Banner Staffing Services EVS Associate

Banner Health•Phoenix, AZ

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Banner Staffing Services offers registry/per diem opportunities within Banner Health, which are used as needed and do not guarantee hours. The EVS Associate works in the Environmental Services department at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, helping maintain a clean, safe, and aesthetically pleasing environment while minimizing interference with patients, visitors, and staff. The role contributes to patient comfort and experience by following infection-control and safety procedures. The position works under regular supervision in an assigned facility or area and interacts with patients, visitors, staff, physicians, nurses, supervisors, managers, and executives. The posted schedule is five days per week in eight-hour shifts, including a Friday–Tuesday shift from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.; registry/per diem work has no guaranteed hours. A $1-per-hour weekend shift differential and an 18% night shift differential apply when applicable. A post-offer occupational health physical assessment, drug screen, and background check are required.

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, and to fill out chemical identification stickers.
Employees in specified behavioral-health settings serving children, and employees at Olive Branch Senior Center, must possess and maintain an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card; an Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire for the specified behavioral-health settings.
Completion of a post-offer occupational health physical assessment, drug screen, and background check, including employment, criminal, and education checks.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Perform assigned cleaning tasks, including dusting, mopping, scrubbing, disinfecting, vacuuming, and polishing, following departmental procedures and planning daily work.
Empty hampers and transport soiled linen; empty trash and medical waste containers, including sharps.
Inventory, restock, and replenish supplies such as toilet tissue, paper towels, and hand soap in assigned areas.
Maintain departmental equipment, use and protect it properly, log equipment in and out, 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.
Help ensure patient, visitor, and staff safety, health, and morale by maintaining a clean and safe environment and following infection-control and safety procedures.