Public Safety Officer Senior Armed - University Medical Center - Safety Net Hospital

$5,000.00 SIGN-ON BONUS AVAILABLE!!

The Public Safety Officer – Senior Safety–Net Hospital provides a safe and secure environment for patients, visitors, physicians, and staff within a Level 1 Trauma Safety‑Net hospital. Responsibilities include screening entrants, monitoring activities, preventing and investigating criminal activity, and maintaining order across the campus.

• Provides routine security patrols of campus, both internally and externally.
• Performs safety and equipment inspections.
• Provides information and assistance to patients, visitors, staff, and the public.
• Responds to all calls for assistance immediately unless involved in or responding to an emergency situation.
• Responds to calls involving an individual armed with a firearm or bladed weapon.
• Responds to Armed Active Shooter incidents and applies the knowledge learned in scenario‑based training to preserve lives.
• Operates security screening equipment, access control systems, video security and intrusion detection systems.
• Reports and controls unauthorized or suspicious persons, unsafe conditions, or other irregularities.
• Completes required paperwork/reports to account for all security‑related actions/incidents.
• Follows the Hospital's Public Safety Department Firearms policy and the Use of Force policy.
• May be required to testify in court hearings pertaining to incidents involved.
• Works jointly with outside Law Enforcement to detain persons who violate local, state, or federal law.
• Processes and secures lost and found items along with patient valuables.
• Performs special/covert operations to prevent vehicle theft or burglaries.
• Assists Behavioral Health, ED, and In‑Patient staff with restraining aggressive and combative patients/personnel.
• Utilizes a metal detector to search patients for weapons/contraband.

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license with clean driving record.
• Three (3) years of directly related armed experience (security, law enforcement, military).

• Defensive Driving Certification - Defensive Driving Certification Issuer.
• Certified with OC spray with exposure.
• P.O.S.T Certification – Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement.
• Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator – International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS).
• Hand to hand defensive tactics training.

• Non‑Violent Crisis Prevention Certificate (CPI, NCI‑CPI) – Crisis Prevention Institute.
• OC spray with exposure.
• Annual Firearm Qualifications.
• Yearly LCMC / UMC Regulatory Healthcare training as required.
• Yearly LCMC Active Shooter Refresher course.

• Level III Duty Holster.
• Duty weapon with 4‑inch barrel.
• Name plate.
• Footwear.

• Uniform including coat or sweater.
• Duty gear including radio, handcuffs, duty belt, etc.

• Proficient in English with verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic knowledge and use of security equipment including radios, alarm systems, CCTV systems.
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal laws; possibly trained at a Law Enforcement Academy.
• Ability to deescalate situations involving aggressive, combative, and behavioral health issues pertaining to patients.
• Professionalism, ethics, laws, and criminal codes, crisis intervention, universal precautions, firearms defensive tactics, and handcuffing.
• Ability to walk and stand for long periods of time.
• Interaction with individuals who may be criminal, violent, disruptive, combative, disoriented.
• Ability to transport patients as required.
• Willingness to be trained, skilled, and proficient with handcuffs, OC spray, and restraining.
• Ability to pass the LCMC Active Shooter Course (practical) annually.

Variable Hours (United States of America)

The largest medical training center in Louisiana, University Medical Center has served as the region’s safety net hospital for underserved communities for over 300 years.

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget…