Public Safety Officer

Security Officer

The Security Officer works under the direct supervision of the Public Safety Work Shift Supervisor (Police Sergeant). Their performance is focused on the protection, safeguarding, security, and customer service needs of patients, visitors, employees, their possessions, and Medical Center property, in a manner that maintains the highest quality of safety and service to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center community.

Essential Responsibilities :

• Patrol facility and grounds or maintain fixed post coverage, inspecting for security, health, and safety hazards, unauthorized persons, and unsecured doors and windows, making notifications or taking corrective action as necessary.
• Respond to calls for service, alarm and emergency code activation, rendering first aid, traffic / pedestrian control, and assistance to clinicians such as deescalating emotionally distressed persons who may pose a safety risk to themselves or others.
• Provide escort for patients, visitors, and employees to parking areas and other campus facilities.
• Direct traffic, monitor parking compliance and provide direction to destinations, to facilitate patients, visitors, and employees who are navigating their way through the Medical Center.
• Utilize computer systems to document work activity and to assist visitors in determining where patients are located.

Required Qualifications :

Physical Nature of the Job : Heavy work : Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and / or 50 pounds of force frequently. Work is physically demanding and requires extended periods of standing and / or moving.