Security Guard - Full Time

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Certification/Licensure:
• Obtain and maintain an AZ Department of Public Safety (DPS) Unarmed Guard License within 90 days of hire.
• Possession of a current and valid U.S. motor vehicle license. Be 21 years of age or older. Must remain eligible to drive per KHI driving policy.
• De-escalation training completion within 90 days of hire.
• BLS within 90 days of hire (American Heart Association or American Red Cross only).
• Knowledge and Skills:
• Knowledge of basic security, safety, and emergency response procedures.
• Effective communication skills to interact professionally with patients, visitors, and staff.
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgment, situational awareness, and organizational skills.
• Basic computer skills for incident reporting and routine communications.
• Ability to operate security and surveillance systems.
• Ability to work assigned shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays, and overtime as required.
• Ability to remain calm and safely de‐escalate confrontational or high‐stress situations.
• Preferences
• Experience:
• · Prior private security or public law enforcement experience.
• · Hospital security experience.
• · Arizona security officer card.
• · International Association of Healthcare Security Certification and/or Safety as a Certified Healthcare Security Officer.
• FEMA IS 100, 200, 700, and 800.
• Special Position Requirements
• Exposure Categories:
• · Category II: Expected duties have possible, but not routine, potential for exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues.
• · Exposure to chemical, biological, and radioactive substances: Asbestos, Formaldehyde, Ethylene oxide, Mercury.
• · Possible routine exposure to hostile individuals: workplace violence.
• Work Requirements
• · Must be able to stand and walk for 60% to 70% of the time; must be able to sit 30% to 40% of the time; must be able to run.
• · Must be able to distinguish phone rings and callers’ voices against regular background noise and conversation.
• · Occasionally bends, stoops, kneels, climbs, and descends ramps, stairs, ladders and reaches in the daily functions of duties.
• · Must be able to lift 40 to 50 pounds.
• Date Staff Position Description Created / Revised: 11/05/2018; 02/28/2019; 1/26/2021; 06/08/2022; 7/8/2026