Public Safety Officer

Advocate Health And Hospitals Corporation

Job Location:

Wake Forest, NC - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 19 - 29

Posted on: 15 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Department:

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Positions are available across all shifts but can vary. While we aim to consider shift preferences when possible schedules may include different shifts based on operational needs and coverage requirements. Opportunities for overtime and shift differentials may be available.

Pay Range

$19.80 - $29.70

Position Highlights:

Location: Winston Salem North Carolina
Full Time

What We Offer:

Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.
Generous PTO: Accrual starts at up to 25 days/year to be used for vacations sickness holidays and personal matters.
Parental Benefits: Six weeks paid birthing-mother maternity leave & four weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.
Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions
Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth offering up to $2500 per year towards a bachelors degree and up to $5000 per year towards a graduate degree.

What Youll Need:

High School Diploma or GED
A valid drivers license issued by the Division of Motor Vehicle
For North Carolina teammates an Unarmed Guard License issued by NC Protective Services must be obtained within 1 year and maintained through training and competency assessments.
Stop the Bleed Certification must be obtained within 1 year of hire date.
Security Officer Healthcare Certification (CHSO) issued by the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) must be obtained on a one-time basis within two years of appointment to this role.

What Youll Do:

Provides security services with a customer-service approach focusing on professionalism fairness and compassion even in challenging circumstances and in accordance with policies procedures and training.
Inspires confidence in patients visitors and team members by presenting a professional approachable and service-oriented appearance and demeanor. Is alert observant and ethical. Complies with and enforces all safety and security rules and regulations. Maintains Department uniform and equipment in good repair.
Performs routine responsibilities during interior and exterior patrols to ensure safety and security including but not limited to inspections to identify vulnerabilities hazards and fire conditions audits of Interim Life Safety Measures patient valuables management and thorough contraband searches. Assists team members patients and visitors by providing information directions and physical help. Ensures traffic control monitors conduct of visitors on premises and confronts unauthorized persons for questioning.
Prevents responds to and investigates workplace violence. Responds to service calls such as combative or threatening patients or visitors and team member incidents.
Serves as a primary resource for de-escalation utilizing use of force when necessary (e.g. conducted electrical weapon (CEW) handcuffing.)
Performs key responsibilities to plan prevent practice and respond to emergencies such as lost or abducted infants/children fire and active threats.
Responds immediately to emergency and crisis situations; physically intervenes in accordance with training to situations that have a potential for injury.
Investigates incidents that occur on Advocate Health property and completes timely and accurate reports. Addresses and escalates complaints to the appropriate leader and provides supporting documentation.
Performs liaison rounding duties to cultivate close partnerships with all departments and units. Delivers security awareness education to team members to leverage their assistance in the overall security of the site.
Liaisons with federal state and local law enforcement and first responder agencies. Coordinates briefs and monitors every law enforcement prisoner patient guard to ensure policy compliance and prevent unsafe practices.
Maintains current Department training standards in radio communications verbal de-escalation hemorrhage control (e.g. STOP the BLEED) CPR application of clinical restraints conducted energy weapon (e.g. TASER) to include training on any/all department-issued equipment and/or requirements identified in training academy and the Annual Training Plan.
Assists with exterior traffic and crowd control including parking enforcement valet parking assist and vehicular assistance

Our CommitmenttoYou:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including:

Compensation

Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications skills relevant experience and/or training
Premium pay such as shift on call and more based on a teammates job
Incentive pay for select positions
Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

Paid Time Off programs
Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life andShort- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
Educational Assistance Program

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation health outcomes consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte North Carolina Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology neurosciences oncology pediatrics and rehabilitation as well as organ transplants burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1000 care locations and offers one of the nations largest graduate medical education programs with over 2000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority

Department:Status: Full timeBenefits Eligible:YesHours Per Week:40Schedule Details/Additional Information:Positions are available across all shifts but can vary. While we aim to consider shift preferences when possible schedules may include different shifts based on operational needs and coverage re...