Environmental Services Director
About The Position
Aramark is seeking an Environmental Services Director for Willow Branch Health and Rehab in McMinnville, Tennessee. The Director plans, organizes, supervises, and directs environmental services operations to provide residents with a clean, safe, orderly, and sanitary living environment. The position manages the facility’s housekeeping operations and Environmental Services staff, including staffing decisions, inspections, purchasing, records, regulatory compliance, emergency preparedness, and performance management. Decisions requiring policy changes or approval of outside contracts are referred to the nursing home Administrator.
Requirements
- At least three years of supervisory experience; experience in environmental services at a skilled nursing facility is preferred.
- Ability to read and interpret rules, equipment operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Mathematical ability to perform arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and to compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
- Knowledge of pertinent regulatory agencies, policies, codes, standards, and regulations.
- Knowledge of infection control techniques.
Nice To Haves
- Associate degree or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience is preferred.
- Supervisory experience in environmental services at a skilled nursing facility is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage the facility’s housekeeping operations and Environmental Services staff.
- Make administrative decisions regarding hiring, training, and assignment of personnel, and recommend employee promotions and terminations.
- Develop systems and programs to maximize the effectiveness of housekeeping functions.
- Conduct regular daily, weekly, and monthly environmental services inspections to ensure the facility is safe and sanitary according to facility policy.
- Oversee purchases of cleaning supplies, chemicals, paper products, office supplies, and departmental equipment as needed.
- Maintain records and reports required by Environmental Services Department policies and procedures.
- Follow applicable local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety regulations.
- Participate in facility disaster planning, including ensuring staff participation in required regular fire drills, maintaining emergency supplies, and training staff.
- Refer decisions requiring policy changes or approval of outside contracts to the nursing home Administrator.
- Consistently follow a current written master cleaning plan for the entire facility.
- Review and evaluate assigned personnel’s work performance and counsel or discipline personnel according to company policy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
