Position Overview

The Qualified Persons Security Personnel (QPSP) are hospital employee’s and licensed security guards, who are specifically trained to support a safe and secure healthcare environment, particularly emergency departments/urgent care centers, which are specifically staffed to provide mental health care services. A QPSP will receive site provided specific training to enable them to protect vulnerable mental health patients and the care team with skills for event de-escalation, securing and protecting patients. QPSP’s can receive custody of individuals awaiting an involuntary medical examination or psychiatric assessment whom have been escorted to the facility by police, typically under a Form 3. Once level of supervision and safety criteria is met, police may be released to perform duties in the community.

Training/Designation 

QPSP will receive training to the provincially adopted, and Manitoba Health approved training program for QP’s. Up...