Director Security

Job Summary

Directs the design, development and coordination of activities of the Security staff in protecting the safety and security of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. Develops and implements the Security Management Plan and manages and coordinates responses to critical incidents. Reviews and addresses identified actual and potential security breaches. Designs and conducts security awareness programs.

• Directs the daily activities of the security department and emergency management functions. Prepares, disseminates, and follows up on security assessments / HVAs.
• Monitors existing security systems and technologies for possible security leaks or fraud. Responsible for the development and monitoring of physical and electronic measures.
• Designs and conducts security awareness and emergency preparedness training programs.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the Security and Emergency Management programs and develops and implements the Security Management Plan and Emergency Management Plan.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Criminal Justice, Safety Administration, Emergency Management, or a combination of education and/or job related experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of five (5) years experience managing a Security, Safety and Emergency Program; two (2) of which must have been in a healthcare organization. Two (2) years of active participation in a healthcare/community-based emergency management program.

Licensure:

• Current driver's license. Security Guard.
• AZ Drivers License
• BLS- American Association within 90 days

Hello Humankindness

Located conveniently off the Loop 101 and Glendale Avenue in Glendale, Arizona, St. Joseph’s Westgate Medical Center, a campus of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, is the centerpiece of Dignity Health’s West Valley expansion.  With a vision of “Partnering with patients, physicians, employees and communities to improve the health of all we serve”; St. Joseph’s Westgate Medical Center is collaborating with groups to build an organization that meets today’s changing healthcare needs.

As part of the new 35-acre medical campus, St. Joseph’s Westgate Medical Center features new approaches to healthcare via its onside collaboration with Dignity Health partners. The Westgate team has a solid patient/physician focused style to customer service; actively partnering with patients and physicians to plan for the continuum of care.  It is with Dignity Health’s humankindness movement that gives St. Joseph’s Westgate Medical Center the opportunity to open a hospital that is based upon partnerships with patients, physicians, employees, and the community.

With future plans to expand, St. Joseph’s Westgate Medical Center, a 60,000 square foot hospital, includes a 12-bed full-service emergency department, a 24-bed inpatient unit, 2 operating rooms, 2 procedural rooms, dedicated space for diagnostic services, an ambulance bay and helipad. The campus features some of the most innovative uses of materials to promote patient safety, patient satisfaction and medical efficiency.

We are extremely proud to be a nationally recognized center for quality quaternary care, medical education and research. St. Joseph's includes the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute, Norton Thoracic Institute, Cancer Center at St. Joseph's, Ivy Brain Tumor Center, and St. Joseph's Level I Trauma Center (which is verified by the American College of Surgeons). The hospital is also a respected center for high-risk obstetrics, neuro-rehabilitation, orthopedics, and other medical services. St. Joseph’s is considered a sought-after destination hospital for treating the most complex cases from throughout the world. Every day, approximately 20 percent of the hospital’s patients have traveled from outside of Arizona and the United States to seek treatment at St. Joseph’s.

Tobacco-free campus.