Public Safety Officer Weekend Evenings

Position: Public Safety Officer – 16 Hours, Weekend Evenings
Peabody, MA
• Lahey Clinic, Peabody
• Part-time
• Evening When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.$1,000 Sign on Bonus! Come to Work with A Smile! Like you’re Co-Workers. Generous Compensation, Paid Time Off. Career Growth and Professional Ladders.

Position Summary:

Provides security and protection for patients, visitors, and colleagues, as well as buildings and grounds. May be called upon to provide assistance in many different circumstances, settings and weather.

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

Monitoring and Reporting – Patrols assigned areas on foot or in vehicle; checks for unsafe conditions, hazards, unlocked doors, security violations, blocked ingress and egress, and unauthorized persons. Conducts periodic inspections of all areas at designated times to ascertain their conditions of security and safety. Perform monthly preventative maintenance and required equipment checks, i.e.: elevator phones, outside emergency phones, vehicle equipment, door alarms and panel, building alarms, fire alarm panel, all doors and locks and radio equipment.

Prepares logs or reports as required for post, writes or types reports entering information in a computer.

Enforcement – Directs vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Conducts on-campus traffic safety details during construction and roadwork hazards. Patrols designated areas and all parking areas. Checks for and issues proper identification of colleagues, and enforcing the wearing of s. Issues temporary badges to Visitors and Vendors. Checks suspicious packages as directed.

Emergency Response – Responds to all Codes and alarms in accordance with the Safety Manual and the Emergency Management Policy. First responders to acts of violence and aggression, including civil disturbances, weapons/hostage/armed intruder situations, agitated/disruptive/combative patients, workplace violence events, and any other potential crisis situations. Coordinates with local Police, Fire, and Emergency personnel as directed. Responds to alarms initiated by fire crash bars on exterior doors.

Responds to elevator entrapments. Respond to and investigate reported thefts, disturbances and incidents. Responds to medical emergency call such as slips or falls in the facility or on the grounds, provide an emergency stretcher as needed, and assists with transport within building, awaiting ambulance as the case warrants. Administers nasal Naloxone in the timeliest fashion to suspected opioid overdose victims when needed, while activating an emergency medical response.

Protects against threats relating to gunshot and weapons-related trauma violence spill-over, including when victims of weapons’ violence and suspected perpetrators of weapons’ violence are present in the ED, Inpatient Unit, etc.

Safety Searches – Conducts emergency contraband searches of patient rooms and property, taking possession of any discovered weapons, needles, substances (like Fentanyl), and other items presenting an immediate risk to life safety.

Patient Observation – Performs patient watch or observation as directed. Responds appropriately to a variety of human service issues, including domestic abuse, substance abuse, forensic patients, psychiatric cases, and anxious/upset visitors. Maintain composure and professional demeanor in an occasionally chaotic environment. Practices universal precautions. Restrains patients as necessary utilizing de-escalation techniques. Serves as dedicated safety detail for patients presenting homicidal ideations and actions.

Escorts patients on active MGL Chapter 123 Section 12 status from 4th Floor Psychiatry to ED.Forensic Patient Management – Orients external…