Variable Shift

Provide a range of security services in a health care environment that includes being alert for criminal activity, performing patrols on foot and by motor vehicle, assisting hospital staff in a wide array of activities

Begin 

• Responsible for protecting the buildings and grounds, including the contents, occupants, and visitors from fire, theft, vandalism, disruption, and illegal entry.
• Perform walking and motor vehicle patrols of hospital facility, off-campus sites, and parking lots, seeking out and taking protective action against hazards or conditions which may cause damage, injury, or interference through fire accident, theft, or trespass.
• Enforces security regulations where applicable.
• Assists in handling lost and found articles.
• Gives directions to patients, visitors, and hospital guests.
• Directs traffic on the premises, assists public in locating parking places, and enforces parking regulations.
• Safely operates hospital motor vehicle.
• Properly checks in and out vehicles used by other employees.
• Controls and issues vehicle keys and credit cards.
• Makes bank deposits and picks up mail on an as needed basis.
• May make special deliveries of hospital document supplies, patients, or staff as required.
• Prepares daily shift reports.
• May prepare special reports of incidents or take written statements from witnesses.
• Provides directions to fire department in a fire alarm situation.
• Responds and investigates fire alarms.
• Assists in helicopter landings and departures.
• Answers requests for assistance on a timely basis.
• Directs vehicle traffic.
• Controls abusive or combative patients, visitors, or employees.
• Perform heavy lifting of patients and medical devices.
• Monitors severe weather.
• May have to implement disaster plan.
• Conducts fire drills.
• Inspects fire extinguishers.
• Any other duties as assigned.
• Duties require interaction with different patient age groups, i.e. neonate, child, adolescents, adult, and the elderly, and requires recognition that different age groups require specialized attention or care.

Become 

• High School Graduate or equivalent required, Bachelors degree preferred.
• Experience in law enforcement, military service, or security services accepted.
• Qualify for City of Cape Girardeau Security Guard License (Must be 21 years of age), free from convictions of moral turpitude, no felony convictions or convictions by military court martial.
• Must be able to read, write and speak English.