EVS Associate Evening Shift

Banner Health•Tucson, AZ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The EVS Associate performs cleaning of patient rooms and/or assigned areas at Banner University Medical Center – Tucson. As a member of the environmental services team, the associate helps maintain a clean, safe, and aesthetically pleasing environment that supports the safety, health, and morale of patients, visitors, and staff, while minimizing interference with others. The role contributes to patient experience and requires following infection-control and safety procedures. This is a full-time evening-shift position scheduled from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Weekend rotations and holidays are required. Full-time and part-time employees attend a two-week training schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. during the first week and Monday–Friday, 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. during the second week, including Monday-morning NEO. Both BUMCT and BUMCS train together at a location determined by the EVS Educator. The posting offers a $1,000 sign-on bonus and a weekend shift differential of $1 per hour; an 18% night-shift differential applies when applicable.

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 safety data sheets and instructions for mixing and using cleaning chemicals.
Ability to fill out chemical identification stickers.
Employees working in specified Banner Behavioral Health, BTMC Behavioral, BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS behavioral-health clinical settings serving children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at hire and maintain it throughout employment, and must sign an Arizona Criminal History Affidavit upon hire.
Employees working at Olive Branch Senior Center must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at hire and maintain it throughout employment.

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, and plan their daily completion.
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, report when repairs are needed, protect equipment from damage through proper use, and properly log equipment out and in.
Perform special projects as needed, 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, including cleaning and sterilization requirements for procedural rooms and terminal cleaning of operating rooms.