Vice President, Healthcare Safety Services

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

Plans, organizes and directs the functions and activities of the Department of Healthcare Safety Services for Jefferson Health Oversees security operations and ensures enforcement of all regulations and policies and procedures essential to a safe and secure campus and hospital environment. Works collaboratively with Public Safety and hospital operational leadership to direct the daily security operations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides overall direction, oversight and expertise for security operations at Jefferson Health.
• Works collaboratively with Public Safety to complete internal investigations related to any criminal activity or other activity that can be considered a vulnerability to the hospital mission.
• Provides overall direction and leadership to hospital operations regarding regulatory compliance and policies and procedures related to Healthcare Safety Services
• Ensures Healthcare Safety Services staff receive appropriate training on the use of force management of aggressive behavior and other required training.
• Manages a staff of employees and departmental budgets and controls the expenditure of funds for related cost centers.
  Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the core values of the University

OTHER FUNCTIONS AND COMPETENCIES needed in addition to Essential Functions:

• Plans and reviews Jefferson Health security policies and procedures.
  • Organizes and implements policies needed to ensure a safe and secure environment.
  • Forecasts security needs and problems and initiates plans to meet needs.
  • Maintains the formal structure of authority.
  • Establishes the Healthcare Safety Services organizational charts.
  • Ensures that Jefferson Health security assignments are properly defined.
  • Provides a quot;servicequot; philosophy while accomplishing the departmental missions.
• Hires qualified personnel.
  • Develops a method of interviews to ensure that the best personnel are hired.
  • Provides for initial training of new staff, and on-going training of existing staff.
  • Documents training programs in order to realize the long range objectives for staff awareness and professional development.
• Supervises and leads.
  • Directs the daily operation of department through a Regional Security Directors and shift managers.
  • Sets strategy for procedural and operational issues related to staff
  • Directly supervises a Security Directors.
• Establishes performance standards.
  • Ensures that all employee evaluations are completed and submitted in a timely manner.
  • Is available for all complaints.
  • Responds to any grievance.
• Chairs the Security sub-committee and serves as a member of the EOC committee.
  • Coordinates with chairs of EOC and Emergency Mgt Committees to ensure departments readiness.
  • Ensures departmental preparedness for civil disturbance, strike, bomb threat, etc.
  • Makes safety recommendations as appropriate.
• Responsible for public safety orientation.
  • Conducts a security orientation for all new students and employees.
  • Develops and delivers on-going programs of awareness for current student groups and employees.
  • Maintains open and productive relations between hospitals/university and surrounding community.
• Budget.
  • Prepares, submits and operates within cost center budgets.
  • Processes for payment invoices where services are complete.
  • Ensures that payroll is processed timely and accurately.

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor#39;s Degree in related field.

Master#39;s Degree in Criminal Justice Administration preferred.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATION:

Pennsylvania ACT 235 Certification a plus.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Leadership experience in Hospital based safety and security services required.

Understands and uses inclusion management principles in order to accomplish objectives through people.

Ability to influence, direct, and guide others so as to gain their loyal cooperation in the accomplishments of an objective.

Lead, direct and control the daily issues of a diverse work force in a complex urban setting.

Respond quickly and calmly to sensitive situations where individuals may be exhibiting negative or threatening behavior.

Knowledge of federal, state and local statues/ordinances.

Knowledge of principles, methods and techniques of maintaining effective protection programs.

Excellent oral and written communication skills required.

About Jefferson

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow#39;s professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educashy;tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

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