Job Description

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Position Summary

Position Summary
Provides security services to ensure order and safety of patients, visitors and hospital personnel.
Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Escorts for visitors, employees, and students upon request.
• Patrols all areas of the hospital internally and externally on foot, bicycle, and/or vehicle 24 hours a day in all weather conditions.

(Only security officers who meet the driver\xe2\x80\x99s license standards for operating an Orlando Health owned vehicle listed in the
licensure/certifications section of this job description will be permitted to perform motor vehicle patrols.)

• Provides key assists to all areas of the hospital, including sensitive areas to authorized personnel.
• Detects suspicious activities within the campus and handles the situations appropriately.
• Reports criminal activity to supervisor and law enforcement, as appropriate.
• Investigates accident scenes, searches for and preserves evidence; investigates and interviews witnesses; makes oral and written

reports; responds to varying situations with tact and diplomacy and deals with stressful, hostile or irrational person(s), whether
due to physical or mental disability, drugs, or socio-economic differences or other factors and recommends legal action if needed.

• Assists medical staff with the enforcement of Baker Act (F.S. 394.463) and Marchman Act (F.S. 397.675-397.6775) patients with

the use of approved medical restraints as requested by physicians under Florida Statutes.

• Works with law enforcement/correction officers dealing with patient/prisoner intake and status during the duration of their stay

in the hospital. In addition officers will assist the Patient Care Coordinator with securing the status of non-publicity/high risk
patients.
Qualifications

Education/Training
High school graduate or equivalent. Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word for report writing purposes.
Licensure/Certification

• Must have a valid Florida driver\xe2\x80\x99s license and be insurable under the Orlando Health insurance carrier\xe2\x80\x99s requirements and

standards. (Security officers, who are unable to maintain this requirement after at least 90 days of employment must sign a \xe2\x80\x9cNo
Driving Document\xe2\x80\x9d which will be maintained in the officers department file and remain in effect until the approval to drive is
given by the insurance carriers as determined during routine driving records checks.

Must obtain a State of Florida Class \xe2\x80\x9cD\xe2\x80\x9d Security Officer License through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services within 120 days of hire which must be renewed biannually before the license expires.

• Must obtain Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Certification within 120 days of hire which must be renewed annually before the

certification expires.

• Must obtain a Basic Security Officer Certification or higher level of certification through the International Association of Hospital

Security and Safety within 120 days of hire and maintained at all times during employment.
Experience
None

Orlando Health