✓You’ll need

Certifications

Basic First Aid and CPR preferred

Qualifications

✓One (1) year of relevant experience (public safety, corrections, emergency medical services, military) required .

✓Valid driver’s license required

✓Valid CT Guard Card required

✓Ability to read, write, speak and understand English required

✓Ability to exercise discretion and use good judgment to perform duties promptly and consistently with little direction based on the current circumstances.

✓Focused on providing an exceptional experience to our patients, customers, staff, organizations, and internal and external partners.

✓Ability to analyze and solve a variety of difficult situations, problem events, emergencies.

✓Attention to detail and ability to handle tasks independently.

✓Basic to intermediate computer and technology skills, electronic tools and resources.

✓We take great care of careers.

Two (2) years of relevant experience preferred

Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) preferred

Management of Aggressive Behaviors (MOAB) preferred

Multilingual preferred

+Benefits

Benefits package (see posting)

About the role

Charlotte Hungerford Hospital is a 122-bed, general acute care community hospital located in Torrington, Connecticut, that serves as a regional health care resource for the 100,000 residents of Litchfield County and Northwest Connecticut.

Shift Detail: Weekend Saturday and Sunday Day Shift (7:00 am-3:30pm) Work where every moment matters. Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network. Charlotte Hungerford Hospital is a 122-bed, general acute care community hospital located in Torrington, Connecticut, that serves as a regional health care resource for the 100,000 residents of Litchfield County and Northwest Connecticut. CHH offers personalized attention from an expert team of caregivers and physicians that utilize advanced technology and clinical partnerships in a convenient, safe and comfortable patient environment. Job Summary Public Safety Officers serve as front line guardians to the Hartford HealthCare Community by providing customer service and ensuring our environments are safe, secure and more prepared for all of our patients, visitors, colleagues, clinicians and physicians. Public Safety Officers are equipped to prevent hazardous situations with their presence, respond and manage hazardous and emergency situations and provide support and resources when situations are successfully managed.
Provides professional, customer service focused assistance to the HHC Community including patients, visitors, families, colleagues, clinicians, physicians, and the first responder community, among others.
Patrols and rounds facility to identify concerning activity, safety concerns or other problems. May be assigned to fixed areas to check credentials, provide information or directions. When assigned to mobile patrols, operates vehicles in a safe manner complying with all traffic and safety rules.
Provides a timely response, uses problem solving to take appropriate action to manage and investigate security incidents and hazards.
Maintain current knowledge of instructions, policies and procedures and performs work in accordance with these guidelines.
Shares information with other Public Safety Officers, maintains accurate activity logs and completes reports and documentation.
Partners with law enforcement and other first responders when circumstances warrant.
Informs supervisor or other leadership of unusual situations and request additional assistance as needed.
Completes other duties as assigned. Qualifications
One (1) year of relevant experience (public safety, corrections, emergency medical services, military) required .
Valid driver’s license required
Valid CT Guard Card required
Ability to read, write, speak and understand English required
Two (2) years of relevant experience preferred
Basic First Aid and CPR preferred
Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) preferred
Management of Aggressive Behaviors (MOAB) preferred
Multilingual preferred
Ability to exercise discretion and use good judgment to perform duties promptly and consistently with little direction based on the current circumstances.
Focused on providing an exceptional experience to our patients, customers, staff, organizations, and internal and external partners.
Ability to analyze and solve a variety of difficult situations, problem events, emergencies.
Attention to detail and ability to handle tasks independently.
Basic to intermediate computer and technology skills, electronic tools and resources. We take great care of careers. With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.

Public Safety Officer

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