At Monadnock Community Hospital, we pride ourselves on providing top-notch healthcare services to our community. We understand that a safe and secure environment is essential for delivering quality care and ensuring the well-being of our patients, visitors, and staff. As a Security Officer at MCH, you will play a crucial role in maintaining a safe and secure environment within the hospital premises.
You will be responsible for monitoring and enforcing security protocols, responding to incidents, and collaborating with various departments to ensure the overall safety and well-being of everyone on site.
- Guards hospital property against fire, theft, vandalism, and illegal entry
- Patrols lobbies, corridors, and public rooms, confers with management, interviews guests and employees, and interrogates persons to detect infringements and investigate disturbances, complaints, thefts, vandalisms, and accidents.
- Patrols public areas to detect fires, unsafe conditions, and missing or inoperative safety equipment.
- Examines doors, windows, and gates to determine that they are secure.
- Obtains assistance for accident victims and writes accident reports.
- Assists management and enforcement officers in emergency situations
- Warns violators of rule infractions, such as loitering, smoking, or carrying forbidden articles, and apprehends or expels persons engaging in suspicious or criminal acts. Warns or cautions careless persons.
- Inspects equipment and machinery to ascertain if tampering has occurred.
- Watches for and reports irregularities such as fire hazards, leaking water pipes, and security doors left unlocked.
- Sounds alarm or calls police or fire department by telephone in case of fire or presence of unauthorized persons.
- Records data such as property damage, unusual occurrences, and malfunctioning of machinery or equipment, for use of supervisory staff.
- Performs engineering duties and sets thermostatic controls to maintain specified temperature in buildings or cold storage rooms. Tends furnace or boiler as needed.
- Liaise with local law enforcement as needed and report incidents to the appropriate authorities.
- Regulates vehicle and pedestrian traffic at campus entrance to maintain orderly flow.
- Completes comprehensive mechanical checklist during off-shift hours.
- Clears main walks and entrances of ice and snow for a continued period of time up to 40 minutes. Calls contractor for plowing and sanding as needed. Calls in on-call Engineering staff as needed.
- Uphold the values of MCH: Compassion, Collaboration, Honesty, and Respect.
- Must receive Basic Training Certification from The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety within one year of employment.
- CPR certification required within 90 days of hire. Must maintain recertification every 2 years.