Security Guard - Part Time

Staff Position Description

Position Title: Security Guard (Guard-8200)

Department: Security Safety Sensitive: Yes

Reports to: Director of Security/Lead Exempt Status: No

All KHI employees are expected to perform their respective tasks and duties in such a way that supports KHI's vision to be among the kindest, highest quality health systems in the country.

• Secures premises and personnel by patrolling interior and exterior of all KHI owned property; monitoring surveillance equipment; inspecting buildings, equipment, and access points; permitting entry.
• Demonstrates advanced customer relations skills with patients, visitors, medical staff, employees, peers and administration.
• Conducts physical security and safety surveys.
• Prepares daily activity reports and forms including security inventory, including patient valuables, and equipment condition.
• Investigates and prepares reports relating to losses, incidents, occurrences, lost and found and violations of KHI regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Responds to internal emergencies such as fires, disasters, and other hospital emergencies.
• Enforces and utilizes knowledge of established policies, procedures, and practices.
• Serves as a liaison with local law enforcement, fire, and other agencies as it relates to KHI Security team and or hospital personnel.
• Identifies and resolves security / safety related problems.
• Provides security / safety in-services to staff and others as assigned.
• Complies with federal, state, and local regulations and exercises good judgment in the course of carrying out overall responsibilities and other activities as assigned.
• Provides support to the Plant Operations department to ensure the safety and comfort of patients.
• Operates plant utilities in the absences of Plant Operations staff and is aware of all utilities emergency procedures.
• Completes reoccurring work orders assigned from Plant Operations.
• Performs other duties, assignments, activities and responsibilities as assigned.
• May require travel to Hualapai Mountain Campus, SHMP Building, Mountain Shadow Building, or other KHI properties:
  • Responds to alarms.
  • Courier duties.
  • Other driving duties as assigned.
• Performs employee badge provisioning duties as assigned

Education: High school diploma or equivalent or college level degree.

Certification/Licensure: Possession of a current and valid U.S. motor vehicle license. Must be 21 years of age or older for on-the-job driving assignments. De-escalation techniques training required within 90 days of hire.

Knowledge and

Skills:

• Knowledge of standard security and safety protocols.
• Ability to communicate well with others.
• Ability to demonstrate planning and organizational skills.
• Basic computer skills necessary for reporting and communications.
• Ability to operate the surveillance system.
• Ability to work varied assigned shifts.
• Ability to work with and deescalate adverse and confrontational situations.

• Prior private security or public law enforcement experience.
• Hospital security experience.

• Arizona security officer card.
• International Association of Healthcare Security Certification and/or Safety as a Certified Healthcare Security Officer.

• Category II:
  Expected duties have possible, but not routine, potential for exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues.
• Exposure to chemical, biological, and radioactive substances:
  Asbestos, Formaldehyde, Ethylene oxide, Mercury.
• Possible exposure to hostile individuals: violence.

• Must be able to stand and walk for 60% to 70% of the time; must be able to sit 30% to 40% of the time; must be able to run.
• Must be able to distinguish phone rings and callers' voices against regular background noise and conversation.
• Occasionally bends, stoops, kneels, climbs, and descends ramps, stairs, ladders and reaches in the daily functions of duties.
• Must be able to lift 40 to 50 pounds.

Date Staff Position Description Created / Revised: 11/05/2018; 02/28/2019; 1/26/2021; 06/08/2022