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**City/State:** O'Fallon, Missouri

**Categories:** Facilities Services

**Job Status:** Full-Time

**Req ID** : 101146

**Pay Range:** $18.25 – $29.26 / hour (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Additional Information About the Role

Are you looking for a career in Public Safety? Apply today!

+ Work hours will be Night Shift - 6:30 pm-7:00 am

+ Rotating weekend/holidays required

+ Performing public safety and security duties inside and outside the hospital.

+ Generous Benefits Package with PTO and Tuition Assistance beginning on day 1

+ Retirement plan includes 401K with a match

+ Work with a highly skilled, compassionate, and caring team

+ Shift Differential pay for evenings, midnights and weekends

+ Paid professional academy style training

+ Opportunities for advancement

+ Military experience welcomed

Overview

Opened in 2007, **Progress West Hospital** is BJC HealthCare’s newest hospital in St. Charles County, featuring modern private rooms. It offers 24-hour emergency services and has partnered with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to provide world-class pediatric emergency care.

Progress West Hospital also provides surgical services, endoscopy services, a cardiac catheterization lab, medical/surgical inpatient services, diagnostic imaging, lab services, and the Advanced Wound Center, a specialty wound treatment facility with state-of-the-art equipment. Progress West Hospital recently completed an expansion of its Childbirth Center to include enhanced services for at-risk mothers and babies, with a newborn ICU that provides care for babies born as early as 32 weeks.

Progress West Hospital is a Certified Level II Stroke Center. The hospital’s medical office building houses offices for specialists in primary care, cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthopedics.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

The Armed Security Officer provides continuous patrols of the medical center, while being attentive and alert to the safety and welfare of visitors, patients, volunteers, staff, employees and hospital property.

Responsibilities

+ Individuals must be 21 years or older to work in this position.

+ Responds to emergency situations according to approved, established Security Department protocol.

+ Ensures equipment issued and used during the execution of duties is properly maintained.

+ Provides continuous security patrols of all areas of the medical center.

+ Mitigates crisis situations such as code responses, responding to disturbances, fires and disaster drills and situations.

+ Ensures proper documentation is completed on all patrol vehicles. Responsible for documenting incident reports.

Minimum Requirements

Education

+ High School Diploma or GED

Experience

+ <2 years

Supervisor Experience

+ No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

+ Applicable govt regulations

+ Valid Driver's License

Preferred Requirements

Education

+ Associate's Degree - Criminal Justice/related

Licenses & Certifications

+ ASP Baton Certification

+ CPR/AED

+ IAHSS

+ Nonviolent Crisis Intervention

+ PPCT

+ PD - PSUL

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

+ Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

+ Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

+ 401(k) plan with BJC match

+ Tuition Assistance available on first day

+ BJC Institute for Learning and Development

+ Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

+ Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our** **Benefits Summary** **.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer