Lead Hospital Officer

Lead Hospital Officer

This position pays $30.61/Hr when assigned as a lead for hospital guard services.

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

The lead hospital officer serves as a lead worker responsible for providing supervision for detainees in a hospital. The hospital protocol as required by the appropriate procedures and checklists must always be maintained.

Primary duties and responsibilities:

• The lead hospital officer ensures custody and control of the detainees in the hospital is maintained at all times.
• Follows restraint protocols outlined in the medical guarding procedures.
• Ensures restraints utilized do not interfere with medical procedures or harm the detainee.
• The lead hospital officer ensures positioning is always within eyesight of the detainee.
• Ensures detainees do not receive outside visitors, unless required by contract or court order.
• The lead hospital officer ensures detainees are not allowed to make telephone calls unless required by contract.
• Completes all necessary paperwork and reports in an accurate and thorough manner. Ensures that all reports are turned into the transportation supervisor according to the policies and procedures described.
• The lead hospital officer completes duty log detailing all events that take place during the shift. Immediately reports all unusual events to the transportation supervisor.
• The lead hospital officer ensures that detainees are properly secured prior to leaving the hospital.
• Ensures that all safety measures are followed at all times, including but not limited to, all applicable federal, state, municipal and organizational laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• The lead hospital officer performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent certification required. Possession of applicable state requisites for employment.
• Three (3) years of continuous law enforcement related experience which includes at least two (2) years as a lead supervisor or supervisor OR successful completion of GEO's supervision training course (certificate must be provided.)
• Must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
• Must possess a state firearms license.
• Must possess a personal sidearm meeting company standards and use an approved level III retention holster.
• Must possess a state security guard license.
• Must have completed an approved training program resulting in a certification of satisfactory completion in corrections, law enforcement, or military.
• Certification in corrections, law enforcement, or military.
• Ability to work overtime frequently.
• Ability to travel extended periods of time with frequent overnight stays.
• Ability to handle physical and mental stress associated with working extended hours.
• Must be able to regularly report to work without being late.
• Ability to be physically alert on any shift that is assigned.
• Ability to work up to sixteen (16) hours within a rolling 24 hour period.
• Must be mature, flexible, and able to command the respect and confidence of inmates or detainees and staff and possess a high tolerance to mental stress.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.