Advocate Health Care

Dir Security & Public Safety

Advocate Health Care$131K — $198K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice or related field.
  • 7 years of experience in public safety, security, or law enforcement.
  • 3 years of management experience in public safety, security, or law enforcement.
  • Expert knowledge in security and public safety practices and compliance.
  • Strong communication, leadership, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

  • Directs security and public safety operations to ensure safety and compliance.
  • Develops relationships to meet internal customer needs and implements solutions.
  • Monitors budget execution and provides financial variance reports.
  • Engages and articulates the vision for the Security and Public Safety Department to team members.
  • Conducts security and operational risk assessments to ensure effectiveness.
  • Directs the training development for Public Safety and Parking teams.
  • Monitors staff training and competency assessments for compliance.

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits including medical and dental care
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care
  • Family benefits like adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program
Full Job Description
Department:

11545 Support Operations Division - Security: Corp Administration

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Monday through Friday, business hours; On-Call

Pay Range:
$63.45 - $95.20

Major Responsibilities:
  • Directs security and public safety operations to protect people, information, and property in all types of locations. Facilitates the provision of a safe environment for patients, visitors, physicians and associates. Ensures the implementation of the Security and Public Safety Service Level Agreement. Monitors the physical security, public safety, and parking programs across all types of operating units and sites in the assigned region to ensure compliance with in accordance with Departmental strategic goals, policies, procedures, and guidelines.?
  • Focuses on internal customers. Identifies needs, develops relationships, develops and implements solutions, and collaborates to promote the successes of assigned Public Safety Departments. Analyzes service needs and coordinates prioritized services to meet the needs of the site. Meets with site and program leadership on a scheduled basis to seek feedback and address concerns. Researches, collaborates, and drafts Security, Public Safety and Parking policies and procedures that are feasible for all sites. Directs and monitors the implementation of published policies and ensures reliable compliance. Ensures accreditation and regulatory standards are achieved and maintained continuously.?
  • Works with the senior security executive and other leaders to analyze and justify annual operating budgets. Monitors budget execution, reviews monthly operating expense budgets. Provides variance reports.?
  • Articulates the vision of the Security and Public Safety Department to team members. Ensures requirements are understood, supervised, and accomplished. Demonstrates commitment to the vision and a spirit of enthusiasm for achieving its goals. Translates the vision for staff and encourages their engagement. Collaborates and communicates across the assigned sites and between team members and ensures that the team achieves stated goals and objectives.?
  • Monitors tactical operations and principles, ensuring they complement technical systems to secure people, information, and property without undue restriction of organizational operations.? Conducts security and operational risk assessments. Monitors communication and integration with the Security Command Centers.?
  • In collaboration with the corporate training team, directs the development and training of Public Safety and Parking teams that are committed to the values of Advocate Aurora Health and prepared to perform their duties in an exemplary manner. Facilitates effective, well trained teams that are tactically and technically proficient.
  • Develops comprehensive competency models for all levels of Public Safety and Parking staff. Develops and formats standardized content to ensure reliable training quality. Monitors and enforces Public Safety and Parking staff training and competency assessments and documentation.
  • Leads the implementation of security standards, practices, and priorities to increase effectiveness and reliability. Responsible for productivity levels and standards to ensure optimal staff and resource utilization. Supports the Workplace Violence prevention program.
  • Performs human resources responsibilities for staff which include interviewing and selection of new employees, promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, resolution of employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and overall employee morale.
  • Develops and recommends operating and capital budgets and controls expenditures within approved budget objectives.
  • Responsible for understanding and adhering to the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and for ensuring that personal actions, and the actions of employees supervised, comply with the policies, regulations and laws applicable to the organization's business.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:
  • A valid drivers license issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles.

Education Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice or related field.

Experience Required:
  • Typically requires 7 years of experience in public safety, security, or law enforcement department. Typically requires 3 years of management experience in public safety, security, or law enforcement department.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
  • Expert knowledge in security and public safety practices, procedures, and state/federal compliance. ?
  • Effective written and oral communication, general administrative and leadership skills.?
  • Self-directed, possess critical thinking and analytical skills, conduct complex investigations.?
  • Excellent word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software skills.?
  • Working knowledge of security systems such as video surveillance, access control, pediatric abduction alarm systems, etc.?
  • Demonstrated ability to exercise mature judgement and sound reasoning while maintaining calm, courteous, and tactful demeanor in dealing with team members, patients, and visitors.?
  • Demonstrated experience in quickly and accurately assessing dangerous and stressful situations and taking appropriate action.?

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
  • This position requires travel, therefore, will be exposed to weather and road conditions.
  • Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
  • May be exposed to mechanical, electrical, chemical, explosive, and radiation hazards.?
  • ?Protective clothing must be worn as necessary.?

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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