EVS Associate Overnight

Banner Health•Tucson, AZ

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The EVS Associate performs cleaning in patient rooms and assigned areas at Banner University Medical Center – South Tucson. As a member of the Environmental Services team, the associate helps provide a clean, safe, and aesthetically pleasing environment for patients, visitors, and staff, supporting patient safety, infection control, and the overall patient experience while minimizing interference with others. The role works under regular supervision and is responsible for an assigned facility or area. The position is full-time on the overnight shift, scheduled from 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. Weekend rotations and holidays are required. The position offers a $1 per hour weekend differential and an 18% night-shift differential when applicable. Full-time and part-time employees must complete the required training schedule: the first week is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; the second week is Monday through Friday, 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., including attendance at NEO on a Monday morning. BUMCT and BUMCS train together at a location determined by the EVS Educator. Duties include routine cleaning, handling linen, trash, and medical waste, replenishing supplies, maintaining equipment, and responding to questions and requests from patients, staff, and visitors. Special projects may include window or wall washing and removing heavily soiled items or furnishings. The role may also involve sterilizing procedural rooms and terminally cleaning operating rooms.

Requirements

Ability to work independently and as part of a team without continuous supervision.
Ability to interpret and respond to verbal and written instructions.
Ability to communicate effectively with others by phone and verbally.
Ability to read and understand material safety data sheets and instructions for mixing and using cleaning chemicals.
Ability to fill out chemical identification stickers.
Employees in the specified behavioral-health settings serving children, or at Olive Branch Senior Center, must possess and maintain an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card; an Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Previous related experience.
Familiarity with environmental services equipment and cleaning techniques.
Additional related education and/or experience.

Responsibilities

Complete assigned cleaning tasks, including dusting, mopping, scrubbing, disinfecting, vacuuming, and polishing, according to department policies and procedures.
Plan the daily completion of assigned cleaning tasks.
Empty hampers and transport soiled linen.
Empty trash containers and remove trash.
Empty medical waste containers, including sharps containers.
Inventory, restock, and replenish supplies such as toilet tissue, paper towels, and hand soap in assigned areas.
Maintain departmental equipment, use it properly to prevent damage, log equipment out and in, and notify appropriate personnel when repairs are needed.
Perform special projects such as washing windows or walls and removing heavily soiled items or furnishings.
Respond to questions and requests from patients, staff, and visitors and meet or exceed customer-service satisfaction goals.
Follow infection-control and safety procedures.
Sterilize procedural rooms and terminally clean operating rooms as required.