EVS Associate- 48 pp /3pm-11:30pm Kalamazoo

Bronson Healthcare Group•Kalamazoo, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of the Environmental Services Manager, the EVS Associate maintains environmental and infection-control standards within established facility policies and procedures. The role includes cleaning patient rooms, surgical and public areas, and other assigned spaces; stocking supplies; and cleaning and maintaining equipment. The associate provides service to internal and external customers, follows standard practices and regulatory requirements, receives work instructions, and is frequently audited for accuracy and quality compliance. The position performs routine and detail cleaning, follows isolation procedures, manages waste and soiled linen, maintains assigned areas and equipment, and communicates appropriately with patients, visitors, and clinical staff. Some duties vary by facility or work area and may include handling biomedical waste and recycling, changing privacy curtains, using floor-care machinery, and operating ultraviolet disinfection equipment. The role also involves attending staff meetings and huddles and supporting the Bronson Management System.

Requirements

Ability to work independently.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English at or above an eighth-grade level with staff and internal and external customers.
Interpersonal skills that represent Bronson positively and professionally.
Excellent customer service, thoroughness, and time-management skills.
Ability to accept delegation and negotiate task priorities.
Ability to perform duties involving frequent standing, sitting, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching; lift or push supplies and equipment; and work on a stepladder at a height of four feet.
Ability to regularly lift bulky or moderately heavy items up to 50 pounds and occasionally assist with heavier tasks or equivalent pushing, pulling, or handling.
Ability to walk stairs when necessary and maintain good balance while performing duties.
Ability to work occasionally in confined spaces and occupied areas and to handle occasional pressure from multiple calls or inquiries and emergency or crisis situations.
A Michigan driver’s license and insurability may be required.
High school diploma or GED is not required for this position effective April 19, 2021.

Responsibilities

Clean patient rooms, operating rooms, ancillary areas, patient-related areas, and general departmental areas using the system’s prescribed cleaning steps.
Clean public and assigned areas, including lobbies, waiting rooms, restrooms, elevators, utility rooms, exam rooms, offices, stairwells, and other spaces.
Perform detail cleaning of vents, fixtures, window tops, door frames, wall art, bumpers, furniture, and other areas as needed.
Follow isolation procedures in isolation and contact-plus rooms and comply with applicable laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards.
Collect and replace sharps and black pharmacy box containers in patient-care areas; document assigned cleaning tasks and maintain records.
Restock supplies and communicate information or requests as appropriate to registered nurses and/or patient-care assistants.
Provide service to patients, staff, families, and visitors; direct visitors as needed; maintain confidentiality of patient and unit data.
Remove trash and soiled linen from assigned areas and transport them to disposal areas; keep work areas orderly and clean and store equipment in assigned locations.
Clean and maintain environmental-services equipment; operate floor-care machinery and ultraviolet disinfection equipment as assigned.
Coordinate cleaning activities with the department coordinator and assist with other duties as assigned.
Attend regular staff meetings and huddles and participate in the Bronson Management System’s problem-solving methods.
Depending on facility or work area, collect, label, organize, and transport biomedical waste and recycling; transport waste to appropriate compactors or dumpsters; change privacy curtains; inspect assigned areas; and maintain floor-care machinery.
May collect trays from patient rooms and, where applicable, perform laundry duties, use the trash compactor, and empty trash and linen chutes.