorts and assists visitors, patients, facility personnel, members, and medical staff upon request throughout organization including parking lots and/or hospital premises, including hotel/student housing

Successfully completes Healthcare Security Competency Tasks and its associated checklist in collaboration with management.

Acts to ensure that staff members understand and comply with applicable laws, regulations, standards, policies and procedures.

The delivery of quality service and positive interaction with our customers is critical to the completion of all the tasks within this job description.

Monitors and assures that policies and procedures related to accuracy, integrity, confidentiality, and security are maintain.

and hospital policies. Maintain security documentation as required for outside regulatory agencies (The Joint Commission, HIPPA, etc.). Follow of company standards as mentioned in Security standard procedure.

Ensure material/assets are physically verified while coming in and going out of the premises.

Make regular patrol rounds (Physical / Vehicle) of the premises and ensure security measures are adhered.

Check security management logbook, emails information daily during your shift assignment.

Keep the security supervisor apprised and informed of conditions and security activities in the hospital and clinics.

make necessary reports to document incident.

Employees are held accountable for successful job performance. Job performance standards may be documented separately, and may include functions, objectives, duties or tasks not specifically listed herein. Follow time and attendance policy while coming in and going out of the premises. Follow appropriate training and development interventions to ensure an organization committed to its employees. Follow personal grooming, inspection of shifts, uniform, equipment and fitness for duty rules. Follow attendance on behavioral and vocational training programs, and personally conducts key training. Successfully complete modules and training programs.

In the event of an emergency, the employee holding this position is required to "report to duty" in accordance with the Keck Medical Center of USC Emergency Operations Plan and/or the employee’s department’s emergency response and/or recovery plans. Familiarity with those plans and regular training to implement those plans is required. During or immediately following an emergency, the employee will be notified to assist in the emergency response efforts and mobilize other staff members if needed.

In performing functions, duties or tasks, employees are required to know and follow safe work practices, and to be aware of company policies and procedures related to job safety, including safety rules and regulations. All functions, duties or tasks are to be carried out in an honest, ethical, and professional manner, and to be performed in conformance with applicable company policies and procedures. In the event of uncertainty or lack of knowledge of company policies and procedures, employees are required to request clarification or explanations from superiors or authorized company representatives.

Req Demonstrated experience in monitoring surveillance system and writing reports.

Pref Experience, knowledge and/or training, in safety, fire protection, civil disturbance, emergency preparedness procedures and planning, C.AED, Security and Safety issues and standards as set forth by Department of Health Services and The Joint Commission is preferred.

Req Ability to communicate effectively with diverse people including members, patients, visitors, and medical personnel

Req Oral and written communications skills, including the excellent written and spoken English.

Req Maintain a positive working relationship with facility staff members

Req Knowledge about all security equipment, security operations and computer software.

Req International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) (Basic) IAHSS-International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (Basic Certification) required within 6 months of hire

Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Keck Hospital of USC, a 343-bed acute care hospital, provides exceptional and innovative care for complex medical and surgical conditions across a wide range of specialties. The hospital’s world-renowned physicians deliver compassionate, customized, patient-centered care and treat the most acutely ill patients with highly innovative techniques and treatment plans. As a leading academic medical center, hundreds of clinical trials are currently taking place at Keck Hospital and its affiliated research institutions, giving patients access to novel and promising therapies that are generally not available elsewhere. Every day at Keck Hospital, physicians, nurses and staff go beyond the science of exceptional medicine to bring patients breakthroughs in the art of caring. The hourly rate range for this position is $22.00 - $35.55. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.