Security Officer

Requisition Number: 15108

Position Title:

External Description:

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations.

Summary:
Provides a safe and secure environment for patients, visitors and employees within the facility and on the property. Assists the medical staff to control patient and visitor behavior, and protects the hospital's assets.

Responsibilities:

• Oversees patients considered at risk. performs safety intake of close supervision watch Emergency Depart. Patients. Searches patients and their property for injurious items
• Monitors, observes, documents for medical records and ED &/or Crisis Intervenetion or Nurse/Clinician. Applies restraints, monitors and documents combative patients safety while in restraints
• Performs range-of-motion checks on restrained patients. Communicates to Nursing/Clinical staff changes in patients condition
• Assesses the security of hospital property through designated rounds.
• Investigates lost, stolen, or damaged property
• Investigates injuries, assaults, and other incidents with patients, staff, & visitors
• Responds to various emergency situations throughout the hospital
• Interacts with and provides information to various law enforcement agencies
• Operates specialized equipment (cameras, radios, etc...) 

Requirements:

• High School Graduate or Equivalent
• NYS Security Certification (at a minimum, must have completed the 8 hour training course and submitted application for license)
• NYS Drivers License

Location: Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Work Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Night 

Work Shift: 10:0pm-06:30am

Salary Range: 15.3-28.22

Department: Security

 

EOE, including disability/vets.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. 

 

City: Poughkeepsie

State: New York

Community / Marketing Title: Security Officer

Company Profile:

Health Quest and Western Connecticut Health Network have combined to form a new nonprofit health system. The name for the new health system will be Nuvance Health. The new health system was created to provide communities across New York’s Hudson Valley and western Connecticut with more convenient, accessible and affordable care.

EEO Employer Verbiage:

Location_formattedLocationLong: Poughkeepsie, New York US

Job Number: 47579