Full-Time

Lead Public Safety Officer

Public Safety

Atrium Health

Atrium Health

10,001+ employees

Operates hospitals and care network

Compensation Overview

$24.10 - $36.15/hr

+ Premium pay + Incentive pay + Annual performance increases

Fond du Lac, WI, USA

In Person

Category
Security & Protective Services (1)
Required Skills
CPR
Word/Pages/Docs
Customer Service
Excel/Numbers/Sheets

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Requirements
  • Security Officer Healthcare Certification (CHSO) issued by the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety must be obtained within two years of appointment.
  • A valid driver's license issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles is required.
  • Certification in Conducted Energy Weapon use, such as TASER, is required within 90 days of hire and periodically thereafter.
  • A high school diploma or GED is required.
  • Five years of experience in security, public safety, or customer service, including responding to emergent situations and identifying and resolving potential risks to patients, visitors, teammates, or property, is required.
  • Candidates must successfully pass a background investigation, drug screen, post-offer pre-placement physical, and pre-employment and periodic examinations.
  • Candidates must demonstrate emotional intelligence, including empathetic and compassionate responses to teammate, visitor, and patient incidents.
  • Candidates must remain calm under pressure in a facility environment involving patient-centered safety and potentially emotionally charged situations.
  • Candidates must demonstrate mature judgment and sound reasoning while maintaining a courteous and tactful demeanor with teammates, visitors, and patients, including verbally aggressive individuals.
  • Candidates must demonstrate the ability to quickly assess dangerous situations and take appropriate action.
  • Candidates must demonstrate verbal and written communication skills.
  • Candidates must be able to use a computer to document work, including Microsoft Word, Excel, web-page navigation, and database entry.
  • Candidates must maintain awareness of street drugs, gang activity, and human trafficking.
  • Candidates must be able to defend themselves or others and physically restrain non-compliant individuals when de-escalation fails and intervention is justified.
  • Candidates must communicate effectively with people and hear radio and telephone communications at high and low decibel levels.
  • Candidates must communicate via radio and telephone with clear diction without impediments.
  • Candidates must sit, stand, walk, and drive throughout the workday; occasionally lift up to 35 pounds; and push or pull with 35 pounds of force.
  • Candidates must have 20/20 vision in both eyes, or correctable vision with corrective lenses.
  • Candidates must be able to operate all equipment necessary to perform the job.
  • Candidates must be physically fit enough to walk throughout the facilities and grounds, restrain individuals when necessary, and assist clinical teammates with lifting patients of all sizes.
Responsibilities
  • Provide security services with a customer-service approach in accordance with policies, procedures, and training.
  • Present a professional, approachable, and service-oriented demeanor while maintaining department uniforms and equipment.
  • Provide frontline shift leadership for Public Safety Officers 1 and 2 by prioritizing and assigning tasks to address changing demands and resource pressures.
  • Confirm shift-work documentation in the electronic record, review and approve shift incident reports, and conduct shift briefings for accurate communication and handoff.
  • Prevent, respond to, and investigate workplace violence and respond to service calls involving combative or threatening patients, visitors, and team members.
  • Serve as a primary resource for de-escalation and use of force when necessary, including conducted energy weapons and handcuffing.
  • Monitor officer compliance with security policies and procedures.
  • Schedule public safety staff, ensure daily coverage and assignments, offer and schedule paid time off equitably, and review timecards for accuracy.
  • Make disposition decisions for apprehension and arrest cases and refer the most complex issues to leadership.
  • Round on internal customers and attend their meetings to monitor customer satisfaction and service delivery.
  • Plan, prevent, practice, and respond to emergencies involving lost or abducted infants or children, fires, and active threats.
  • Respond immediately to emergency and crisis situations and physically intervene in situations with potential for injury in accordance with training.
  • Investigate incidents on Advocate Health property and complete timely and accurate reports.
  • Address and escalate complaints to the appropriate leader and provide supporting documentation.
  • Perform liaison rounding to cultivate partnerships with departments and units and deliver security-awareness education to team members.
  • Liaise with federal, state, and local law-enforcement and first-responder agencies.
  • Coordinate, brief, and monitor law-enforcement prisoner-patient guards to ensure policy compliance and prevent unsafe practices.
  • Coordinate emergency-response planning and practice with other departments and units and ensure after-action reviews are completed and documented.
  • Perform initial performance coaching and serve as a resource to correct or improve individual performance.
  • Participate in annual performance evaluations and recommend or submit recognition of officer performance to leadership.
  • Serve as the department's primary internal trainer; assign preceptors for probationary officers; monitor orientation, onboarding, and assessment; compile feedback; maintain training records; and train officer competencies.
  • Prepare lesson plans for officers who do not meet training expectations and serve as a field instructor when assigned.
  • Maintain instructor-level certifications and provide training in accordance with standards.
  • Maintain department training standards in radio communications, verbal de-escalation, hemorrhage control including STOP THE BLEED, CPR, clinical restraints, conducted energy weapons including TASER, department-issued equipment, and academy and annual training-plan requirements.
  • Assist with exterior traffic and crowd control, parking enforcement, valet parking, and vehicular assistance.
  • Use interview and interrogation tactics to uncover information about incidents.
  • Complete patrols using a community-oriented approach.
Desired Qualifications
  • Knowledge of behavioral threat assessment.
  • Experience or knowledge in use-of-force review.
  • Awareness of crime prevention through environmental design.
  • Ability to present material and facilitate meetings.

Atrium Health is a nonprofit health system with over 1,400 care locations and 40 hospitals across the southeastern United States. It provides a full range of medical services, from primary care to specialized treatments like rehabilitation and cancer care, and uses the MyAtriumHealth digital portal for scheduling and payments. The system combines hospital and home-based care (including hospital-level services through Atrium Health Levine Children’s) to expand access beyond traditional facilities. Its goal is to deliver accessible, comprehensive healthcare across its regions by coordinating care across a large network and supporting patients with digital tools and employee-focused benefits.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$30M

Headquarters

Charlotte, North Carolina

Founded

1940

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • August 21, 2026 Atlanta hospital approval unlocks a $700 million growth platform.
  • July 2026 WakeMed combination adds $2 billion investment and 3,300 North Carolina jobs.
  • January 2026 wage increase to $18.85 and 700 postings signal hiring momentum.

What critics are saying

  • July 8, 2026 patient-data settlement exposes Atrium to privacy suits and trust erosion.
  • Atrium faces fierce 2026 CON competition from Novant and UNC Health in Wilmington.
  • If WakeMed integration stalls, Atrium wastes capital while rivals lock down Raleigh growth.

What makes Atrium Health unique

  • Advocate Health's 69-hospital scale backs Atrium's integrated care across eight states.
  • Wake Forest University School of Medicine powers Atrium's academic, research, and training engine.
  • July 13, 2026 OrthoCarolina affiliation strengthens Atrium's orthopedic depth and outpatient access.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

401(k) Company Match

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

28%

1 year growth

28%

2 year growth

28%
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