P​/T Hospital Officer

Hospital Officer

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

The Hospital Officer is responsible for providing supervision for detainees in a hospital. The hospital protocol as required by the appropriate procedures and checklists must always be maintained.

Primary duties and responsibilities include:

• Maintaining custody and control of the detainees in the hospital at all times.
• Following restraint protocols outlined in the Medical Guarding Procedures.
• Ensuring restraints utilized do not interfere with medical procedures or harm the detainee.
• Ensuring positioning is always within eyesight of the detainee.
• Ensuring detainees do not receive outside visitors, unless required by contract or court order.
• Ensuring detainees are not allowed to make telephone calls unless required by contract.
• Completing all necessary paperwork and reports in an accurate and thorough manner.
• Completing duty log detailing all events that take place during the shift. Immediately reporting all unusual events to the Transportation Supervisor.
• Ensuring that detainees are properly secured prior to leaving the hospital.
• Ensuring that all safety measures are followed at all times, including but not limited to, all applicable federal, state, municipal and organizational laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Minimum requirements include:

• High school diploma or equivalent certification required. Possession of applicable state requisites for employment.
• Three (3) years' experience handling prisoners as a Law Enforcement Officer, or as a Corrections, Detention, or Military Police Officer.
• Must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
• Must possess a State Firearms License.
• Must possess a personal sidearm meeting company standards and use an approved Level III retention holster. Must possess a State Security Guard License.
• Must have completed an approved training program resulting in a certification of satisfactory completion in Corrections, Law Enforcement, or Military.
• Certification in Corrections, Law Enforcement, or Military.
• Ability to work overtime frequently.
• Ability to travel extended periods of time with frequent overnight stays.
• Ability to handle physical and mental stress associated with working extended hours.
• Must be able to regularly report to work without being late.
• Ability to be physically alert on any shift that is assigned.
• Ability to work up to sixteen (16) hours within a rolling 24-hour period.
• Must be mature, flexible, and able to command the respect and confidence of inmates or detainees and staff and possess a high tolerance to mental stress.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.