Security Officer

Overview

It’s more than a career, it’s a calling. MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis

Worker Type: PRN

Job Summary:

Provides a reasonably safe and secure environment by providing security services for the staff, patients, visitors, and premises as well as be first responders to urgent facility matters.

• Primary Responsibilities:
  
  Protects property and staff by conducting interior and exterior rounds, observing for safety and security issues, theft, and monitoring of parking lots.
• Promotes visitor and employee safety on the organization’s property by providing door checks, detecting lighting deficiencies, confirming proper operation of elevators, assisting with disruptive individuals, patient restraints and providing escorts to staff and clients when requested.
• Responds to overhead pages or requests for assistance, including escorting emergency personnel through the building, and provides post-mortem services.
• Provides professional customer service in complex and dynamic situations when approached by staff or clients, and uses a proactive approach to identifying safety and security hazards by communicating with clinical staff.
• Observes and reports security concerns/assessments. Completes incident reports and shift logs and forwards to appropriate individuals.
• Provides maintenance assistance through property conservation and campus safety approaches such as alarm testing, life safety equipment checks, AEDs, oxygen tanks, fire extinguishers, access control, badging, door integrity checks, etc.
• Enforces policies and procedures of the organization.
• Assists with monitoring, reviewing, and investigating incidents utilizing the video management system.
• May operate a motor vehicle to patrol.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of hearing to receive oral communication and hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Constant use of vision for distances near and far.
• Constant lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Frequent standing, twisting and walking.
• Frequent use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, sitting, squatting, reaching, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing over 50 lbs.
• Occasional keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling, running and lifting/moving patients.

• State of
  
  Work Location:
  
  Illinois
• Driving Record – Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) or Driver License – Issued in the United States
• Permanent Employee Registration Card (PERC) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) or Active Law Enforcement Officer - Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board (ILETSB)

State of

Work Location:

Missouri & County of

Work Location:

All Except St. Charles County

• Driving Record – Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) or Driver License – Issued in the United States

State of

Work Location:

Missouri & County of

Work Location:

St. Charles County

• Driving Record – Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) or Driver License – Issued in the United States
• Armed Security Officer License - St. Charles County or Armed Security Officer License - St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

State of

Work Location:

Oklahoma and Wisconsin

• Driving Record – Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) or Driver License – Issued in the United States

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Employee

SEC - St. Joes Lake St. Louis

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SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options:
  Daily Pay option for instant access to earned wages (fees may apply).
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: upfront tuition coverage through Flex Path Funded for eligible team members.

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.