Security Officer I, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Job title: Security Officer I, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Company: Wake Forest Baptist Health

Job description: Job Description:

JOB SUMMARY:

Ensures a safe environment and efficient operation of the medical facility in compliance with Medical Center policies and JCAHO requirements by performing all activities relating to the safety and security of patients, employees, visitors, hospital buildings, equipment, and grounds. Conducts investigations and completes reports and forms. Provides security services to staff, patients, medical staff, volunteers, and students using knowledge and training provided.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Security, fire, EMS, or Military experience preferred.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION:

• Valid North Carolina driver’s license with no restrictions required.
• Respirator certified within 30 days.
• I.A.H.S.S. Basic Health Care Security Officer Training Certification required within one year.
• Ability to successfully complete generic and department specific skills validation and competency training to include Security Services Basic Officer Training Program to include subject certification in crisis intervention, pepper foam, handcuffing, etc.
• Notary Certification within first year.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: * Patrols and identifies safety hazards and unsafe conditions that could cause injury to people and/or damage to property.

• Provides security services to help protect people and property against injury or loss.
• Conducts investigations of safety and security incidents that result in loss or damage to property, potential liability, or violation of PTRP, or state or federal statute.
• Proficient in fire safety procedures.
• Provides a wide range of safety/security services and assistance to include patient monitoring activity and access management.
• Enforcers the parking policy and patrols the facility parking areas/lots/decks to prevent criminal activity and unauthorized parking.
• Maintains security of high-risk and sensitive areas.
• Follows established precautions, protocols, and standard operating procedures.
• Attends all department training required by continuing education.
• Provides age/developmentally appropriate assistance in accordance with Age/Developmental Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Basic computer skills
• Ability to complete generic and department-specific skills validation and competency training successfully
• Ability to communicate professionally and make independent decisions
• Demonstrates problem-solving skills
• No criminal record

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Prolonged standing and walking; constant mobility
• Walks in all weather conditions and on many different surfaces
• Works a set schedule, but may be called in to respond to staff shortages and emergencies
• Contact with patients, physicians, and staff in sometimes stressful situations
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations
• Handles emergency and crisis situations
• Subject to many interruptions Occasionally subject to irregular hours
• Exposure to danger of assaults
• Pushing, pulling and lifting patients
• Potential exposure to bloodborne diseases, infectious and communicable diseases
• Possible exposure to toxic chemicals or unpleasant odors

About Us:

Wake Forest Baptist Health and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.

Wake Forest Baptist Health ( ) is a nationally recognized academic health system in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with an integrated enterprise including educational and research facilities, hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centers, and other primary and specialty care facilities serving 24 counties in northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia.

It comprises: a regional clinical system with more than 300 locations, 2,100 physicians and 1,535 acute care beds; Wake Forest School of Medicine; and Wake Forest Innovations, which promotes the commercialization of research discoveries and operates Innovation Quarter, an urban research and business park specializing in biotechnology, materials science and information technology. Wake Forest Baptist’s clinical, research and educational programs are consistently ranked among the best in the country.

About the Team: Mission

Wake Forest Baptist Health’s mission is to improve the health of our region, state and nation by:

• Generating and translating knowledge to prevent, diagnose and treat disease.
• Training leaders in health care and biomedical science.
• Serving as the premier health system in our region, with specific centers of excellence recognized as national and international care destination.

Vision

Wake Forest Baptist Health is a preeminent learning health system that promotes better health for all through collaboration, excellence and innovation.

Values

Excellence

• Demonstrate the highest standards of patient-centered care, education, research and operational effectiveness

Compassion

• Responsive to the physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual needs of all

Service

• Cultivate selfless contribution for the greater good

Integrity

• Demonstrate fairness, honesty, sincerity and accountability

Diversity

• Demonstrate respect for and inclusion of all backgrounds, identities, experiences, and perspectives

Collegiality

• Foster mutual respect, facilitate professional growth and mentorship, and reward teamwork and collaboration

Innovation

• Promote creativity to enhance discovery and the application of knowledge

Safety

• Embrace a culture of reliability through better process design and accountability

Patient and Family Promise

We promise to:

• Keep you safe.
• Care for you.
• Involve you and your family.
• Respect you and your time.

Expected salary:

Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Job date: Mon, 08 Nov 2021 07:11:05 GMT

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