Environmental Services Supervisor
Employment Type : Full-Time
Ethica has a COVID-19 vaccinated workforce. New Associates must provide proof of vaccination prior to hire date.
Our Full-time Benefits Include:
- Competitive Wage Scale
- Weekly Pay
- Flexible Schedules and Set Hours
- Medical & Dental Insurance
- 401K with Company Match
- 7 Paid Holidays and 10 PTO Days Your First Year
- Option to cash out Paid Time Off as you earn it
- Company paid Disability Coverage and Life Insurance
SUMMARY:
Supervises, organizes, and directs duties of Housekeeping Department. Performs various tasks to provide that our nursing center is maintained in a clean, safe, and comfortable manner.
ESSENTIAL DEPARTMENT MANAGERIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Plan, develop, organize and direct Housekeeping Department functions (including personnel and administrative etc.)
- Establish and maintain effective inter-departmental communication to provide positive working relationships.
- Comply with all Privacy and Security programs.
- Demonstrate appropriate/effective Supervisory skills that include fair and uniformly applied corrective actions administered without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, age, sex, religion, handicap, or marital status.
- Instruct, demonstrate and supervise personnel in appropriate housekeeping techniques.
- Maintain staffing patterns in accord with staffing budgets.
- Review and respond to complaints/grievances (associate and/or patient or family) that concern your department.
- Report grievances to supervisor in accordance with procedural guidelines.
- Assist with the preparation of the annual nursing center budget.
- Comply with established budget restraints.
- Maintain a working knowledge of current licensure standards and the survey process.
- Greet new patients upon admission and provide support/assistance as needed.
- Provide hands on assistance in department functions as necessary.
- Be prepared to assist with any emergency.
ESSENTIAL SKILL/KNOWLEDGE FUNCTIONS:
- Dust mop hallways, patient rooms’ common areas etc.
- Wet mop areas, including the use of “wet floor” signs.
- Knowledgeable in the operation and maintenance of departmental equipment, i.e. buffers, stripping machines, housekeeping carts etc.
- Strip floors, apply floor finishes and sealers.
- Use buffer with burnishing pads.
- Re-coating and buffing floors.
- Aseptic cleaning techniques for various surfaces.
- Clean windows and other glass surfaces.
- Clean and polish metal surfaces such as stainless steel.
- Clean walk-off mats.
- Clean patient rooms for preparation of admissions.
- Clean patient rooms after a discharge.
- Clean occupied patient rooms.
- Isolation techniques (gowns, gloves, special cleaning, etc.).
- Clean rest rooms.
- Clean common/public areas.
- Clean light fixtures (over bed, bedside, ceiling and others).
- Perform waste removal and disposal including sharps and other infectious waste.
- Low/high dusting (furniture, vents etc.).
ESSENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS:
- Attend and participate in continuing educational programs to keep abreast of changes in your field as well as to maintain current licensure/certification, as required.
- Attend and participate in mandatory in-services.
- Conduct performance improvement/quality assurance activities as required/requested.
- Participate in nursing center inspections and any subsequently required reports.
- Honor patients’ rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property and civil rights, including the right to wage complaints.
- Comply with Corporate Compliance Program.
- Report job-related functions/tasks that involve occupational hazards including exposure to blood and body fluids and others as necessary.
- Follow established safety procedures when performing job tasks and/or working with equipment.
- Perform other related duties as necessary and as directed by supervisor.
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
High school diploma or its equivalent preferred.
OTHER TRAINING, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Preferred, as a minimum, two-(2) years’ experience in a supervisory capacity in a hospital, nursing center or other related health care facility. Training in environmental control practices preferred, but not required.
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