Security Officer

It’s more than a career, it’s a calling

MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Wentzville. Worker Type: PRN.

Schedule:

Variable Shift, Work as Needed. Shift Differentials: available for night, weekend, and additional shifts. Must be at least 21 years old.

Location:

SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital – Wentzville.

Provides a reasonably safe and secure environment by delivering security services for staff, patients, visitors, and premises, and serves as a first responder to urgent facility matters.

• Conduct interior and exterior rounds, observe for safety and security issues, theft, and monitor parking lots.
• Promote visitor and employee safety by performing door checks, detecting lighting deficiencies, confirming elevator operation, assisting disruptive individuals, providing patient restraints, and escorting staff and clients when requested.
• Respond to overhead pages or assistance requests, escort emergency personnel through the building, and provide post‑mortem services.
• Provide professional customer service in complex and dynamic situations and proactively identify safety hazards through communication with clinical staff.
• Observe and report security concerns, complete incident reports and shift logs, and forward them to appropriate individuals.
• Assist with property conservation and campus safety (e.g., alarm testing, life‑safety equipment checks, AEDs, oxygen tanks, fire extinguishers, access control, badging, door integrity checks).
• Enforce organization policies and procedures.
• Monitor, review, and investigate incidents using the video management system.
• Operate a motor vehicle for patrol if required.
• Maintain a constant state of alertness and work safely.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience.

• Successful completion of a psychological assessment after conditional offer to confirm suitability for security services.

• Constant use of hearing for oral communication and alarms.
• Constant use of vision for near and far distances.
• Constant lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0‑25 lbs.
• Frequent use of speech for oral communication.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25‑50 lbs.
• Frequent standing, twisting, and walking.
• Frequent vision for judging distances and spatial relationships.
• Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, sitting, squatting, reaching, gripping, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing over 50 lbs.
• Occasional keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional use of smell to detect odors.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling, running, and lifting/moving patients.

• Driving Record – Motor Vehicle Report (MVR).
• Driver License issued in the United States.
• Firearm Owner Identification Card (FOID) – Illinois State Police.
• Permanent Employee Registration Card (PERC) – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) OR Active Law Enforcement Officer – Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board (ILETSB).
• Security Officer License – St. Charles County OR Security Officer License – St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Employee

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro‑rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: voluntary benefit through Daily Pay offering instant access to earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply).
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: upfront tuition coverage through Flex Path Funded for eligible team members.

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.