Security Officer

Overview

It s more than a career, it s a calling. IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mount Vernon

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.

• Protects property and staff by conducting interior and exterior rounds, observing for safety and security issues, theft, and monitoring of parking lots.
• Acts as a deterrent and responds to extreme acts of violence and threats involving dangerous weapons.
• Promotes visitor and employee safety while they are by providing door checks, detecting lighting deficiencies, confirming proper operation of elevators, assisting with disruptive individuals, patient restraints, and provide escorts to both staff and clients when requested.
• Provides professional customer service when dealing with complex and dynamic situations when approached by staff or clients and utilizes a proactive approach to identifying safety and security hazards by communicating with clinical staff.
• Responds to overhead pages or requests for assistance, including escorting emergency personnel through the building, as well as provide post-mortem services.
• Observes and reports any security concerns/assessments. Completes incident reports/shift logs and forward to appropriate individuals.
• Provides maintenance assistance through property conservation and campus safety approaches such as: alarm testing, check life safety equipment, automated external defibrillators (AEDs), oxygen tanks, fire extinguishers, access control, badging, etc., door integrity checks etc.
• Enforce policies and procedures of the organization.
• May operate motor vehicle to patrol.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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

• Two years  experience

• Following extension of a conditional offer of employment, applicant must successfully complete a psychological assessment to confirm suitability for the rigors of providing security services as set forth in this job description.
• Successful completion of SSM’s internal armed officer program is required prior to working as an armed security officer.
• Proof of motor vehicle liability insurance that meets minimum state requirements upon hire and upon request.

• Constant use of hearing to receive oral communication and hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Constant use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).
• 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 — Firearm Owner Identification Card (FOID) - Illinois State Police
• State of
  
  Work Location:
  
  Illinois — Driving Record - Motor Vehicle Report (MVR)
• State of
  
  Work Location:
  
  Illinois — Driver License (issued in the United States)
• Active Law Enforcement Officer - Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board (ILETSB)
• Illinois Retired Officer Concealed Carry Card - ILETSB
• Permanent Employee Registration Card (PERC) - IDFPR
• Firearm Control Card (FCC) - IDFPR

• Work Shift:
  
  Day Shift (United States of America)
• Job Type: Employee
• Department:  SEC - Good Samaritan
• Scheduled Weekly
  
  Hours:
  
  24

• 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 offers eligible hourly team members instant access to earned base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• 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.