Project Coordinator, DL Preferred, EVS, 32-Hours, days, 7:00am - 3:30pm, Every other weekend

Heywood Hospital•Gardner, MA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for cleaning duties within the hospital or any outbuildings. The role requires flexibility to cover other shifts as needed for vacation coverage. The Project Coordinator will ensure a clean and safe hospital environment, respond appropriately in emergency situations, and maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors, and staff. This role also involves coordinating projects to meet customer satisfaction levels and completing projects without incident. The Project Coordinator will evaluate and communicate with department managers about areas needing projects, demonstrate safe project work using appropriate chemicals and techniques, and communicate specific cleaning needs to their supervisor. Tasks must be completed thoroughly and within the designated timeframe. The role requires reorganizing to cover other tasks and changing schedules as needed to ensure all areas are covered and a clean and safe environment is maintained. The Project Coordinator will revise the project schedule in winter months to accommodate snow coverage and maintain a safe environment for patients by ensuring sharp objects, toxic substances, and other potentially harmful objects are not accessible. They will also ensure the environment of care is free of objects that may contribute to patient falls, slips, or trips, and make assistive devices readily available. Awareness of the increased risk of falls, slips, and trips for elderly patients and visitors is crucial. The Project Coordinator must be sensitive to hearing difficulties in older patients, ensuring they speak at an appropriate loudness level. They will also take appropriate actions to ensure the physical security of children and comply with policies related to the prevention of neonate, infant, and child abduction.

Requirements

High School Diploma preferred
Applicant needs to be a self motivator and work with minimal supervision.
20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), and handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning or working with hands).
Frequently stoops (bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist).

Nice To Haves

Good Driving record preferred but not a requirement.
Must have flexibility to cover other shifts as needed for vacation coverage.
Driver's License preferred and ability to provide a good driving record preferred.
Previous health care experience preferred.
Floor maintenance experience a plus but not necessary.

Responsibilities

Conducts interactions with everyone in a friendly, courteous and respectful manner.
Goes out of his/her way to offer assistance to others. If he/she cannot offer assistance, then finds someone who can.
Advocates to ensure privacy and confidentiality while helping others to maintain awareness.
Maintains a clean and safe hospital.
Responds appropriately and immediately in emergency situations.
Maintains a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors, and/or staff to provide the highest level of physical comfort, and minimize risk and injury.
Ensures compliance with regulations to maintain accreditation and licensure.
Complies with the Hospital Attendance and Tardiness Policy.
Completed all Hospital and Department Specific Mandatory requirements in the prior calendar year.
Reports Incidents in a timely and effective manner.
All employees with direct patient contact are responsible for actively engaging in the practice of, monitoring and enforcing compliance to hand hygiene.
Works together with departmental and healthcare teams to complete assignments.
Removes or arranges for removal of safety hazards from environment immediately to prevent potential safety hazards from occurring.
Keeps equipment in clean and working condition.
Conducts and maintains the proper supply of inventory for products, so that projects are able to be completed regularly without shortages of supplies.
Coordinates projects so that customer satisfaction levels are met and projects are completed without incident.
Evaluates and communicates with department managers and other appropriate staff members throughout the facility of areas within their department in need of projects.
Demonstrates ability to perform project work safely, using appropriate chemicals and proper techniques.
Communicates specific cleaning needs to supervisor by the end of the scheduled shift.
Completes tasks thoroughly and in designated timeframe.
Reorganizes to cover other tasks and changes schedules as needed so that all areas are covered and a clean and safe environment is maintained.
Revises the project schedule in winter months to accommodate snow coverage.
Maintains a safe environment for patients by assuring that sharp objects, toxic substances and other objects potentially harmful to children are not accessible.
Assures that the environment of care or services is free of objects which may contribute to the likelihood of patient falls, slips or trips.
Makes readily available assistive devices for ambulation.
Is aware of the increased risk of falls, slips, and trips for elderly patients and visitors, and assures that the environment of care or services is free of objects and spills which may contribute to the likelihood of patient falls, slips, or trips.
Is sensitive to the tendency of older patients to have hearing difficulties. Verifies that he or she is speaking with appropriate level of loudness so that the patient hears instructions, questions, and conversations with caregiver, but that offense is not given to the patient as the result of the voice being excessively loud.
Is able to differentiate problems with hearing versus problems with comprehension.
Takes appropriate actions to assure physical security of children and complies with policies and procedures related to the prevention of neonate, infant and child abduction.