SECURITY GUARD - Full Time

Description

GENERAL SUMMARY

GAHHS security guards are tasked with ensuring the safety for patients, visitors, and employees while on the GAHHS campus. Security Guards are also responsible for carrying out loss prevention tactics as well as proactive approaches of ensuring a campus free of criminal incidents.

GIBSON AREA HOSPITAL & HEALTH SERVICES MISSION STATEMENT

To provide personalized, professional healthcare services to the residents of the Communities we serve. Supervisory 

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1.    Greets and interacts with patients and other guests in a cordial manner.
2.    Answers telephone courteously and in a friendly manner.  Personal phone calls are kept to a minimum.
3.    Excellent customer service skills.
4.    Communicates with other members of department. 
5.    Good written communication skills.
6.    Good verbal communication skills.
7.    Promotes teamwork.
8.    Exhibits flexibility in response to changing work situations.
9.    Maintains rapport with physicians and/or employees in other departments.
10.    Notifies appropriate person (i.e. manager, supervisor, risk manager, house supervisor) of problems, equipment/product defects, and important information encountered in dealing with physicians, patients, visitors, or other department personnel.
11.    Assumes responsibility for own continuing education.
12.    Participates in the established Patient Safety Program.
13.    Assists with training new employees.
14.    Commitment to the mission and vision of GAHHS as well as individual department objectives as demonstrated by the employee’s actions.
15.    Neat personal appearance.  
16.    Exhibits professionalism in the workplace.
17.    Reports to work on time. Returns from meals within the appropriate time frame.
18.    Able to display good judgment and decision making.

19.    Maintains confidentiality.  Recognizes and respects the rights of patients.
20.    Maintains safe work environment.
21.    Demonstrates initiative (drive, creativity, inquisitiveness, and resourcefulness)
22.    Demonstrates a positive attitude characterized by enthusiasm, dedication, integrity, and a high degree of interest in the job.
23.    Maintains secure and safe environment (security rounds, outside watches, security log)
24.    Performs other duties/tasks outside of the immediate security arena (i.e. snow/ice removal, helicopter arrival/departure).
25.    Maintains a clean environment.  
26.    Responds to violent or potentially violent situations in a timely manner and performs in a manner consistent with his/her training.
27.    Perform Life Safety responsibilities as assigned. 
28.    Proficient in moderate computer skills with ability to complete incident reports.
 

Qualifications

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Typical Physical Demands
Requires full range of body motion, including manual and finger dexterity with eye/hand coordination.  Frequent walking, bending, sitting, and standing for extended periods of time.  Job requires lifting.

        Unaided (Manually)            Aided (Mechanically)
Light effort – approximately 15 lbs.        Under 100 lbs.
Medium effort – approximately 35 lbs.        100 to 300 lbs.
Heavy effort – approximately 60 lbs.        Over 300 lbs.

1.    Physical strength to perform the following lifting tasks:

•    Floor to waist - 50 pounds
•    14” to waist - 60 pounds
•    Waist to shoulder - 35 pounds
•    Shoulder to overhead - 20 pounds
•    Carry 50 pounds for 30 feet
•    Push 40 pounds/force for 30 feet
•    Pull 40 pounds/force for 30 feet

Fully mobility on steps, ladders, and at heights.  Visual and hearing acuity within normal range with/without corrective devices.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP    
Director of Patient Safety and Facility Security 
Security Operations Coordinator

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

1.    High School diploma or equivalency
2.    Eighteen years of age or older
3.    Must have a valid Illinois driver’s license
4.    Must have a valid Illinois Firearm Owner’s Identification Card (F.O.I.D.) or have the ability to obtain one within 6 months of hire date. – Illinois Concealed Carry Permit is preferred. 
5.    Must have a valid Illinois Permanent Employee Registration Card (PERC Card) or have the ability to obtain one within 6 months of hire date.
6.    Must be able to successfully complete/pass the assigned Taser, Handcuffing, & O.C. training within 6 months of hire and complete refresher training annually.
7.    Must obtain training certificate for M.A.C.H. Control Tactics within 6 months of hire date.
8.    Must obtain IAHHS Basic Certificate within 12 months of hire. (Persons with an Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board certificate are exempt.) 
9.    Must attend or complete mental health/behavioral health training within 6 months of hire. Employee must complete refresher training annually either through on-line or in-person means.
10.    Must obtain CPR/AED training within 6 months of hire.
11.    Must be capable of keeping all necessary certification and training up to date.

INFECTION EXPOSURE RISK LEVEL

Category II – this job involves tasks that routinely do not involve exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues, but exposure or potential exposure may occur in emergency situations.  It is recommended that you receive the Hepatitis B Vaccine.

WORKING CONDITIONS

1.    Subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions. 
2.    Exposure to offensive odors.  
3.    Exposure to somewhat disagreeable conditions such as dust/dirt, loud noises, cramped work spaces, and tasks where caution must be exercised to insure safety. 
4.    Reasonably anticipated occupational exposure to blood, blood borne pathogens, and other potentially infectious materials.  

Hours of Work
1.    Security Guards may work weekends, holidays, other shifts, and overtime as required by the department.  GAHHS reserves the right to change the work schedule of an employee when it is in the best interest of the organization.  All overtime to be approved by the Director of Facility Security
 

Salary : $20 - $30