Director Public Safety Jefferson AbingtonLansdale

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Job Description

The Director of Public safety provides oversight and leadership for the Public Safety functions to include security and emergency management for the North Region hospitals and geographically assigned off-site ambulatory practices. Coordinates overall public safety for the Abington & Lansdale campus areas in partnership with academic/clinical leaders local authorities having jurisdiction students and community stakeholders to assure that safety is addressed in a comprehensive and strategic manner.

Leads plans organizes and directs the administrative and operational functions and activities of the Abington & Lansdale defined areas of Public Safety specifically; and secondarily at the remaining North Region campuses which includes physical security campus investigations and emergency preparedness. Ensures enforcement of all regulations policies and procedures essential to a safe and secure campus and hospital environment.

Provides enterprise support to the Senior Director - North Region and VP of Public Safety for strategy development and program planning. Directs the daily operations and oversees investigations of Jefferson Security Department. Maintains liaison with law enforcement agencies community organizations civic groups etc.

Job Duties

• Interacts with co-workers visitors and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.(Do not delete move or over-write this statement)
• Supervises leads security department to include structure development strategic planning shift management and ensures officer deployment is effective and efficient. Ensures that policy post orders and protocols are reviewed and developed to maintain a safe and secure campus environment. Sets objective attainable goals for the security team.
• Chairs the Security & workplace violence sub-committee and serves as a member of the EOC committee. Coordinates with chairs of EOC and Emergency Management Committees to ensure department readiness and supports committee missions. Prepares Hazard Vulnerability Assessments are conducted and mitigation strategies are implements. Ensures departmental preparedness for civil disturbance strike bomb threat etc... Makes safety recommendations as appropriate.
• Oversees the hiring of qualified personnel. Develops and oversees training program for initial training of new staff and on-going training of existing staff. Ensures documents related to training programs are in order and long-range objectives for staff awareness professional development and retention are realized.
• Manages the security administrative and support staff departmental budgets and controls the expenditure of funds for related cost centers.
• Monitors internal investigations. Directs the activity of Security internal investigators and reviews all investigations. Coordinates investigative conclusions with Director of Investigations university/hospital attorneys and risk management.
• Develops good relationships between university/hospital law enforcement agencies and external public safety organizations.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Senior Director

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in related field
• 5 years experience in proprietary Security preferably in a healthcare environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree

Physical Demands
Lift over 50 lbs. Push/pull up to 140 lbs. Carry 80 lbs. short distances. Frequent standing/walking squatting kneeling crawling climbing and reaching overhead.

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Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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