Position Summary
The
Security Officer provides security services to ensure order and safety of patients, visitors and hospital personnel.
Job Title: Security Officer
Dept.: APH Security
Status: Variable Full Time
Shift: Varies
The Security Department provides security for a safe workplace, on a 7-day a week twenty four hour a day basis. It has a manager and security officers. South Lake Hospital currently utilizes contractual security services (Miller & Miller Investigative and Security). Security is also provided at each Free-Standing Emergency Department Blue cedar ER and Four corners ER. Security activities
include patient/visitor screening at each hospital, patrol of the interior and exterior of
each hospital, manning of strategic fixed posts, parking management and
enforcement, access control management.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Opportunities for professional growth and advancement using a clinical ladder.
- Supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Continuing education and professional development opportunities.
- Retirement Savings Plan with up to 5% match. Financial savings accounts and Health Savings Accounts.
- Nearly 5 weeks of PTO in your 1st year of employment.
- Employer paid life insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability.
ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
Located on the downtown Orlando campus, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been providing compassionate care to the children, teenagers and young adults of Central Florida for more than 30 years. With 156 licensed beds and a team of experts in more than 30 pediatric specialties, the hospital has earned Best Children’s Hospitals from U.S. News & World Report for 15 consecutive years with national rankings in four specialties and Top Children’s Hospital from The Leapfrog Group. Orlando Health Arnold Palmer has held Magnet® Recognition for nursing excellence and quality patient care since 2013, and several units have earned Beacon Awards for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Our pediatric Level I Trauma Center and ER is the only Central Florida facility to provide the highest level of emergency trauma care exclusively to children, and Orlando Health Arnold Palmer is the only facility in Florida to achieve Level I Children’s Surgical Verification and Level I Trauma Verification by the American College of Surgeons.
Orlando Health Arnold Palmer is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida’s east to west coasts, Central Alabama and Puerto Rico. Collectively, our dedicated team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve.
Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin our benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions. “Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work” is not just something we say, it’s our promise to you.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
- Escorts for visitors, employees, and students upon request.
- Patrols all areas of the hospital internally and externally on foot, bicycle, and/or vehicle 24 hours a day in all weather conditions.
(Only security officers who meet the driver’s license standards for operating an Orlando Health owned vehicle listed in the
licensure/certifications section of this job description will be permitted to perform motor vehicle patrols.)
- Provides key assists to all areas of the hospital, including sensitive areas to authorized personnel.
- Detects suspicious activities within the campus and handles the situations appropriately.
- Reports criminal activity to supervisor and law enforcement, as appropriate.
- Investigates accident scenes, searches for and preserves evidence; investigates and interviews witnesses; makes oral and written
reports; responds to varying situations with tact and diplomacy and deals with stressful, hostile or irrational person(s), whether
due to physical or mental disability, drugs, or socio-economic differences or other factors and recommends legal action if needed.
- Assists medical staff with the enforcement of Baker Act (F.S. 394.463) and Marchman Act (F.S. 397.675-397.6775) patients with
the use of approved medical restraints as requested by physicians under Florida Statutes.
- Works with law enforcement/correction officers dealing with patient/prisoner intake and status during the duration of their stay
in the hospital. In addition officers will assist the Patient Care Coordinator with securing the status of non-publicity/high risk patients.
- Reports all safety and security violations throughout the campus.
- Responds to all inbound and outbound helicopter flights by ensuring the safety of the helipad and assist flight crew in handling and transporting of patient(s) as needed.
- Uses and understands the operation of walk-through and hand held metal detectors.
- Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
- Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Qualifications
Education/Training
High school graduate or equivalent. Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word for report writing purposes.
Licensure/Certification
- Must have a valid Florida driver’s license and be insurable under the Orlando Health insurance carrier’s requirements and
standards. (Security officers, who are unable to maintain this requirement after at least 90 days of employment must sign a “No
Driving Document” which will be maintained in the officers department file and remain in effect until the approval to drive is given by the insurance carriers as determined during routine driving records checks.)
Must obtain a State of Florida Class “D” Security Officer License through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services within 120 days of hire which must be renewed biannually before the license expires.
- Must obtain Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Certification within 120 days of hire which must be renewed annually before the certification expires.
- Must obtain a Basic Security Officer Certification or higher level of certification through the International Association of Hospital Security and Safety within 120 days of hire and maintained at all times during employment.
