Special Police Officer, Wilkes Medical Center

Job Summary:

Performs protective, law enforcement and security services in an effort to protect the safety and security of patients, visitors, teammates, and property. Investigates criminal acts on hospital grounds, makes arrests, protects life and property, patrols hospital buildings and grounds and prevents theft and vandalism. Acts as first responder to any imminent threat to life or safety.

Major Responsibilities

1. Appropriately and effectively intervenes when unruly, abusive, combative, threatening, or armed persons are encountered.
2. Apprehend and arrest individuals for criminal activity.
3. Complete investigations of any criminal activity occurring within assigned jurisdiction, make arrests, and process criminal defendants as per NC criminal proceedings.
4. Respond to routine and emergency calls for assistance. Complete uniform incident reports and other assigned documentation.
5. Communicate in a calm, factual, objective, and courteous manner with all persons with whom communication or collaboration are necessary. Coordinates and communicates with community police agencies as appropriate.
6. Provide armed response to any imminent situation that threatens the life or safety of anyone on Atrium Health property.  
7. Assist teammates with and serve as subject matter expert in criminal process.
8. Prepare criminal cases for court proceedings, attend court, and testify in criminal proceedings.

Minimum Job Requirements

Education

• Basic law enforcement training Required

Certification / Registration / License

• General law enforcement certification per North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards or ability to transfer certification from another jurisdiction.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Ability to work independently and respond calmly in complex, stressful situations  
• Knowledge of and ability to apply federal, state and local criminal statutes and case law
• Knowledge of criminal process
• Demonstrate proficiency with a firearm to meet Atrium Health and North Carolina standards
• Ability to obtain and maintain NC General Law Enforcement Certification  
• Ability to perform under stressful, emergency conditions
• Valid Driver’s license  
• Ability to pass rigorous background check, polygraph and/or psychological testing
• Ability to pass Atrium Health mandated Taser, CPI, and self-defense training

Preferred Job Requirements

Experience

• Two years of general law enforcement or public safety experience preferred.

DISCLAIMER

All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position.  Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders. 

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

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