Public Safety Officer II

BILH Team Opportunity

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives. Job Summary : Under the direct supervision of the Public Safety Work Shift Supervisor (Police Sergeant), protects, safeguards and provides security and customer service to 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

• Receives routine and emergency calls for assistance, obtaining relevant information, evaluating need, deploying appropriate resources, making proper notification and then documenting actions taken, all accomplished in a manner that is courteous and professional.
• Operates proficiently a variety of Public Safety equipment including mobile and interagency radio console, telephone, computer systems, alarm systems, CJIS terminal, photo ID / access card machine and printers.
• Provides information and service to walk in customers including issuing keys and producing identification / access control credentials, as necessary.
• Patrols facility and grounds or maintains 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.
• Responds 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.
• Monitors main entrance to greet, screen and assist patients and visitors in a courteous manner that is sensitive to their culture; provides directions, wheel chair, transportation services and parking validation.
• Directs traffic, monitors parking compliance and provides direction to destinations, to facilitate patients, visitors and employees who are navigating their way through the Medical Center.
• Utilizes computer systems to document work activity and to assist visitors in determining where patients are located.
• Provides escort for patients, visitors and employees to parking areas and other campus facilities.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Competencies

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.

Pay Range : $22.05 - $29.68 The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled