Security Assistant

Summary This position serves as the Security Assistant for Police Service, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) with a primary purpose to monitor physical security equipment and systems. Responsibilities Physical Security Support: Performs alarm and access monitoring, tracing access patterns, programming, assigning or removing user permissions, updating databases, remotely opening and securing doors during routine and emergency operations and generating a variety of reports as needed. Assesses on-scene behavior and determines when it is appropriate to dispatch law enforcement or other personnel to investigate. Responsible for responding to alarm systems monitoring fire, access, intrusion, duress/panic, medical emergencies, psychiatric emergencies, medical assist teams, etc.; and emergency digital paging system. Communications: monitors and receives routine and emergency calls from a variety of sources that need police, fire, medical or othe...