Security Officer

As our Security Officer, you will monitor buildings and grounds on the property to ensure the safety and security of employees, patients, and other visitors.

Every day you will patrol the facility by walking and driving around the premises. Your responsibilities include guarding facility and unit access points, monitoring surveillance cameras, testing new security technology, and protecting all employees/visitors against acts of violence.

To be successful, you must remain calm and respond to emergency codes in a timely manner. Previous experience in a security/patrol role in a healthcare setting is preferred.

• Patrol on foot and by vehicle the facility and grounds.
• Patrol on foot and by vehicle all perimeter buildings and posts.
• Regulate parking by employees and visitors.
• Give directions and assist with minor vehicle problems.
• Provide escorts for employees.
• Provide security coverage in the Emergency Department.

• High School GED, upon hire or
• High School Graduate, upon hire or
• three (3) years’ experience as a security officer, upon hire and
• Six (6) months experience as security officer in a hospital or healthcare setting, prior law enforcement or military service; or
• one (1) year experience as a security officer.
• Driver's License: KY, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 30 Days

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in Lexington, Kentucky. It includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well‑being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of Common Spirit Health, a nonprofit Catholic health system with approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

$16.83 - $23.77 /hour