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The RWJBH Security Officer ensures a safe and secure environment for all patients, visitors, and staff by balancing security protocols with understanding and respect for those in the healthcare setting. This role is crucial in upholding the organization's commitment to safety, customer service, and supportive care. The officer conducts patrols, monitors facilities, provides professional customer service, manages access control systems, and responds to emergencies.
Responsibilities
- Conduct patrols and monitor facilities to maintain a secure environment for healthcare operations.
- Adapt to indoor and outdoor posts as required.
- Provide professional customer service while vigilantly watching for and addressing potential security threats.
- Manage access control systems, perform data entry, and utilize Microsoft Office for incident reporting and administrative tasks.
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication abilities to effectively engage with a diverse population.
- Perform weapon screening and enforce facility policies, ensuring adherence to safety standards.
- Respond to emergencies, participating in crisis de-escalation using certified training techniques.
Qualifications
Required
- High School Diploma or GED
- Possession of a valid New Jersey Driver's License with eligibility to be covered by RWJBH insurance carrier.
- Ability to acquire certification for de-escalation training within ninety (90) days of hire.
Preferred
- A minimum of one (1) year of customer service, security experience, or prior military service
- Proficiency in keyboarding/data entry and experience with Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong command over verbal and written communication
- Bilingual language skills to effectively communicate with a multilingual community (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese, Polish depending on facility needs)
About RWJBarnabas Health
RWJBarnabas Health is a leading healthcare system in New Jersey, offering a wide range of services including primary and specialty care, emergency services, behavioral health, women's health, pediatric care, cancer treatment, and cardiovascular services. The company was formed in 2015 through a merger between Robert Wood Johnson Health System and Barnabas Health, creating a comprehensive network of medical facilities across the state. Based in West Orange, New Jersey, RWJBarnabas Health focuses on providing high-quality patient care, education, research, and addressing social determinants of health.
Full Job Description
Security Officer (Per Diem) Days - RWJUH New BrunswickReq #:0000160619
Category:Security
Status:Per Diem
Shift:Day
Facility:RWJ New Brunswick
Department:Security
Location:
Main Hospital - New Brunswick, One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Job Overview:
The RWJBH Security Officer ensures a safe and secure environment for all patients, visitors, and staff with blend of vigilance and compassionate service, you will be part of a team that represents the Organization using a positive attitude when on duty in all interactions. The officer balances the demands of security protocols with understanding and respect for those in the healthcare setting. This role is central in upholding our commitment to safety, customer service, and supportive care embodied by our mission to compassionately protect and help the people, property, and quality of our health system, together.
Qualifications:
Required:
+ High School Diploma or GED required
+ Possession of a valid New Jersey Driver s License with eligibility to be covered by RWJBH insurance carrier.
+ Ability to acquire certification for de-escalation training within ninety (90) days of hire.
Preferred:
+ A minimum of one (1) year of customer service, security experience, or prior military service preferred.
+ Proficiency in keyboarding/data entry and experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
+ Strong command over verbal and written communication.
+ Bilingual language skills to effectively communicate with a multilingual community preferred but not required. (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese, Polish depending on facility needs.)
Scheduling Requirements
+ 6:00am 2:30pm
+ Per Diem
Essential Functions:
+ Conduct patrols and monitor facilities to maintain a secure environment for healthcare operations, adapting to indoor and outdoor posts as required.
+ Provide professional customer service while vigilantly watching for and addressing potential security threats.
+ Manage access control systems, perform data entry, and utilize Microsoft Office for incident reporting and administrative tasks.
+ Demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication abilities to effectively engage with a diverse population.
+ Perform weapon screening and enforce facility policies, ensuring adherence to safety standards.
+ Respond to emergencies, participating in crisis de-escalation using certified training techniques.
+ Other Duties - Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!
RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.
RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.
Equal Opportunity Employer
RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer