What you need to know about this position:
Hours Per week: 40 Shift Hours: 6pm-6am
- Summary:
Under the direction of the Chief of Police and Director of Emergency Management, the Hospital Police Sergeant works closely with the Police and Protective Services leadership team in developing and implementing effective training programs and protocols, addressing officer development. The Hospital Police Sergeant coordinates the department’s recruit training program, continuing education and police certification, ensuring all personnel are highly qualified and well-trained to perform their duties. - Responsibilities:
MINIMUM COMPETENCIES/ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Employee meets the minimum requirements of the following competencies:
1) Coordinates Police and Protective Services staff assignments, maintaining relevant records and schedules to ensure completion and operational compliance.
2) Evaluates employee job performance. Initiates and documents officers’ daily performance, coaching for improvement, and corrective action as indicated by hospital and/or department policy.
3) Interviews applicants and makes recommendations for hiring.
4) Supervises daily activities of protective services security officers and police officers.
5) Ensures all activity sheets and incident reports are filled out appropriately, according to departmental policy.
6) Establishes shift priorities to align with daily operational goals.
7) Collaborates and communicates with fellow sergeants on a routine basis.
8) Communicates shift activities to the Assistant Chief and Chief.
9) Ensures all duties and tours are executed as directed for the shift.
10) Acts as the primary point of contact with house leadership for the given shift.
11) Manages at least one specialty assignment as outlined in Hospital Police Sergeant Specialty Addendums, such as but not limited to training, investigations, equipment & supplies.
12) Performs Hospital Police Officer duties including but not limited to law enforcement, arrests, investigations, reporting, patrolling, operating monitor systems, emergency response, and responding to general calls for aid.
13) Works with Protective Services leadership team to develop effective training programs and protocols addressing the following:
a) Protection of CRH assets
b) Maintaining an acceptable level of order, control, and safety on CRH property
c) CRH rules and regulations
d) CRH policy and procedures
e) Indiana Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) training and certification standards
f) Regulatory readiness
g) Hospital Incident Command System
14) Other job duties may be assigned.
What is required for this position:
Education and/or Experience
- Education:
- Experience:
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations
- Credentials:
Essential:
* Cert Healthcare Security Officer-Advanced (IAHSS)
* Cert Healthcare Security Officer-Basic (IAHSS)
* Cert Basic Life Support (ARC or AHA)
* Cert Healthcare Security Officer-Supervisor (IAHSS)
* Cert Indiana Law Academy Police Tier I or Tier II (ILEA)
* Cert Taser
* Lic Driver (Indiana BMV) - Other information:
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
· High School diploma or General Education diploma (GED) required.
· Five (5) years of Security and/or Law Enforcement experience preferred.
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations
· Driver’s license required.
· Indiana Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) Tier I or Tier II Police Certification required.
· Completion of Certified Basic Healthcare Security Officer (CBHSO) required within one (1) year of hire.
· Completion of Certified Advanced Healthcare Security Officer (CAHSO) required within one (1) year of hire.
· Completion of Certified Healthcare Security Supervisor Officer (CHSSO) required within one (1) year of hire.
· Taser Certification required within one (1) year of hire.
· Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
Language Skills
· Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Mathematical Skills
· Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
Reasoning Ability
· Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Other Skills and Abilities
· Excellent computer skills and knowledge of windows-based software required.
· Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment.
· Well-developed interpersonal relations skills necessary to convey active listening, communicate with professional assertiveness, provide well-received communications successfully, and foster interdisciplinary collaboration in a supportive environment.
· Must be able to work both independently and as part of a team.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position is that of a first line supervisor, responsible for the daily operations of Police and Protective Services. The Hospital Police Sergeant will function as the shift supervisor and will display the rank of Sergeant on the uniform at all times. This position is a working supervisor and is required to perform the same duties as a Hospital Police Officer in addition to performing supervisor responsibilities.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand for extended periods of time, walk for two (2) miles or more daily on various types of terrain, navigate stairs at a brisk pace, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to push or pull objects of more than 100 pounds on a flat and level surface. May routinely carry objects of varying sizes and weight of more than 100 pounds up to 1,000 feet in distance. Objects may be of different substances or shapes. Some carrying may be under emergency conditions.
Lifting does not normally require anything over shoulder height. May include controlling, moving or lifting persons in custody, unconscious, combative or uncooperative. The employee is required to effectively demonstrate physical de-escalation tactics and employ the “Primary Restraint Technique (PRT)”. The employee is required to operate a variety of law enforcement tools, (i.e., firearms, non-lethal devices, and mechanical restraints) and wear department issued body armor and duty gear at all times which can weigh as much as thirty (30) pounds. May work for long periods of time, requiring sustained physical activity and intense conditions. Make rapid transitions from rest to near maximal exertion without warm-up periods. Be able to physically protect him/herself and others. Tolerate exposure to grotesque sights and smells associated with major trauma.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Occasional appearances for depositions, administrative hearings, in-services, and court.
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS
As a representative of Columbus Regional Health, all comments, attitudes, actions, and behaviors have a direct effect on the organization’s image and perceptions of its service quality. Interactions with patients, guests, visitors, volunteer workers, co-workers, supervisors, and other employees must be in a manner that is friendly, supportive, courteous, respectful, cooperative, and professional. This behavior will promote an atmosphere of teamwork and is congruent with the organization’s vision, mission, values, and guiding principles.
AGE POPULATIONS SERVED
The employee must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients/customers served on his or her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s customer’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s/customer’s requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the unit’s/area’s/department’s policies and procedures.
REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY
James Webster
REVIEWED AND APPROVED DATE
4/9/2026