Public Safety Officer Senior

at  LCMC Health

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The Public Safety Officer Senior provides a visual security presence to ensure a safe and secure environment for patients, visitors, physicians and staff. Screens anyone entering the hospital, monitors all activity of guests as they go in and out of the hospital, attempt to prevent any mishaps and disturbances within the facility. Investigates any complaint of lost or stolen items from staff or patient.

YOUR EVERY DAY

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.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this department. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities, and LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Your must haves

• 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.

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.
• Required: Valid Louisiana Driver’s License
• Required: Non-Violent Crisis Prevention - Crisis Prevention Institute [Required within orientation period.]
• Required: Annual Firearm Training - LCMC Health
• Required: Annual Baton Training - LCMC Health
• Preferred: P.O.S.T. Certification - Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement (LCLE) [Required if officer has outside law enforcement powers.]
• Preferred: Defensive Driving Certification - Defensive Driving Certification Issuer
• Preferred: Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator - International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS)

Please refer the Job description for details