EVS Assistant Supervisor Full Time at Regency Park Health & Rehabiliation

Vitruvian Health•Dalton, GA

46d•Onsite

About The Position

The EVS Assistant Supervisor assists with supervising, organizing, and directing Housekeeping Department duties while also performing hands-on tasks to help maintain the nursing center in a clean, safe, and comfortable manner. The position reports to the Administrator and may require work beyond normal hours, on weekends or holidays when necessary, and callback during emergencies. The role combines department supervision and administration with cleaning duties. It includes planning and organizing department functions, supporting staffing and budget requirements, maintaining communication with other departments, addressing complaints, training and supervising personnel, welcoming new patients, and assisting during emergencies. The assistant supervisor also performs a range of housekeeping tasks, including floor care, cleaning patient rooms and common areas, restroom cleaning, waste disposal, and infection-control cleaning. Work involves prolonged standing, frequent walking and reaching, and occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, bending, climbing, and other physical activity. The position may involve exposure to blood and body fluids, infectious disease, air contaminants, hazardous chemicals, and upset patients, family members, associates, or visitors. A cleaning cart is used to transport supplies between rooms; the role requires working quickly and effectively and operating housekeeping equipment.

Requirements

A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
Preferred minimum of two years of supervisory experience in a hospital, nursing center, or other related healthcare facility.
Ability to operate housekeeping equipment and work with cleaning supplies and chemicals.
Ability to work quickly and effectively without needing to return to correct errors.
Ability to perform the physical activities described, including prolonged standing and lifting or carrying cleaning supplies and other items.
Ability to communicate with others, hear instructions, and see well enough to perform work correctly and effectively.

Nice To Haves

Training in environmental control practices is preferred but not required.
A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
At least two years of supervisory experience in a hospital, nursing center, or other related healthcare facility is preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan, develop, organize, and direct Housekeeping Department functions, including personnel and administrative duties.
Establish and maintain effective interdepartmental communication and positive working relationships.
Comply with Privacy and Security programs and applicable corporate compliance requirements.
Demonstrate appropriate supervisory skills and apply corrective actions fairly and uniformly.
Instruct, demonstrate, and supervise personnel in appropriate housekeeping techniques.
Maintain staffing patterns in accordance with staffing budgets and comply with budget restraints.
Review and respond to associate, patient, or family complaints and grievances, and report grievances to the supervisor according to procedural guidelines.
Assist with preparation of the annual nursing center budget.
Maintain working knowledge of current licensure standards and the survey process; participate in nursing center surveys and required follow-up reports.
Greet newly admitted patients and provide support or assistance as needed.
Provide hands-on assistance with department functions and be prepared to assist during emergencies.
Perform housekeeping duties, including dusting, wet and dry mopping, floor stripping, finishing, sealing, recoating and buffing.
Operate and maintain departmental equipment, including buffers, stripping machines, housekeeping carts, and vacuums.
Use aseptic and isolation cleaning techniques, including appropriate protective equipment and special cleaning procedures.
Clean windows, glass, metal surfaces, walk-off mats, restrooms, light fixtures, patient rooms, and common or public areas.
Prepare rooms for admissions, clean rooms after discharges, and clean occupied patient rooms.
Remove and dispose of waste, including sharps and other infectious waste.
Attend continuing education programs and mandatory in-services as required.
Honor patient rights and follow safety procedures, including fire prevention, smoking regulations, infection control, and safe equipment use.
Report job-related occupational hazards, including potential exposure to blood and body fluids.
Maintain attendance, punctuality, professional appearance, and a helpful, caring, and professional manner when communicating with patients, families, and visitors.
Perform other related duties as necessary and as directed by the supervisor.