Manager, Housekeeping

Seattle Children's • Seattle, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Develops operational cleaning processes and manages day-to-day operations, staff, vendors, and internal stakeholders to achieve continuity of services. Drives continuous performance improvement, staff engagement, and reducing costs. Identifies operational improvement opportunities, develops and executes improvement initiatives in Environmental Services-Housekeeping to drive best practices. Shares accountability and collaboration with Environmental Services leadership team to accomplish departmental goals, daily activities, and projects. Consults with customer departments to advise on services, expectations, and best healthcare housekeeping practices. This position is onsite at the Main Campus

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience as determined by Seattle Children’s may be considered.
• Minimum of 5 years current hospital or hotel supervisory experience.
• Previous experience training/orienting new employees.
• Demonstrated current knowledge and/or experience in development and implementation of hospital or hotel cleaning programs.
• Experience in Quality Improvement or quality assurance activities.
• Experience with interpretation of regulations and implementation, monitoring of systems to meet regulatory requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Registered Executive Housekeeping (REH) or Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Professional (CHESP).
• Bi-Lingual or multi-lingual in common second languages of our patients and workgroups.
• Experience with meeting management software, EPIC, TMA, and Mobileview.
• Understanding of lean, and continuous performance improvement methodologies/principles.
• Familiar with Green Guide for Health Care (GGHC )and LEED standards.
• Experience with DNV, DOH or other regulatory auditing agencies.
• Experience working with culturally diverse groups of staff.

Responsibilities

• Develops operational cleaning processes
• Manages day-to-day operations, staff, vendors, and internal stakeholders to achieve continuity of services
• Drives continuous performance improvement
• Drives staff engagement
• Reduces costs
• Identifies operational improvement opportunities
• Develops and executes improvement initiatives in Environmental Services-Housekeeping to drive best practices
• Shares accountability and collaboration with Environmental Services leadership team to accomplish departmental goals, daily activities, and projects
• Consults with customer departments to advise on services, expectations, and best healthcare housekeeping practices

Benefits

• Seattle Children’s offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 403(b), life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.
• Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website www.seattlechildrens.org/careers/benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager