Police Officer

Reports to Assistant Chief of Police / Manager of Security. Responsible for providing a safe, secure, and effective environment of care for all of Memorial Hospital/Epworth Campus and properties. This environment is sustained by monitoring Hospital facilities, properties, personnel, and functions to protect Hospital property, patients, visitors, and employees from hazardous conditions, physical harm, trespassing, vandalism, sabotage, fire, theft and other criminal behaviors.

Directs visitors, patients, and employees to appropriate location(s) and intervenes to prevent and control patient, visitor, and/or employee disturbances. Makes arrests and summons back-up from local law enforcement. The officer carries a departmental issued handgun while on duty.

• Mission:
  We deliver outstanding care, inspire health, and connect with heart.
• Values:
  Trust. Respect. Integrity. Compassion.
• Service Goals:
  Personally connect. Keep everyone informed. Be on their team.

• Monitoring activities of patients, visitors, staff, and others to ensure as much as possible, a safe work environment. Inspecting equipment, doors, windows, and gates to determine that they are secure.
• Responding to emergency situations throughout the Hospital / Epworth campus such as fire, disturbances, accidents, criminal activity, disasters, bomb searches, etc. and involving external resources/agencies as necessary. Enforce police/security procedures and maintaining a log of activities during such incidents. Conducting investigations and generating reports as deemed appropriate and/or necessary.
• Responding to duress alarms, parking lot call boxes, building alarms, door alarms, and patient behavioral health related requests for assistance.
• Restricting access to visitors and staff in accordance with current Hospital policy and regulating parking in Hospital lots.
• Summoning external law enforcement agencies as appropriate.
• Additionally, performs any and all duties of the department's security officer.

• Providing escort services for employees, visitors, and patients throughout the Hospital campus.
• Enforcing parking rules and regulations in Hospital / Epworth campus lots and garages.
• Limiting access to the facility as appropriate, and providing assistance as requested.
• Conducting preliminary investigations on incidents occurring on property own, operated or leased by Memorial Hospital and submitting appropriate reports. Reporting accidents, hazards, and other incidents as appropriate.
• Testifying during hearings, trials, and other legal proceedings, presenting information and accounts on incidents which have occurred on the Hospital's property, as required.

• Reporting observed safety hazards and unsafe conditions of property.
• Initiating emergency response procedures and alarms, as appropriate, throughout the Hospital / Epworth campus, utilizing safety equipment in order to correct or control the incident.
• Maintaining knowledge and compliance of police/security policies and procedures.
• Participating in drills, training, and education as deemed appropriate.
• Completing mandatory in-services and training sessions as required under state statute.
• Maintaining equipment and property as necessary and/or assigned.

• Attending state-mandated in-service training and department meetings; also participating in continuing education and attending conferences as approved.
• Maintaining professional affiliations as appropriate.
• Reading current professional literature and journals.

• Completing other job-related duties and projects as assigned.

• Attends and participates in department meetings and is accountable for all information shared.
• Completes mandatory education, annual competencies and department-specific education within established time frames.
• Completes annual employee health requirements within established time frames.
• Maintains…