To expand and obtain a lifelong career in the hospital security profession, enabling the use of my skills in security and management to assist in the safety and protection of others, and property.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Security Officer III
Health First Viera Hospital
Viera, Florida
11.2023 - Current
I am responsible for external and internal security patrols.
I watch for conditions that may create security distractions or safety compromises.
I am the first responder for a hospital emergency situation.
I safeguard the entrances and exits, and permit only those who are authorized to enter the property.
I accomplish my required shift logs and reports, comply with post orders, and Health First policies and procedures.
I have worked designated alternate hours, and performed other responsibilities as needed.
I maintain the required licensing, weapon qualifications, and training to execute professional competency for the position.
I support my leadership team during day-to-day activities.
Manager
Allied Universal Security
Sanford, FL
08.2016 - 09.2017
As the manager, I was involved in discussing, emending, and implementing policies.
I created the security employee schedule and managed the daily running of the department.
I held the security officers accountable and ran the department, ensuring that policies and procedures were being followed.
I was responsible for providing armed security to the patients, visitors, and the facility.
I was responsible for mobile patrols, report writing, foot patrols, customer service, CCTV, and knowledge of the layout of the facility.
I was also responsible for work scheduling, submitting payroll, supervising up to sixteen security officers, log/shift reports, IRP report approvals, quarterly statistics for the hospital board members, meeting with the board members, and updating the policies and procedures pertaining to security within the hospital environment, as well as securing the helicopter pad for incoming and outgoing helicopter flights.
Corporal
U.S. Prisoner Transport
Melbourne, FL
09.2015 - 06.2016
I was responsible for five officers under me.
I was the liaison between the officer and the sergeant.
I attended weekly phone conferences, relaying new policies and procedure to the officers.
I transported up to twelve inmates at a time, all over the United States and Puerto Rico.
I worked hand in hand with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.
I was responsible for the safety and security of not only the inmates, but also the other officers during transport.
I wrote reports and had to make sure that any and all court orders, signed waivers, and Governors Interstate Compact were all present at the time of picking up inmates.
Security Officer
G4S Secure Solutions
Melbourne, FL
12.2012 - 09.2015
I provided armed security for a courthouse. This included security checks of people who entered the building, and of all belongings entering the building.
I also provided hospital security, which included outside patrols, foot patrols, report writing, CCTV, dispatch, mail room duties, customer services, home infusion deliveries, doctors' office lab deliveries, customer valet parking, and control access.
I also trained new-hire employees to include my superiors.
Correctional Officer
Brevard Correctional Institution
Cocoa, FL
09.2006 - 08.2011
I was responsible for armed outside perimeter patrols and inside security patrols.
I was responsible for inmate movement outside of their dorms around the facility, any facility emergency, and investigations pertaining to inmates, paperwork, and inmate lockup.
As a dorm officer, I was responsible for medication counts, dorm supply counts, dorm legal document reports, inmate counts, care and custody of the inmates, inmate cell searches, chain of custody reports, inmate searches, inmate mail distributions, and the release and intake of inmates to and from the dorm, as well as a daily shift log.
I was able to receive extra support in the Youthful Offenders program.
Education
Certificate of Technical Studies - Equivalency of Class Training
Eastern Florida State College
Melbourne, FL
03-2015
Certificate of Technical Studies - Traditional Corrections Academy
Eastern Florida State College
Titusville
10-2007
High School Diploma -
Allendale Academy
Clearwater, FL
01-2000
Skills
Involved in discussing, emending and implementing policies
Maintain control and discipline of diverse situations with patients and staff while serving the community
Excellent communication skills with superiors and coworkers
Responsible for site staffing including hiring and firing
Prevent the introduction of contraband into the hospital
Counseling with inmates, patients and family members regarding institutional, domestic or emotional adjustment problems
Paperwork procedures and reports
Training for the Supervision of Youthful Offenders
Certification
Traditional Corrections, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 10/04/07
Equivalency of Class Training 15-1, Eastern Florida State College, 03/02/15
Glock Certificate Armorer's Course, 02/11/2025
Timeline
Security Officer III
Health First Viera Hospital
11.2023 - Current
Manager
Allied Universal Security
08.2016 - 09.2017
Corporal
U.S. Prisoner Transport
09.2015 - 06.2016
Security Officer
G4S Secure Solutions
12.2012 - 09.2015
Correctional Officer
Brevard Correctional Institution
09.2006 - 08.2011
High School Diploma -
Allendale Academy
Certificate of Technical Studies - Equivalency of Class Training
Eastern Florida State College
Certificate of Technical Studies - Traditional Corrections Academy