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Protective Services Officer

Full time
iPosting details
ScheduleFull time
EducationHS diploma/GED
SourceNationwide Children's Hospital · posted Sep 28, 2026
✓Requirements
Certifications
✓Officer will be required to complete the IAHSS Basic Security Officer training within the first six months of being hired at the officer’s expense.
✓Once the officer has successfully completed the training, the Security Department will reimburse the officer the cost of the test.
Education
✓High School diploma, required.
Qualifications
✓Valid Ohio driver’s license and proof of auto insurance as required by hospital policy and position-specific requirements.
✓Must pass motor vehicle background inspection, insurance eligibility, driving qualifications, and training set forth by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and maintain qualification of insurance guidelines.
✓Ability to read and comprehend hospital/departmental policies and procedures, criminal statutes, and regulatory publications.
✓Ability to successfully conduct preliminary investigations and document findings on standard departmental or hospital forms.
✓Sufficient interpersonal skills to effectively interact with all persons, regardless of position, ethnicity, sex, age, or economic status.
✓Sufficient interpersonal skills to consistently and equitably enforce the policies of the department and hospital and the ability to effectively intervene in interpersonal conflict.
✓Ability to write legibly.
✓Upon hire, the Officer will undergo a 4 to 6 week training cycle on the floor and in a classroom setting, under the supervision of a Senior Officer, working multiple shifts and locations for familiarization and experience and learning physical intervention and verbal techniques.
+Nationwide Children's Hospital
701beds
ColumbusOH
✓You’ll need
Certifications
✓Officer will be required to complete the IAHSS Basic Security Officer training within the first six months of being hired at the officer’s expense.
✓Once the officer has successfully completed the training, the Security Department will reimburse the officer the cost of the test.
Education
✓High School diploma, required.
Qualifications
✓Valid Ohio driver’s license and proof of auto insurance as required by hospital policy and position-specific requirements.
✓Must pass motor vehicle background inspection, insurance eligibility, driving qualifications, and training set forth by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and maintain qualification of insurance guidelines.
✓Ability to read and comprehend hospital/departmental policies and procedures, criminal statutes, and regulatory publications.
✓Ability to successfully conduct preliminary investigations and document findings on standard departmental or hospital forms.
✓Sufficient interpersonal skills to effectively interact with all persons, regardless of position, ethnicity, sex, age, or economic status.
✓Sufficient interpersonal skills to consistently and equitably enforce the policies of the department and hospital and the ability to effectively intervene in interpersonal conflict.
✓Ability to write legibly.
✓Upon hire, the Officer will undergo a 4 to 6 week training cycle on the floor and in a classroom setting, under the supervision of a Senior Officer, working multiple shifts and locations for familiarization and experience and learning physical intervention and verbal techniques.
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About the role

Performs random and frequent patrols as assigned in designated area on foot, motor vehicle, or bicycle, and monitors security cameras.

What you’ll do
Intervenes in interpersonal conflictIntervenes in interpersonal conflict or criminal acts safely and effectively to maintain order, providing appropriate detention, restraint, or removal from premises
Enforces hospital parking policiesEnforces hospital parking policies and procedures