Scarborough Birchmount Hospital

Position: Patrol Officer
Site: Scarborough Birchmount Hospital
City: Scarborough, ON.
Status: Full-Time
Hours: Continental Nights (1900 - 0700)
Pay Rate: $18.00/hr
Calling all recent Police Foundations and Law Enforcement Graduates. Gain key experience to help support your career growth plan to move into a career in Policing or Public Safety. Working in Healthcare will help you gain valuable, real world skills that law enforcement recruiters are looking for.
This position requires education in one of the following:

• Police Foundations
• Criminal Justice Studies
• Other Related Program

If you do have the above education, please check out some of our other job postings.
Are you interested in starting a career in a fast paced and growing industry? As a provider of security services to clients with complex security needs, Paladin Security Group is offering an exciting career opportunity for you to give back to your community, while developing skills for future careers. Our training programs are also a leader in the security industry, and they will help prepare you for advancements, as well as build your resume for a potential career in law enforcement.
Highlights:

• • Extensive Paid Industry Leading Training
  • Opportunities for Growth & Advancement
  • Unionized Benefits (including Education Allowance & Pension Plan)
  • Free Uniforms
  • Boot Allowance
  • Security License Reimbursement
  • Drycleaning/Hemming Allowance
  • Paid Vacation and Paid Sick Days
  • Additional Perks!

Job Description:

• Working on assigned shifts, you will provide proactive and reactive security patrols and response to incidents.
• Display excellent customer service skills and be able to work with people who 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.
• 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.
• Provide motor vehicle assistance to staff and or visitors as required.
• Accountable for keeping accurate logs and notebook entries of all shift activity and calls for service.
• Accountable to write accurate reports upon investigations or reportable occurrences in timely manner upon completion of occurrence.
• Investigate and follow-up of incidents, report writing, door opening requests, CCTV camera reviews.
• Security Guards shall warn persons of rule infractions or violations, and apprehend or evict violators from premises, using force when necessary.
• Responsible for all office duties (i.e. ID badges, key distribution, lost and found etc.)

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:

1. A Valid Ontario Security Guard License
2. Proficient in English (both oral and written)
3. Degree in Police Foundations, Protection Security and Investigations, Criminology, or Border Services
4. Knowledge of Trespass to Property Act (TPA). Mental Health Act of Ontario, Steps to Arrest and Criminal Code - Section 494
5. Proof of double Covid Vaccination
6. Immunization Record (measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and TB skin tests 1 and 2)
7. Valid First Aid and CPR Level C Certification