Institutional Safety Officer (ISO) - Float Casual
Winnipeg Regional Health AuthorityAbout the role
Requisition ID: 409402
Position Number: Various
Posting End Date: September 3, 2026
City: Selkirk
Employer: Shared Health
Site: Shared Health - Selkirk Mental Health Center-Various Mental Health and Addictions Sites
Department / Unit: Security Services
Job Stream: Non-Clinical
Union: CUPE
Anticipated Start Date: 09/21/2026
FTE: Casual
Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Nights;Weekends
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 12.00
Annual Base Hours: 2080
Salary: $36.912, $38.006, $39.132, $40.292, $41.487, $42.716
Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.
This is a float position, with the flexibility to be assigned to various Mental Health and Addictions sites, as well as provide mobile transportation for Mental Health and Addictions patients as required.
Position Overview
The Healthcare Institutional Safety Officers (ISO) are hospital employees and licensed security guards who are specifically trained to respond, protect and enforce requirements to achieve safe patient care and healthcare work environments, particularly those facilities which require a high frequency of response to behaviours in acute and forensic mental health units. A healthcare ISO is responsible for enforcing the provision of bylaws and enforcing the provision of additional appointed statutes as outlined in the Police Services Act under the Institutional Safety Officer program. Working cooperatively with healthcare professionals, law enforcement and other stakeholders, they provide a highly skilled collaborative enforcement and patient care model. The ISO is responsible for enforcement, prevention, intervention, and education of applicable legislation within the healthcare facility. ISOs daily encounter and respond to high-risk situations in sites with documented and high frequency violent behaviours (usually from high volume emergency departments and high acuity mental health units). Healthcare ISOs are also trained to have the Qualified Persons designation under the Mental Health Act and will be able to maintain safe custody of intoxicated persons under the Intoxicated Persons Detention Act.
Training/Designation:
Healthcare ISOs will receive training to the provincially adopted and Manitoba Justice approved training program. Upon initial demonstrated and ongoing competence, they will be designated by the SDO as an ISO under the Police Services Act, as well as a Qualified Person under the Mental Health Act. Ongoing re-training will be provided by the SDO, and with ongoing demonstrated competence they will maintain their designations.
Personnel must:
- Successfully complete the ISO Training Program and maintain their ability with annual retraining.
- Be designated as an ISO (Peace Officer status as per Manitoba Police Services Act – Amendment).
- Successfully complete interme
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