EVS Specialist (Housekeeper)

DCH Health System•Tuscaloosa, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Cleans and services building areas and patient care areas as assigned according to established procedures and schedule assignment. This role involves daily cleaning of assigned areas following specific procedures, including occupied and discharged patient rooms, washing walls, doors, ceilings, furnishings, and windows. It also includes floor care such as dusting, damp mopping, vacuuming, and refinishing/burnishing. The position requires collecting waste, cleaning receptacles and compactor areas, handling soiled and clean linen, and moving/arranging furniture and equipment. The EVS Specialist is responsible for requesting and managing cleaning supplies, cleaning carts and equipment, and operating various cleaning machines like buffers, wringers, scrubbers, and vacuums. They must also report any broken furniture or equipment repair needs immediately to supervisors. Additionally, the role involves maintaining secured access to medication storage areas, alerting supervisors to any discovered unsecured medications, and providing training for new hires. The position adheres to DCH Standards, including performance, patient and employee satisfaction, financial standards, compliance requirements, and DCH Behavioral Standards, ensuring positive relationships and safety for patients, visitors, and employees. Use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software, and intranet is required, along with adherence to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.

Requirements

Ability to follow/understand verbal communications and written procedures required and to verbally communicate with others.
Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
Physical presence onsite is essential.
Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.
Able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

High School diploma or GED is preferred.

Responsibilities

Daily cleans assigned areas following 8 step cleaning procedure or other procedures as appropriate.
Performs tasks such as; cleaning of occupied and discharged patient rooms, washing walls, doors/ door frames, ceilings, patient room furnishings, windows and if required refinish and burnish floors.
Dust \ damp mop \ vacuum floor areas as applicable, vacuums carpets, spot-cleans carpet, collect waste from all areas of hospital, routinely clean waste receptacles, clean compactor area, collect soiled linen and distribute clean linen, move furniture within facility, arrange furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning assigned area.
Requests cleaning supplies and equipment as needed and returns unused supplies to housekeeping closet, cleans carts and equipment and ensures all items are replaced in orderly manner.
Operates various types of cleaning equipment both mechanical and electrical, i.e. buffers, wringers, scrubbers, vacuums.
Reports all broken furniture or equipment repair needs immediately to supervisors – daily
Cleans and services building areas as assigned (including medication storage areas) according to established procedures and schedule assignment.
Maintains secured access to designated medication storage areas when assigned to work in those areas and alerts nursing/clinical supervisor immediately if medications are discovered in any unlocked, unsupervised area.
Provides training for new hires and others to the units
Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
Must adhere to the DCH Behavioral Standards including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
Performs essential job functions in a manner that ensures the safety of patients, visitors and employees.
Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors and employees.
Recognizes and takes appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors and employees.
Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software and intranet.
Must adhere to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.
All other duties as assigned.