Lead EVS Tech-Overnights

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare • DeKalb, IL

9d • $20 - $26 • Onsite

About The Position

The Lead EVS Tech at Northwestern Medicine’s Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb leads Environmental Services team members by demonstrating advanced knowledge of their responsibilities. The role assists the Manager in maintaining quality standards by keeping them informed about assigned areas and by training, supervising, and motivating staff to complete schedules. The Lead EVS Tech also serves as backup to the EVS Supervisor when the Supervisor is absent.

The position oversees assigned areas, shifts, or tasks; checks work quality and adherence to schedules when the Supervisor is not present; reports relevant information to the Supervisor; and promotes service-mindedness, team spirit, and staff improvement. The Lead assists with training, ensures equipment is inspected and repair needs are reported, answers routine housekeeping questions, and maintains good public relations with patients and facility staff.

Laundry and linen duties include following infection-control procedures when collecting soiled linen, maintaining sanitized linen supplies, delivering under-pads and laundry bags to patient floors, communicating with Superior laundry staff about par levels, and washing hospital-owned dust mops. Housekeeping work includes using floor-care equipment and applying infection-control procedures in patient rooms and throughout the hospital, including floor-care project management. The role may involve exposure to blood and body fluids, cleaning chemicals, biohazardous waste, and heavy-duty floor-care equipment. The position requires lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds and pushing or pulling with up to 50 pounds of force.

The role is based at Kishwaukee Hospital and is listed as an overnight position, with hours of 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.; the job shift is also described as rotating. The position is 40 hours per week (1.0 FTE). The posted hourly salary range is $19.51 to $26.33.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED, or at least five years of work experience in a hospital in lieu of the diploma or GED.
• At least three years of EVS experience or experience in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Working knowledge of carpet shampoo extractors, rotating shampooers, automatic floor scrubbers, and wet/dry machines.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds and push or pull with up to 50 pounds of force.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive knowledge of housekeeping techniques in a healthcare environment, with specific emphasis on floor-care maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Manager in maintaining high-quality standards by keeping them informed about assigned areas and helping train, supervise, and motivate Environmental Services personnel.
• Serve as backup to the EVS Supervisor when the Supervisor is absent.
• Accept responsibility for an assigned limited area, shift, or task.
• Check assigned areas to ensure work is performed properly and personnel follow schedules when the Supervisor is not present.
• Report pertinent information to the Supervisor as it occurs.
• Promote a service-minded approach, personal enthusiasm, and team spirit among Environmental Services staff.
• Motivate staff by communicating areas of good performance and areas requiring improvement.
• Assist with staff training as directed by the Supervisor or Manager.
• Ensure staff inspect equipment daily for proper operation and report equipment needing repair.
• Maintain good public relations with patients and facility staff, and answer routine housekeeping questions.
• Leave notes in the operations log for the Supervisor when working the PM shift, including completed or incomplete project work and unusual occurrences.
• Use proper infection-control procedures when collecting soiled linen.
• Maintain adequate sanitized linen supplies in the linen room and patient-unit closets.
• Deliver under-pads and laundry bags to floors as required.
• Communicate with Superior laundry staff to adjust linen par levels as required.
• Wash hospital-owned dust mops.
• Operate housekeeping and floor-care equipment and follow related procedures.
• Apply infection-control practices when cleaning patient rooms and the hospital.
• Perform floor-care project management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• Loan forgiveness
• 401(k) matching
• Benefits intended to support physical, emotional, and financial well-being and provide protection for unexpected life events

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED