Senior Security Officer in Hackensack NJ

Summary

Senior Security Officer

Hackensack Meridian Health Posted on 2022-11-23

Salary	Not mentioned
Location	Hackensack, NJ 07601 +2 locations
Type	Full-time

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Job Description

Overview:

The Sr Security Officer is responsible for overseeing and directing day-to-day work of security personnel. Responsible for enforcement of all policies, rules, and regulations pertaining to the effective and consistent maintenance and enforcement of all policies, rules and regulations pertaining to the security of team members, patients and students, public, etc., buildings, grounds, and traffic at facility during designated shift of duty.

Responsibilities:

• Directs and oversees security officers in the performance of their duties.
• Performs the staffing and scheduling of security personnel.
• Reviews daily activity log and submission of all computer-based reports at the end of the shift, and security incident reports.
• Investigates and documents all Security Incidents occurring on the shift.
• Respond to fire drills and perform fire watches; facilitate fire department inspections scheduled by regional safety function.
• Responds to calls and codes for security including all plain language Emergency Codes and ensures that security personnel carry out their specific duties and responsibilities.
• Investigates all incidents of stolen property occurring on HMH property during the shift, takes action to locate, completes and submits all reports through proper channels.
• Subject to all weather conditions; will be required to work in all areas of the Medical Center, including parking lots, grounds and outer buildings as requested.
• Will be required to perform duties as assigned by Security Leadership and execute physical security component of emergency management plan upon occurrence of an emergency.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Qualifications:

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum of 3 years experience as a hospital security or in law enforcement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Knowledge of security, traffic regulations and procedures.
• Documented Security Supervisory training.

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• Possession of a valid driver »s license.
• Full scale State, County, Federal, and License Check will be conducted every other year.

Company description:

Hackensack Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization that is the most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. Hackensack Meridian Health comprises 16 hospitals, including three academic medical centers, two children’s hospitals and nine community hospitals, two rehabilitation hospitals and 450 physician practices and patient care locations including surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers9 and urgent care facilities. Hackensack Meridian Health has 33,000 team members, more than 6,500 physicians and is a distinguished leader in health care philanthropy, committed to the health and well-being of the communities it serves. The Network’s notable distinctions include having one of only five major academic medical centers in the nation to receive Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award for five or more consecutive years, four hospitals ranked among the top 10 in New Jersey, including Hackensack University Medical Center, the No. 1 hospital, Jersey Shore University Medical Center at No. 4 and Ocean and Riverview Medical Centers tied at No. 8., as ranked by U.S. News and World Report. Other honors include consistently achieving Magnet® recognition for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, recipient of the John M. Eisenberg Award for Patient Safety and Quality from The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum, a six-time recipient of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” one of the “20 Best Workplaces in Health Care” in the nation, and the number one “Best Place to Work for Women.” Hackensack Meridian Health is a member of AllSpire Health Partners, an interstate consortium of leading health systems, to focus on the sharing of best practices in clinical care and achieving efficiencies.