EVS Lead

Banner Health•Mesa, AZ

12d•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides leadership and training for environmental services associates, while working as a member of the EVS Associate team. It is a full-time, 40 hours/week position with a shift from 8pm-4:30am. Weekend and holiday rotations are required. The role involves cleaning, sanitizing, and maintaining the hospital, including patient rooms, specialty areas, and common areas. The EVS Lead will also assist in training, recruiting, retaining, and developing the Environmental Services team members, and may supervise staff in the absence of the Environmental Services leader. Responsibilities include making work assignments, responding to immediate needs by moving staff, moving furniture, setting up rooms, and assisting with Quality Assurance Inspections. The role also involves distributing linens and supplies, taking inventories, and overseeing daily activities of Environmental Services Associates. All functions are performed according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, and professional standards. The position requires providing an excellent service experience to all customers.

Requirements

Requires the skills, knowledge and abilities in healthcare environmental services work typically acquired over two or more years of related work experience.
Must have leadership skills and be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Requires the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Must serve as a role model to others in customer service skills, safe work practices, and infection control including hand hygiene.
Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.
An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Basic computer skills in word processing and electronic mail are preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensures that staffing plans are carried out properly, and that all areas of the hospital/facility are staffed appropriately.
Plans completion of hospital wide projects with supervisor, ensures consistent service delivery standards in all aspects of the Environmental Services and Linen operations.
Gives input to supervisor on quality and timeliness of work performed by environmental services staff.
Performs cleaning functions in patient rooms, specialty areas and common areas.
Works closely with supervisor to train and retrain, recruit, retain and develop the Environmental Services team members, fostering a culture that reflects the core values and operational polices of our department and the company.
May supervise staff in the absence of the Environmental Services leader.
Makes work assignments and responds to immediate needs by moving staff to various areas of facility as needed.
Moves furniture and sets up rooms for meetings and special functions.
Assists supervisor in performing Quality Assurance Inspections for review and correction of deficiencies.
Distributes linens and supplies as needed; takes inventories in assigned areas.
Works independently with general supervision.
Oversees daily activities of a team of Environmental Services Associates.
Makes staffing assignments in absence of supervisor; coordinates cleaning projects as assigned, assists with on-the-job training, provides input to performance evaluations.
Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards.
Provides all customers of Banner Health with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leader behaviors each and every day.