Security Guard Job at Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board Inc in Rapid City

Job Summary:

The Security Guard is responsible for providing protective services to the Oyate Health Center (OHC), including OHC staff, patients, visitors, and property from possible criminal and unwarranted activities. The incumbent will be responsible for various activities such as monitoring OHC security cameras, patrolling the campus by foot, investigating suspicious activity, and contacting law enforcement as needed.

Essential Functions:

• Patrols the OHC buildings and ground to ensure the safety of patients, visitors, and property by deterring crime and prohibited activities, and to protect them from events such as accidents, fire, theft, or intrusion.
• Monitor surveillance cameras and inspects OHC property.
• Contacts law enforcement or the fire department in case of an emergency.
• Investigates reports of suspicious activity on the property and safely intervenes as necessary.
• Assists with the removal of any unauthorized persons by verbally or physically notifying them or by reasonably detaining the persons suspected of criminal activity until law enforcement arrives.
• Escorts discharged staff, trespassers, and other unwelcome parties off the premises.
• Inspects all OHC buildings and grounds, entrance doors, locks, and windows to determine that they are secure and have not been tampered with.
• Enforce OHC security rules and regulations.
• Escorts personnel to and from parking lot as requested or in emergent conditions.
• Monitors OHC vehicles to identify number and location. Monitors other vehicles parked in restricted parking areas, such as fire hydrants, or in driveways or entrances, handicapped, CHR parking, and monitors traffic flow on compound.
• Assure that all unoccupied offices are locked during non-duty hours.
• Respond when summoned via overhead page, cellular phone, or radio to assist staff with

belligerent or dangerous staff, patients, or visitors.

• Respond to announcements of disaster, fire, bomb, tornado, or any code as outlined by OHC Policy.
• Assure that all exterior hospital doors remain locked during the hours where services are not
• available.
• Conduct monthly street light check, reporting outages in the monthly report.
• Control access to identified sensitive areas in the hospital and outlying buildings according to OHC standards.
• Participate with buildings and grounds in fire drills, extinguisher checks, disaster drills, and traffic control.
• Participate in quality improvement activities when requested by hospital committees.
• Assist with emergency housekeeping duties (i.e., mopping, wiping ER table in absence of

Housekeeping Staff when requested.

• Respond to trouble alarms when Building and Grounds personnel are not present.
• Secure weapons or firearms from patients, visitors, or staff according to OHC’s policy.
• Maintain prompt, courteous, culturally sensitive services to hospital staff, visitors, patients and community.
• Submits written log of daily activities and prepares written reports of all unusual situations and conditions encountered.
• Reports fires, accidents, hazards, and any unusual conditions or malfunctioning of heating, plumbing, and electrical systems immediately to the appropriate supervisor.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED)
• One (1) year of security guard experience sufficient to understand the major duties of the position.
• Current BLS Certification

The GPTLHB is a tribal organization that follows tribal preference laws. Our policy is to give preference to qualified Indian/Tribal candidates over qualified non-native candidates in hiring decisions if all other qualifications are equal.

Employment is contingent upon the outcome of all required criminal background checks.

Compliance with our Employee Health Procedure is a condition of employment. You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunizations prior to your first day of employment. Jobs require that you have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, T-dap (Tetanus - Diphtheria - Pertussis), and COVID-19 vaccination is required.