Lieutenant, HMH Public Safety

## Lieutenant, HMH Public Safety Apply locations:
Romney, WVtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
JR108948## Department

PUBLIC SAFETY - 558076## Worker Sub Type Regular## Work Shift First Shift (United States of America)
** Pay Grade**#
** Job Description
** Must be available for duty assignment at any Valley Health facility. Assignments may be temporary or permanent, dependent upon the needs of the VHS organization. This position supervises a shift of Public Safety Officers including their scheduling, payroll, assignments, training, annual and other types of evaluations, progress reports and behavior while on duty. This is a working supervisor position although some paperwork is required the majority of the work is physical in nature and functions in a similar capacity as a Public Safety Officer with respect to patrolling and responding to routine service and emergency responses.

The position is responsible for the coordination and daily operations of the Public Safety shift as it pertain to the support of the overall hospital operations. Assists in the development, review and revision of department policies, standard operating procedures and post orders. May participate on facility committees or attend meetings in place of the manager. This position may be required to work alternate shifts to support the operations of the department and hospital.

This position oversees and reviews all investigations conducted by the shift officers before forwarding them to the manager or Director. This position works holidays and weekends. This position may be temporarily reassigned to another facility to support the operations of the department and VH. This position may temporarily fill in for the facility or regional Public Safety Captain (Manager).
Each Lieutenant properly and completely documents all rounds; writes the necessary reports about all incidents; submits reports by the end of the shift during which the pertinent incident occurred. Lieutenant must be proficient in the use of the RMS Public Safety incident computer based system and the VH Risk Qual System. Lieutenant must know when to communicate information confidentially and which method of communication should be used for the type of communication being given.  

Each Lieutenant immediately corrects problems or writes appropriate work orders or memos or reports problem to safety officers and others when safety related problems are observed;
Lieutenant inspects fire extinguishers and eye wash stations and conduct or assist others in conducting other safety and Public Safety inspections such as Environment of Care Rounds as assigned; test and check alarm system equipment and other equipment as assigned to make sure they are functioning correctly; perform fire watches when requested; monitors Camera systems, Infant Abduction systems, Fire Alarm systems, Medical Gas Alarms, and generator alarms.

Investigates reports of loss and damage property and reports of criminal activity. Assist law enforcement with in custody individuals as needed.
Each Lieutenant is required to have a strong working knowledge of the facility assigned, Campus grounds and all related buildings on Campus; analyze and coordinate responses to all alarms on the property; respond to emergency incidents and provide physical Public Safety to our command location; perform inspection of buildings, doors (interior and exterior) to make sure they are opened on time and secured after the regular business day;

pick up cash deposits daily to be delivered to the cashier’s office in the. Lieutenants are requested periodically to search patient rooms and patient property for contraband and if found to take the proper safety steps to render them safe. Respond to Air Care landing and take offs.
Each Lieutenant is courteous to the public (patients, visitors, employees, doctors, sales and service people, neighbors and passers-by, etc.). Shows a professional attitude consistently; promptly responds to such requests 95% of the time. When this is not possible because of higher priority, the person or department requesting services is promptly notified. Lieutenant provide detailed…