Minimum educational qualification: General Education and Training Certificate (GETC)/Grade 9 (Std 7). Registration with a professional council: Candidates must be registered as a Security Officer Grade C or higher with the Security Board in terms of the Security Industry Regulatory Authority Act PSIRA. Experience: Appropriate experience as a Security Officer in a Psychiatric environment. Inherent requirement of the job: Willingness to work shifts, public holidays, weekends, and to be rotated. Willingness to perform delegated
Duties
Access/Egress control also escorting of patients on/off hospital premises. Assistance to personnel with the handling of aggressive/violent and 193 uncontrolled patients. Delivery of a supportive security service to allocated areas with the aim to prevent injuries, abscondment of patients, litigation and adverse incidents. Effective application of service delivery and efficient support to the Operational Manager in the ward. Control/monitor surveillance cameras to identify and prevent any unlawful entry, suspicious, dangerous objects and adverse incidents. Reporting and recording of all incidents/patient movements/ patient related activities.
