AddressPosition: Security Guard
Site:St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital
City: St. Thomas
Status: Full Time
Hours: 12 hour Continental Shifts
Working on assigned shifts, you will provide proactive and reactive security patrols and response to incidents.
You should display excellent customer service skills and be able to work with people you are under stress or in need of medical assistance.
In this role, it is essential that you are physically fit and able to stand and walk for long periods of time.
You will be required to operate the Switchboard duties including call handling, dispatching, monitoring of building alarm systems and CCTV.
Perform a variety of preventative and reactive duties to include, but not limited to interior and exterior patrols within the hospital as well as exterior of all buildings and areas of the organization.
Provide Use of Force/Restraint as required and directed under the Mental Health Act
Provide security escort service to staff and visitors as requested.
Daily lock and unlock of facilities
Essential Job Functions:
- Be courteous and cooperative with a high quality of customer service
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively at various social levels and across diverse cultures
- Must be able to communicate clearly with clinical staff, and the general public while conveying professionalism and authority at all times
- Able to maintain a professional composure when dealing with unusual circumstances and people under conditions of urgency and in pressure situations
- Write clear, concise, and legible reports
- Communicates any concerns/issues with Site Coordinator
Requirements:
- Diploma in Police Foundations/Protection, Security & Investigations?or equivalent from a recognized College, University or equivalent ie: military, police college or hospital Security Guard experience is preferred
- Valid Ontario Security Guard Licence?
- First aid & CPR Level C Certification
- Proficient in English, written and oral
- Immunization Record (measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and TB skin tests 1 and 2)
- Proof of double COVID-19 Vaccine
- Vulnerable Sector Check
