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Job Summary:

The Health Services Security Officer is responsible for protecting and securing the facility, premises, personnel, patients, equipment, and visitors by patrolling and monitoring surveillance equipment with a sharp eye. Helps facilitate emergency communications within healthcare facilities. Investigates security breaches, incidents, and other alarming behaviors while also preventing losses or damage.

Job Duties:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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  Routine duties shall include providing health care services to individuals eligible for services in accordance with the self-governance compact and funding agreement between the Cherokee Nation and the United States executed under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
• Assists with incoming phone calls.
• Facilitates communication within the facility and assists with callbacks of medical personnel.
• Opens secure areas for employees to work.
• Monitors closed circuit monitors and responds to intrusion and duress alarms. Responds to medical gas and refrigerator alarms.
• Provides a secure environment within the facility for staff, patients, and visitors. Coordinates emergency personnel during disaster conditions.
• Secures and protects possible crime scenes, dispatch officers to calls, and responds to calls requiring assistance.
• Restrains rowdy, belligerent, violent, intoxicated, and emotionally disturbed patients and visitors through the use of non-violent crisis intervention or by the use of force if necessary for the purpose of treatment or incarceration.
• Maintains security logs, documents, and files related to investigations and other activities relevant to facility security. Prepares incident reports during each tour of duty for review by the supervisor.
• Monitors and communicates with Marshal Service, local police, sheriff, fire departments, ambulance, and emergency management civil defense when emergencies occur to ensure preparedness by the Health Facilities for any disaster situation that may develop.
• Assists with disaster training for Health Services staff.
• Maintains a thorough knowledge of laws on a federal, state, tribal, and city level about activities within the facility; including knowledge of the departmental policies and procedures.
• Responds to motorists needing assistance.
• Provides security for patients’ personal effects.

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