Public Safety Officer Senior

Public Safety Officer Senior
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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. They screen anyone entering the hospital, monitor all activity of guests as they go in and out of the facility, attempt to prevent any mishaps and disturbances, and investigate any complaint of lost or stolen items from staff or patients.

• Patrols assigned areas on a constant basis to maintain safety, security, crowd control, and order.
• Responds to domestic/patient/employee/visitor disturbances, processes lost and found, and de-escalates situations involving combative/aggressive personnel.
• Works jointly with NOPD 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.

• 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.
• Sets out barricades for blocking spaces for maintenance, construction, VIP, and other events.
• Delivers food trays, lab specimens, pharmacy drugs, mail, nourishment, etc.

• Assists behavioral health, ED, and care center staff with restraining aggressive and combative patients/personnel.
• Utilizes a medical detector to search patients for weapons/contraband.
• Provides transport services for inclement weather shuttle, behavioral health patients, care center patients, rapid response medical team, staff, etc.

• Operates security screening equipment, accesses control systems, video security and intrusion detection systems, and maintains control of patient valuables given to security.

• 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.

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider is required from the American Heart Association.
• Non-Violent Crisis Prevention from the Crisis Prevention Institute is required.
• Defensive Driving Certification from a Defensive Driving Certification Issuer is preferred.
• Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator from the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS) is preferred.
• Annual Firearm Training from LCMC Health is required.
• Annual Baton Training from LCMC Health is preferred.
• P.O.S.T. Certification from Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement (LCLE) is preferred.
• Valid Louisiana Driver's License.
• Firearm Certification is required from LCMC approved certification professionals.
• CPI required within orientation period.
• P.O.S.T. Certification is required if officer has outside law enforcement powers.

Variable Hours (United States of America)

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