Min USD $17.14/Hr. Max USD $26.56/Hr. Overview Are you passionate about protecting others and maintaining a safe environment? Memorial Health is hiring Security Officers to help ensure the safety and well-being of our patients, visitors, employees, and physicians. This is more than just a security role—it's an opportunity to make a real difference in your community every day. Qualifications
Education:
- High School Diploma, or the equivalency, is required.
- Licensure/Certification/Registry: Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification within 30 days of job placement is required.
- Must possess valid Illinois driver’s license and must be deemed as an acceptable driver in accordance with the MH Fleet Safety Policy.
- Five year MVR will be required).
- Must be able to operate automatic shift vehicle.
Experience:
- Minimum 1 year experience in security, military or law enforcement is strongly preferred.
- Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Skill in effectively communicating, verbally and in writing, with a diverse range of people including the proper handling of emotional situations and needs is required.
- Skill in using customer service and active listening techniques is required.
- Skill in applying de-escalation techniques is required.
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality is required.
- Ability to assess and evaluate situations quickly and effectively is required.
- Ability to physically perform sustained foot patrols, prolonged standing, prolonged sitting, lifting patients, and restraining patients or prisoners as necessary is required.
- Ability to operate computer systems including Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Power Point, and Outlook) is required.
- Responsibilities Patrols buildings and grounds including fixed posts, walking patrols, or mobile patrols using company vehicle to travel around and between Memorial locations.
- Provides a visible deterrence to crime, prohibited activities, or suspicious activities.
- Intercedes in disputes between individuals by using verbal de-escalation techniques and skills to diffuse potentially violent patient, employee, or visitor situations.
- Physically manages combative, violent persons who criminally endanger staff, physicians, patients or visitors.
- Participates in property control procedures (accepts, records, stores, returns, or releases to authorized persons) for patient valuables, accounting details, and morgue details.
- Responds to emergency situations, emergency codes and alarms.
- Detains unauthorized individuals as defined by policy or state law, and releases them to the proper authorities.
- Assists air medical teams and transports airlifted patients between helipad and hospital.
- Controls parking and traffic flow and enforces parking regulations.
- Provides visitor and employee escorts as appropriate.
- Reports any conditions that might constitute a security or safety hazard.
- Provides access control to restricted spaces by locking and unlocking doors.
- Investigates and reports on any suspicious activity or persons.
- Obtains written or oral statements related to incidents on MH property.
- Prepares incident reports.
- Assists local law enforcement agencies during investigations or emergencies.
