Your Opportunity:

Alberta Health Protective Services is a 24 hours per day 7 days a week department who employs sworn Community Peace Officers that ensure a superior level of safety and security to patients, Visitors, and employees while they attend our facilities. The services provided are an integrated approach with our clinical partners using a patient and family centered care approach with emphasis on customer service. Protective Services as a law enforcement and disaster response unit within the facility will utilize and enforce regulatory, federal, provincial, and municipal legislation/policies to ensure the delivery and access of healthcare. As a member of Alberta Health Protective Services, Community Mobile Unit (CMU) the Protective Services Officer 1 will interact with a myriad of select populations all with unique and or specialized needs. It is Protective Services paramount goal to assist in maintaining spaces that all people can safely access and deliver quality healthcare. As a CMU Protective Service\'s Officer (PSO)1 you will provide front line level security services designed to proactively mitigate loss or damage, de-escalate incidents of aggression and to ensure a safe environment of patient\'s staff and visitors in our AHS community sites and assist the AHS Protective Services Hospital core team. You will also respond to security, fire, and personal safety related issues in accordance with current legislation and established AHS and site policies and procedures.

Description:

As a Protective Services Officer (PSO) I, you will provide front line level security services designed to proactively mitigate loss or damage, de-escalate incidents of aggression and to ensure a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors. You will also respond to security, fire and personal safety related issues in accordance with current legislation and established AHS and site policies and procedures.

• Classification: Protective Services Officer I
• Union: AUPE GSS
• Unit and Program: Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Protective Services
• Primary Location: Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 16-MAR-2023
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• Date Available: 31-MAR-2023
• Hours per Shift: 12
• Length of Shift in weeks: 26
• Shifts per cycle: 4
• Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $27.27
• Maximum Salary: $33.26
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver\'s License, Vehicle Provided

Required Qualifications: High School diploma or equivalent. Active (or eligible) for appointment as a Community Peace Officer with enforcement duties involving the public, as identified by the Province of Alberta/Solicitor General. Successful completion of Alberta Health Services or Alberta Justice and Solicitor General Community Peace Officer Induction Training Program (6 weeks program). Valid Class 5 (non-GDL) Driver\'s Licence. Valid Physical Abilities Requirement Evaluation (P.A.R.E.) completed under 4:45 minute, within 6 months prior to commencing employment. Additional Required Qualifications: Alberta Class 5 operator\'s license or a provincial equivalent with not more than four demerits and no charges or current or pending suspensions. Current Standard First Aid and Level C CPR. The successful candidate will need to be available to attend a 6-week Community Peace Officer courses either in Edmonton or Calgary. Current or Retired Peace or Police officers may be exempted from attending the training if they are within 5 years of active duty. Preferred Qualifications: Experience in uniformed public servant roles or emergency services. (Military, forestry, park ranger, corrections, peace officer.) Community involvement or volunteering (unpaid positions). Knowledge of or training in harm reduction, anti-racism and Indigenous awareness. Comfortable/experienced in public speaking. Two years of related education (Security, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Preferred) and/or experience.