EVS Associate Overnight

Banner Health•Tucson, AZ

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The EVS Associate performs cleaning in patient rooms and assigned areas as part of the environmental services team. The role helps maintain a clean, safe, and aesthetically pleasing environment for patients, visitors, and staff while minimizing interference with others. The associate follows infection-control and safety procedures and works under regular supervision at an assigned facility or area. This is a full-time overnight position at Banner University Medical Center – South in Tucson, Arizona. The scheduled shift is 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.; rotating weekends and holidays are required. Training includes a first week of Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m., followed by a second week of Monday–Friday, 11:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m., including Monday-morning NEO. Training locations are determined by the EVS Educator. The position offers a $1,000 sign-on bonus, a $1-per-hour weekend differential, and an 18% night-shift differential 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 material safety data sheets and instructions for mixing and using cleaning chemicals.
Ability to fill out chemical identification stickers.
For employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a behavioral-health clinical setting serving children: must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at hire and maintain it throughout employment; must sign an Arizona Criminal History Affidavit upon hire.
For 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

Clean patient rooms and assigned areas.
Perform dusting, mopping, scrubbing, disinfecting, vacuuming, and polishing according to departmental policy and procedures; plan completion of assigned tasks daily.
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 needed repairs, protect equipment from damage through proper use, and log equipment out and back 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 terminally cleaning operating rooms as required.