Public Safety Officer​/EMT; Part-Time

Job Description

About Salve Regina University:
Salve Regina University, a comprehensive Catholic University located in Newport, Rhode Island, offers bachelor’s, master’s, graduate certificate, and doctoral programs in humanities, international relations, and nursing, enrolling over 2,600 students from across the U.S. and worldwide.

A University Public Safety Officer promotes lawful behavior and protects the welfare of students, faculty, staff and visitors as a uniformed presence on campus. The officer performs foot, vehicle and bicycle patrols, monitors buildings and property, investigates disturbances, maintains order during events, enforces regulations, and locks and unlocks doors. The officer also enforces traffic and parking regulations, tickets offenders, responds to emergencies by providing first aid and coordinating with police and fire departments, and writes detailed incident reports.

• Serve as primary guardian of university personnel and property.
• Reduce opportunities for crime through preventative patrol and other measures.
• Patrol interior and exterior of administrative, academic, and residential buildings.
• Make log entries for broken windows, open doors, and other observations requiring attention or repairs.
• Be thoroughly familiar with the assigned patrol route, including locations of residential, administrative, and academic buildings.
• Pay special attention to the location of fire boxes, telephone and other emergency operational services.
• Identify criminal activity and notify local police authorities.
• Operate the radio in accordance with FCC regulations and departmental procedures, keeping radio equipment operational at all times and making frequent radio contact with dispatch.
• Regulate university parking and traffic patterns.
• Serve as radio dispatcher and dispatch campus patrols when necessary.
• Monitor police and fire department radio channels and emergency phone lines.
• Dispatch and supervise university campus transportation systems.
• Identify safety and security problems that are potentially serious in nature and report them.
• Lock and unlock buildings at specified times.
• Check the operating condition of the campus intrusion and fire alarm systems.
• Assist in fire safety education drills.
• Check on the operating condition of heating and hot water systems.
• Monitor Card Access and RAVE Guardian system, responding to alerts.
• Train additional security officers and serve as crowd control at special events.

Under general direction of the Director of Public Safety and the EMS IC, the EMT responds to medical emergencies on campus, delivers patient care, assesses patients, determines proper care, and administers treatment.

• Respond to medical emergencies and deliver patient care.
• Document patient information, condition and treatment.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Provide basic life support and document treatment and care with the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Office of Safety and Security/EMS as required.

• A Rhode Island Emergency Medical Technician License (EMT).
• Must possess a valid driver’s license from any U.S. state.
• Possession of current NREMT.

• The incumbent may be substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
• This position is subject to both inside and outside work and extreme cold and hot temperatures.
• Noises, vibration, hazards, atmospheric conditions, oils and wearing a respirator might also be encountered.
• Requirements are subject to reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities.
• Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.
• Employees may be required to perform other job‑related duties requested by their supervisor.

This is a part‑time, 25‑hour per week, on‑site position.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Current Rhode Island Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) license.
• Valid driver’s license from any U.S. state.
• Ability to read and accurately transcribe data, prepare detailed reports, and maintain accurate…