About the Role
This role focuses on preventing workplace accidents and promoting health and safety awareness and education. It involves performing Associate Safety related duties, operating in a hands-on environment, and delivering support services under supervision. This is an entry-level position requiring little prior experience, with routine tasks performed under close supervision.
Responsibilities
- Perform basic public safety and security duties.
- Conduct internal and external patrols of all facilities and grounds.
- Respond to and report on routine and emergency calls for service, building alarms, and restraint of violent patients/visitors.
- Monitor assigned areas for suspicious activity and screen vendors and visitors.
- Provide escorts to patients, visitors, and staff.
- Identify security vulnerabilities, safety hazards, and policy violations, taking immediate corrective action or collaborating with other departments for resolution.
- Report deficiencies and document incidents.
- Take appropriate actions during patient crisis interventions using least invasive measures.
- Ensure all employees and appropriate community members possess and display Hospital identification badges.
- Engage individuals without visible identification courteously.
- Grant access to locked areas to authorized staff and restrict access to unauthorized individuals.
- Maintain composure under stressful circumstances using de-escalation strategies.
- Provide excellent customer service to patients, visitors, and staff.
- Participate in investigations, conduct interviews, review video, prepare case files, and secure evidence.
- Assist with hospital emergencies and disasters, including crowd control and evacuations.
- Identify and resolve problems, issues, concerns, or conflicts impartially.
- Complete accurate written incident reports.
- Enlist supervisor support or assistance from fellow officers when needed.
- Maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues.
- Complete all required training.
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Valid state-issued driver’s license.
- Must successfully obtain IAHSS basic certification as a Healthcare Security Officer within 1 year of hire.
- Frequent standing and walking with the ability to stand and/or walk for eight (8) hours.
- Climb multiple flights of stairs.
- Lift fifty (50) pounds alone.
- Able to wear appropriate personal protective equipment.
- Some exposure to the elements during regular rounds.
- Ability to work long, irregular, and odd hours, including unanticipated overtime and hold overs.
- Possibility of injury due to eviction of unauthorized persons or restraint of violent patients.
- Exposure to hazardous material and radioactive substances.
- Frequent contact with patients, visitors, and employees.
- Able to work in confined or open environments.
- Able to work independently or in a team environment.
- Proficient in communicating, reading, and writing in English.
- Basic Computer Skills required.
- Ability to multi-task and meet established deadlines.
- Ability to assess potentially dangerous situations quickly, make sound decisions, and take appropriate action.
- Skills and abilities related to emotional maturity, dependability, punctuality, diplomacy, tact, poise, self-confidence, and positivity.
- Trustworthy, helpful, friendly, courteous, and disciplined.
Skills
- De-escalation/crisis response
- CPR/AED
- Stop the Bleed
- Nasal Naloxone Certification
- Verbal and nonverbal de-escalation strategies
- Customer service
- Investigation
- Interviewing
- Video review
- Case file preparation
- Evidence cataloging and securing
- Problem-solving
- Conflict resolution
- Communication
- Reading
- Writing
- Basic Computer Skills
- Multi-tasking
- Time management
- Decision-making
- Emotional maturity
- Dependability
- Punctuality
- Diplomacy
- Tact
- Poise
- Self-confidence
- Positivity
- Trustworthiness
- Helpfulness
- Friendliness
- Courteousness
- Discipline
Location
- Hospital property
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Entry level
Education Level
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Associate's degree in Criminal Justice or related area (Preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- $21.53 - $26.91
Benefits
- Comprehensive Total Rewards package supporting health, financial security, and career growth.
About the Company
- At Tufts Medicine, we want every individual to feel valued for the skills and experience they bring.
- Our compensation philosophy is designed to offer fair, competitive pay that attracts, retains, and motivates highly talented individuals, while rewarding the important work you do every day.
- The base pay ranges reflect the minimum qualifications for the role.
- Individual offers are determined using a comprehensive approach that considers relevant experience, certifications, education, skills, and internal equity to ensure compensation is fair, consistent, and aligned with our business goals.
