Unarmed Security Officer
About the job
- A high school diploma, GED, or equivalent is required.
- One to two years of related security or law enforcement experience is required; an internal candidate with one year of MedStar tenure may be considered in lieu of related experience.
- A valid state driver's license in good standing is required.
- Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation certification, including BLS and NRP, from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross within 90 days is required.
- Successful completion of MedStar initial training related to violence prevention, de-escalation, and crisis prevention intervention is required.
- Verbal and written communication skills are required.
- Strong interpersonal skills are required.
- The ability to remain calm and thoughtful during a crisis is required.
- The ability to assist in de-escalating situations involving strong emotions and conflict is required.
- Contribute to established department goals and objectives while adhering to department policies, procedures, quality standards, safety standards, and governmental and accreditation regulations.
- Respond immediately to emergencies and provide necessary assistance to employees and customers.
- Conduct designated security patrols throughout the facility, including hospital campus and grounds patrols by security motor vehicle or bicycle when required.
- Monitor the security and appearance of lobbies, waiting areas, elevators, and entrances.
- Prepare and submit reports and logs of incidents, investigations, and activities, and maintain department records, reports, and files.
- Use nonviolent crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques to keep staff, patients, visitors, and others safe, calm, and respected onsite.
- Provide way-finding, parking, delivery, and other requested information for the hospital and MedStar affiliates.
- Respond to security and medical code calls, investigate incidents and accidents, gather information and evidence, notify appropriate authorities or superiors, and request backup assistance when necessary.
- Testify at legal proceedings, hearings, and trials.
- Work cross-functionally to maintain safe and secure environments.
- Conduct foot patrols of hospital buildings and grounds, observe conditions, objects, or persons that may require police action, control access, inspect packages of people leaving buildings, and report safety, security, and law violations.
- Collect and secure patient valuables and lost-and-found articles.
- Monitor the camera surveillance system.
- Respond to circumstances requiring the exercise of law enforcement authority.
- Interact with visitors and maintain designated security posts throughout the facility.
- Communicate with security staff and the public to support quality outcomes for the security department.
- Participate in meetings, committees, community outreach efforts, and multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams.
- A bachelor's degree in a related field is preferred.
- Prior healthcare experience, or experience in a related field with a patient-first or customer-first mission, is preferred.
- International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety certification as a Security Officer is preferred.
- Basic computer skills are preferred.
About the company
MedStar Health is a not-for-profit health system serving Maryland and the Washington, D.C. region, with a network of 10 hospitals, ambulatory care centers, urgent care centers, and the MedStar Health Research Institute. Patients access care through this network, with care teams coordinating diagnoses and treatments across facilities, while ongoing education and research inform everyday practice and the institution partners with Georgetown University to train medical residents. The organization differentiates itself through its not-for-profit model, formal academic partnership, and strong focus on patient experience, education, and research within a large regional care network. Its goal is to improve regional health by delivering high-quality medical care and advancing medicine through education, research, and clinical excellence.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$29M
Headquarters
Columbia, Maryland
Founded
1999
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What believers are saying
- September 25, 2026 brought a $1.1 million Monumental gift for moms and pediatrics.
- September 22, 2026: MedStar became Maryland's first system using AI cardiac cath planning.
- August 13, 2026 cardio-obstetrics and September 9 ESG expand premium specialty access.
What critics are saying
- September 23, 2026 EEOC sued MedStar over disability discrimination at Southern Maryland Hospital.
- April 2026 class-action claims MedStar ignored patient-harassment warnings before firing Roberson.
- 2026 lawsuits threaten MedStar's referral base and physician recruiting across Maryland and D.C.
What makes MedStar Health unique
- MedStar's Georgetown-Howard CTSA renewal brought nearly $28 million and a seven-year research engine.
- Its 35 urgent cares and planned Van Ness site deepen DMV referral capture.
- Human-factors and AI partnerships, including Suki on September 17, 2026, sharpen safety workflows.
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↑ 15%Ascension taps MedStar exec as VP of patient safety. By: Paige Twenter Kate Kellogg, MD, is joining St. Louis-based Ascension as vice president of patient safety after serving Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health for nearly 13 years. Dr. Kellogg announced the news in a Sept. 29 LinkedIn post. After completing her emergency medicine residency in 2014, Dr. Kellogg worked as a clinical safety scientist at MedStar Health's National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare. In 2017, she became associate medical director of the center before stepping into the assistant vice president of quality and safety role in 2019, according to her LinkedIn profile. Most recently, she has served MedStar as vice president of patient safety and infection prevention for nearly four years. She has also worked as an attending emergency physician at MedStar Washington (D.C.) Hospital Center since 2014. Reflecting on her MedStar experience, she wrote, "What matters most is knowing the program's strength was never any one person - it's always been the team. I leave it in extraordinary hands, and I'll be following the team's work closely and looking forward to collaborating for years to come. "Now I get to bring everything I've learned to Ascension, and to a team that shares the same conviction: that safety is something we design for, not just respond to," Dr. Kellogg wrote. "I've always believed the goal is to do the proactive work well enough that far less reactive work is ever needed - and I could not be more excited for the chance to carry that forward." MedStar Health operates 10 hospitals and more than 300 care locations. Spanning 36 states, Ascension operates 91 wholly owned or consolidated hospitals, holds ownership interests in 27 additional hospitals, and runs more than 300 ambulatory surgery centers and various other care sites. Wednesday, September 30 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT Presenters: Allen Passerallo, Vizient Inc.|Ian O'Malley, University of Chicago Medicine Next up in executive moves. * HCA Florida hospital taps HR exec James Perez has been appointed vice president of human resources at HCA Florida Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, effective Sept. 28... By: Kristin Kuchno * ECU Health taps chief health informatics officer Elon Kotlar, MD, has been named chief health informatics officer at Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health. In this role, Dr. Kotlar... By: Naomi Diaz * CEOs, CFOs and more reveal the once-core strategies they've walked away from For years, the instinct in healthcare leadership was to equate bigger with better: more beds, more service lines, more volume,... By: Mariah Muhammad
Monumental Sports & Entertainment and MedStar Health celebrate $1.1 million gift to services supporting women, infants, and Community Pediatrics. Sep 25, 2026, 18:29 ET WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - MedStar Health and Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) are proud to continue their philanthropic partnership supporting some of the District's most vulnerable residents. Through a $1.1 million donation, MSE will continue funding MedStar Health services providing specialized care to birthing mothers, infants, and children of all ages in Washington, D.C. In 2024, MSE pledged annual philanthropic support over five years to help expand access to this potentially life-saving care. "We offer gratitude to our partners at Monumental Sports & Entertainment for their continued support," said Kenneth A. Samet, FACHE, president and CEO of MedStar Health. "Caring for our communities is a team sport, and alongside great teammates, we are proud to be there for our young families where they need us and when they need us." "Sports teams have a responsibility to give back to the communities they call home and to be there for families when they need support most. That commitment is at the heart of our longstanding partnership with MedStar Health," said Ted Leonsis, founder, chairman, managing partner and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment. "MedStar Health is delivering incredibly important care for mothers and children across Washington, D.C., and has been an exceptional partner in helping us deliver meaningful impact by improving the health and strength of our community." Women and Infant Services Support for MedStar Health's Safe Babies Safe Moms program connects birthing mothers to prenatal care, nutrition support, parenting education, and mental health resources beginning before pregnancy and continuing until a child turns three. Through community partnerships, the program also helps with transportation, housing, and legal support. According to a recent study, many women cared for by Safe Babies Safe Moms are less likely to have low birthweight babies and preterm births. "Achieving better outcomes for mothers and babies is a national issue that we are gaining ground on through Safe Babies Safe Moms," said Angela D. Thomas DrPH, MPH, vice president of Healthcare Delivery Research at MedStar Health Research Institute. "Partners like Monumental Sports & Entertainment who help sustain this life-saving work are invaluable." MSE's gift will also support MedStar Health's Mother-Baby Intensive Outpatient program for pregnant and postpartum mothers with mood and anxiety disorders. Community Pediatrics MSE continues its transformative support for the MedStar Health Kids Mobile Medical Clinic, which has provided thousands of children across the District with convenient access to high-quality and affordable primary care for more than 30 years. The clinic's medical and wellbeing units make weekly stops to neighborhoods in D.C. Wards 6 and 7, seeing about 800 patients each year. Families are never billed for services. Care teams also screen for challenges related to food insecurity, housing, education, income, and community safety. Two years ago, support from MSE helped the clinic maintain its second wellbeing unit, dedicated to screening families for food insecurity, housing, education, income, and community safety. Both units received state-of-the-art functional and clinical upgrades, as well as a fresh blue-and-maize exterior featuring logos of the Washington Wizards, Mystics, Capitals, and Capital City Go-Go. "We share Monumental Sports & Entertainment's vision to create a Washington, D.C., that is healthy and thriving for everybody. I am proud to serve alongside them on behalf of this community," said Janine A. Rethy, MD, MPH, division chief of Community Pediatrics and medical director of the MedStar Health Kids Mobile Medical Clinic. Since 2019, MSE and The Leonsis Family have provided more than $13 million in philanthropic support to MedStar Health initiatives, including women and infant services, pediatric community health, COVID-19 response, the MedStar Health Center for Wellbeing, and the sports medicine program at MedStar Health Lafayette Centre. SOURCE MedStar Health
EEOC sues MedStar Health, Inc. and MedStar Southern Maryland Health Center for disability discrimination. GREENBELT, Md. - MedStar Health, Inc., a healthcare network in Maryland, and member hospital MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, Maryland, violated federal law by failing to hire an applicant with a disability and conducting an unlawful post-offer medical examination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
MedStar Health offers new nonsurgical weight-loss procedure. Provided by PR Newswire Sep 9, 2026, 2:58:00 PM MedStar Health offers new nonsurgical weight-loss procedure PR Newswire BALTIMORE, Sept. 9, 2026. Procedure reduces stomach size without surgery, giving patients another option for lasting weight loss. BALTIMORE, Sept. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - For the first time at MedStar Health, patients struggling with obesity who may not want, or may not qualify for traditional bariatric surgery, have a new option for weight loss: endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG). The minimally invasive procedure, which reduces the size of the stomach without incisions, was performed by Christopher You, MD, a board-certified general and bariatric surgeon at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Aug. 21. The patient went home the same day. During the 90-minute procedure while the patient is under mild sedation, Dr. You inserts a flexible tube with a tiny camera through the patient's mouth and into the stomach. Using a series of special sutures, he reduces the stomach's size and reshapes it into a smaller, tube-like pouch. Because the procedure is performed entirely through the mouth, there are no external cuts or scars. Unlike traditional weight-loss surgery, no part of the stomach is removed. The procedure at MedStar Franklin Square represents an expansion of minimally invasive obesity treatments available through MedStar Health and reflects a commitment to bring innovative approaches to patients in the Baltimore region. "Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty gives us another important tool in the treatment of obesity," said Dr. You. "For appropriately selected patients, it can provide meaningful weight loss without the incisions or scars and without removing any part of the stomach, as with traditional bariatric surgery. It allows us to approach obesity treatment in a less invasive way while helping patients feel full sooner and eat less." Obesity affects more than one billion people worldwide according to the World Obesity Foundation. It's associated with numerous serious health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, and sleep apnea. While bariatric surgery remains an effective treatment for many patients, some people may not want or are not candidates for traditional weight loss surgery. ESG is designed to help address that treatment gap. Because there are no external incisions, most patients can return home the same day, with many able to resume routine activities within several days. "Obesity is a complex, chronic disease, and there is no single treatment that is right for everyone," said Dr. You. "The addition of ESG expands the range of evidence-based options we can offer patients. It gives us another way to personalize treatment based on a patient's health, goals, and preferences. Dr. You stressed that ESG is not experimental. A recently published study in the journal The Lancet found patients who had ESG lost an average of 14 percent of their body weight in one year and kept it off for two years. Patients in the study on diet and exercise alone lost almost nothing. Patients considering ESG must undergo an evaluation to determine whether the procedure is appropriate for them. Treatment is typically accompanied by nutritional counseling and lifestyle support. The Center for Bariatric Surgery at MedStar Franklin Square is a MBSAQIP(R)-accredited center, meeting national standards for quality and safety in bariatric surgery. The program is a collaborative effort of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). CLICK HERE for more information on the procedure. View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/medstar-health-offers-new-nonsurgical-weight-loss-procedure-302874368.html SOURCE MedStar Health The articles, information, and content displayed on this webpage may include materials prepared and provided by third parties. Such third-party content is offered for informational purposes only and is not endorsed, reviewed, or verified by Morningstar. Morningstar makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or reliability of any third-party content displayed on this site. The views and opinions expressed in third-party content are those of the respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Morningstar, its affiliates, or employees. Morningstar is not responsible for any errors, omissions, or delays in this content, nor for any actions taken in reliance thereon. Users are advised to exercise their own judgment and seek independent financial advice before making any decisions based on such content. The third-party providers of this content are not affiliated with Morningstar, and their inclusion on this site does not imply any form of partnership, agency, or endorsement.
Higher education gifts or grants of interest to African Americans. August 19, 2026 Here is this week's news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education. Tuskegee University in Alabama was awarded a $699,999 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation for a new project aimed at improving the safety, transparency, and reliability of AI-assisted medical technologies. Over the next three years, researchers at the HBCU, along with partners from the University of North Texas, will develop AI systems capable of generating responses grounded in reliable evidence, supporting compliance with clinical guidelines and regulatory requirements, and incorporating meaningful human oversight into high-risk healthcare decision-making. The grant will support research opportunities for both undergraduates and graduate students working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, healthcare, and data science. A research team from Howard University, Georgetown University, and MedStar Health have received a renewal of a Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health, providing nearly $28 million in funding to support the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science. Over the next seven years, the funding will allow the center to continue its work in advancing innovative research, educating future clinical and translational scientists, engaging communities as research partners, and building collaborations that expand the research and impact of scientific discovery. The new award will also support the center in expanding its work in emerging areas, such as data science, artificial intelligence, precision medicine, dissemination and implementation science, and community-engaged research. South Carolina State University and Voorhees University are two of 11 colleges and universities participating in the South Carolina Collaborative Academic Pathways in STEM, a $10 million statewide initiative that aims to build research capacity and STEM workforce pathways at South Carolina's primarily undergraduate institutions and HBCUs. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the initiative aims to engage high school, transfer, and undergraduate students to build research skills; advance retention, on-time graduation, and career readiness strategies; and support faculty development. Over the four-year grant period, South Carolina State University will receive nearly $600,000 and Voorhees University will receive $305,000 for their portion of the project.