EVS Specialist (Housekeeper)- Regional Medical Center

DCH Health System•Tuscaloosa, AL

4d•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 occupied and discharged patient rooms, washing walls, doors, ceilings, patient room furnishings, and windows. It also includes floor care such as dusting, damp mopping, vacuuming, and refinishing/burnishing. The position requires collecting waste, cleaning waste receptacles and compactor areas, collecting soiled linen, distributing clean linen, and moving/arranging furniture and equipment. The EVS Specialist is responsible for requesting and returning cleaning supplies, cleaning carts and equipment, and operating various cleaning machines like buffers, scrubbers, and vacuums. They must also report any broken furniture or equipment to supervisors daily. A key responsibility includes cleaning and servicing building areas, including medication storage areas, while maintaining secured access and alerting supervisors to any discovered unsecured medications. The role also involves providing training for new hires. DCH Standards require maintaining performance, patient and employee satisfaction, and financial standards, adhering to the Employee Handbook and DCH Behavioral Standards, and ensuring the safety of patients, visitors, and employees by identifying and reducing unsafe practices and risks. The position requires the use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software, and the intranet, and adherence to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED is preferred.
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.

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.