EVS Associate - Full Time - 3rd Shift 11p-7:30a - Paw Paw

Bronson Healthcare•Paw Paw, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The EVS Associate works under the supervision of the environmental services manager to maintain environmental and infection-control standards in accordance with facility policies and procedures. The role includes cleaning patient rooms, surgical areas, public spaces, and other assigned locations; stocking supplies; and cleaning and maintaining equipment. The associate serves internal and external customers, follows established practices and regulatory requirements, receives work instructions, and is frequently audited for accuracy and quality. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served. The position involves regular standing, sitting, walking, lifting and pushing supplies and equipment, and frequent reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching. It may require working on a stepladder, in confined spaces, or in occupied areas; responding to emergency situations; and wearing protective clothing such as gloves, eye protection, face protection, and shoe covers. Work may involve operating a computer or CRT for up to 40 percent of the time and handling bulky or moderately heavy items weighing up to 50 pounds. The role is full-time, third shift, scheduled for 40 hours per week, at Bronson Lakeview Hospital in Paw Paw. External candidates may be eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $750 and a $750 retention bonus.

Requirements

Ability to work independently.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English at or above an eighth-grade level with departmental 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 comfortably.
Ability to perform duties involving standing, sitting, walking, lifting, pushing, and frequent reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.
Ability to work while standing on a stepladder at a height of four feet and to walk stairs when necessary; good balance is required.
Ability to regularly lift bulky or moderately heavy weights up to 50 pounds and occasionally assist with heavier tasks or exert equivalent effort pushing, pulling, or handling objects.
Ability to wear required protective clothing, which may include gloves, eye protection, face protection, and shoe covers.
A high school diploma or GED is not required for this position.
For BBC only, a Michigan driver's license and ability to be insured may be required.

Responsibilities

Clean patient rooms, operating rooms, ancillary areas, patient-related areas, and departmental general areas following the Environmental Services Department’s ten steps of cleaning.
Follow isolation procedures in isolation and contact-plus rooms.
Perform detail cleaning of vents, fan fixtures, window tops, door frames, wall art, bumpers, furniture, and other areas as needed.
Clean assigned public and other areas, including lobbies, waiting rooms, restrooms, elevators, utility rooms, exam rooms, offices, and stairwells.
Collect and replace sharps and black pharmacy box containers in patient-care areas.
Document and maintain records of assigned cleaning tasks.
Restock supplies in assigned areas as needed.
Communicate relevant information and requests to registered nurses and/or patient care assistants; provide service to patients, staff, families, and visitors.
Maintain confidentiality of patient and unit data in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
Remove trash and soiled linen from assigned areas and transport them to disposal areas.
Keep work areas neat and orderly; clean and store equipment in assigned locations; assist with other duties as assigned.
Operate mechanical floor-care and environmental equipment, which may include iMops, vacuums, sweepers, auto scrubbers, burnishers, and side-by-side scrubbers.
Direct visitors as necessary and, when assigned, collect trays from patient rooms.
Coordinate cleaning activities with the department coordinator as needed.
Attend regular staff meetings and take responsibility for personal growth and development.
Participate in and support the Bronson Management System by attending huddles and using its problem-solving methods.
At BBC only, operate ultraviolet disinfection equipment (Surfacide UV Robot).
Perform other assigned duties, which may include using the trash compactor and emptying trash and linen chutes.
For specified facilities, collect, label, and organize biomedical waste for hauler pickup; collect and transport recycling; and transport waste to the appropriate compactor or dumpster.
For specified facilities, change privacy curtains as needed and inspect and maintain assigned areas within the facility.
For specified facilities, properly use and maintain assigned floor-care machinery.