Public Safety Officer Senior - *Sign-on Bonus Available*

About this role

Your job is more than a job.

The Public Safety Officer Senior provides a visual security presence to ensure a safe and secure environment for patients, visitors, physicians and staff. Screens anyone entering the hospital, monitors all activity of guests as they go in and out of the hospital, attempt to prevent any mishaps and disturbances within the facility.  Investigates any complaint of lost or stolen items from staff or patient.

Your every day

GENERAL DUTIES Provides routine security patrols of campus, both internal and external: • Patrols assigned areas on a constant basis to maintain safety, security, crowd control, and order. • Responds to domestic/patient/employee/visitor disturbances, processes lost and found, and de-escalates situations involving combative/aggressive personnel. • Works jointly with NOPD to detain persons who commit domestic violence, auto burglary, theft, drug violations, and other arrestable offenses. • Performs special/covert operations to prevent car theft, car burglaries, etc. • Assists victims with restraining orders. • Attends scenario-based annual training for Active Shooter, weapons qualification, CPI, and other mandatory departmental requirements.

Reports and controls unauthorized or suspicious persons, unsafe conditions, or other irregularities: • Identifies, badges, and restricts access for identified offenders who visit the campus. • Enforces parking, train traffic, and semi-truck redirection. • Responds to codes and other calls for assistance immediately unless involved in or responding to an emergency. • Set out barricades for blocking spaces for maintenance, construction, VIP, and other events. • Delivers food trays, lab specimens, pharmacy drugs, mail, nourishment, etc.

Assistance to staff/patient: • Assists behavioral health, ED, and care center staff with restraining aggressive and combative patients/personnel. • Utilizes a medical detector to search patients for weapons/contraband. • Provides transport services for inclement weather shuttle, behavioral health patients, care center patients, rapid response medical team, staff, etc.

Equipment operation: • Operates security screening equipment, accesses control systems, video security and intrusion detection systems, and maintains control of patient valuables given to security.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this department. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities, and LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Your must haves

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS • Required: High School Diploma/GED or equivalent AND 2 years of directly related Security experience. • Preferred: Police Academy Graduate. • 3 years of directly related Security experience will be considered in lieu of education.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS • Basic Life Support Health Care Provider is required from the American Heart Association • Non-Violent Crisis Prevention from the Crisis Prevention Institute is required. • Defensive Driving Certification from a Defensive Driving Certification Issuer is preferred. • Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator from the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS) is preferred. • Annual Firearm Training from LCMC Health is required. • Annual Baton Training from LCMC Health is preferred. • P.O.S.T. Certification from Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement (LCLE) is preferred. • Valid Louisiana Driver's License. • Firearm Certification is required from LCMC approved certification professionals. • CPI required within orientation period. • P.O.S.T. Certification is required if officer has outside law enforcement powers.

WORK SHIFT:

Variable Hours (United States of America) LCMC Health is a community.   Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

Children’s Hospital, at the heart of LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been the go-to hospital for expert children’s health, wellness, and one-of-a-kind care in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. Learn more about Children’s Hospital’s 40+ specialties and our national ranking by U.S. News & World Report as a Best Children's Hospital

Your extras • Deliver healthcare with heart.   • Give people a reason to smile.   • Put a little love in your work.   • Be honest and real, but with compassion.    • Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.   • Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.   • See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.   • Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.   • Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.   LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.  

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.  LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.   Simple things make the difference.   1.     To get started, take your time to fully and accurately complete the application for employment. Incomplete applications get bogged down and are often eliminated due to missing information.   2.     To ensure quality care an

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