Director Security
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Job Summary
Overview
The Director of Security serves in a senior leadership role responsible for the strategic oversight governance and execution of all life safety security programs and preventive maintenance across BronxCare Health System. This role ensures that all properties operate in full compliance with local state federal and environmental regulations while maintaining BronxCares standards patient and member experience and operational excellence in a highly maintained environment. This individual will be responsible for the security of the entire enterprise including the safety and security of the staff patients visitors and other guests. They will be responsible for implementing protocols designed to prevent property damage and loss. They will manage hospital security staff of 75 persons consisting of uniformed personnel and civilian administrators. Additional responsibilities of the Director of Security include but are not limited to:
Responsibilities
- Leadership & Committee Participation:
- Environment of Care
- Create and submit the Security Management Plan annually.
- Complete the Security Management Plan Annual review.
- Issue reports and disseminate information as required requested or directed
- Workplace Violence Prevention Committee
- Oversee scheduling incident reporting and all employee evaluations
- Directs and is responsible for fingerprinting function and hospital
- identification process
- Security and Hospital Safety Policies:
- Review and revise written protocols as necessary and at least every two years.
- Create new protocols as required requested or directed.
- Communicate policy changes efficiently and effectively; monitor the effectiveness of all policies and procedures.
- Hospital Policy and Procedure:
- Participate in review committees that review and revise existing protocols.
- Create new protocols as required requested or directed.
- Distribute revised and/or newly created protocols as required requested or directed.
- Investigations:
- Oversee complaints and allegations of misconduct against any uniformed or non-uniformed employee assigned to the hospital Security Department.
- Investigate complaints and allegations of a sensitive nature.
- Complaints or allegations of any kind as reported by any person.
- Workplace Violence Prevention:
- Ensure that all incidents of violence in the workplace are documented properly.
- Ensure that workplace violence risk assessments are conducted on all units on all floors.
- Train hospital staff on workplace violence prevention.
- Initiate facilitate and manage all investigations into reports of workplace violence.
- Create and support workplace violence prevention strategies.
- Liaison with regulatory bodies as required requested or directed.
- Security Systems Management:
- Manage all security and safety systems including but not limited to video surveillance access control infant protection patient wandering systems panic alarms and metal detection.
- General Duties:
- Ensure that all security systems are properly installed maintained and functioning in accordance with regulatory and organizational standards.
- Identify opportunities to enhance safety and security through new technologies; develop and submit proposals or requests for the purchase and implementation of upgraded security systems.Ensure departmental staff are knowledgeable about existing systems and receive appropriate training on the operation and troubleshooting of all security technologies.
- Professional and Interagency Collaboration
- Develop and maintain professional relationships that support shared governance and community safety including:
- Local business community
- External agencies
- Community Advisory Board
- Liaise with local state and federal law enforcement agencies as required requested or directed.
- Oversee and maintain an effective reporting structure that supports the operational and strategic goals of the department.
- Support the goals and objectives of the organization to maintain security safety and confidentiality.
- Promote positive security culture risk management and security awareness.
- Take every effort to foster a working environment that is welcoming to all bias-free and is in compliance with federal state local laws and human resources policies.
- Maintain a close relationship and liaise with public safety agencies and emergency services to facilitate swift incident response.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Emergency Management Environmental Safety Occupational Health and Safety or orther related field. Preferred.
1. Minimum of Seven (7) years security or law enforcement supervisory or management experience required.
2. Four (4) years of security or law enforcement patrol experience preferred
3. Disaster management explosive and arson investigation specialized experience preferred
4. Extremely proficient in security risk assessment processed procedures and methodologists
5. Demonstrated knowledge of state and federal information security laws.
6. Experience in a hospital or health-system security and safety enviroment.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Splunk
- Google Cloud Platform
- Cybersecurity
- Identity & Access Management
- Management Experience
- PCI
- NIST Standards
- Emergency Management
- Security
- Information Security
- Encryption
About Company
BronxCare Health System is the largest voluntary, not-for-profit health care system serving the South and Central Bronx. BronxCare Health System provides more than one million outpatient visits, and ER volume has increased to 140,000 visits annually, among the busiest for a hospital i ... View more
