Security Officer - Part Time
Sanford Health
Summary
Gain diverse experience in a healthcare setting as a resource for staff, patients, and visitors. This position will work 12-hour shifts totaling 24 hours in a 14-day cycle. Work either a day or night shift to include every other weekend.
Job description
Department Details
Gain diverse experience in a healthcare setting as a resource for staff, patients, and visitors. This position will work 12-hour shifts totaling 24 hours in a 14-day cycle. Work either a day or night shift to include every other weekend.
Summary
Enforces policies and procedures with all patients/residents, visitors and staff. Patrols and secures facility buildings and grounds as assigned.
Job Description
- Monitors conduct of visitors on premises and confronts unauthorized persons for questioning.
- Reports safety, fire hazards or security violations.
- Responds to all requests for assistance from employees, patients/residents and visitors.
- Assists with any and all situations; i.e., problem-solving with positive outcomes.
- May escort personnel to and from parking areas as requested.
- Maintains records and prepares incident reports and other documents pertinent to security activities.
- Ability to work with all age groups.
- Must be able to prioritize calls for service in order of urgency based on safety needs.
- De-escalates highly stressful situations as soon as possible.
- Maintains awareness of local laws affecting conduct on private property.
- Communicates effectively with all customers and writes professional reports.
- Demonstrates the physical ability to perform basic security officer functions as trained.
- May have access to areas where medications are stored to perform job-related functions.
Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent preferred. College or vocational education is preferred. Prior experience in healthcare security, contract security and/or law enforcement is highly preferred. May require a current valid driver's license with Sanford insurability dependent upon region. Basic certification by International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety preferred within one year of hire.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
- College or vocational education preferred
- Prior experience in healthcare security, contract security and/or law enforcement highly preferred
- May require a current valid driver's license with Sanford insurability dependent upon region
- Basic certification by International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety preferred within one year of hire
- Ability to communicate effectively with all customers
- Ability to write professional reports
- Physical ability to perform basic security officer functions
- Ability to work with all age groups
- Ability to prioritize calls for service by urgency
- Ability to de-escalate stressful situations
- Awareness of local laws affecting conduct on private property
Company overview
Sanford Health is one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in the United States, operating as a nonprofit organization headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Founded in 1894, the organization has grown into a comprehensive health system with 44 medical centers, 482 clinics, and more than 200 senior living facilities across 26 states and nine countries. Sanford Health provides a full spectrum of healthcare services including acute care hospitals, specialty clinics, senior care through the Good Samaritan Society, genomic medicine, global clinics, and the Sanford Health Plan insurance program. The system employs over 48,000 healthcare professionals including 1,400 physicians and delivers care through five Centers of Excellence: Cancer, Children's, Heart, Orthopedics/Sports Medicine, and Women's Health. Annually, Sanford Health handles approximately 5.3 million outpatient visits, 84,000 admissions, and 136,000 surgeries. The organization is also actively involved in medical research and education through partnerships with academic institutions, positioning itself as a regional healthcare leader in the Midwest with expanding international presence.