Senior EVS Associate Evenings

Banner Health • Gilbert, AZ

72d

About The Position

As a Senior Housekeeping EVS Associate, you will be an important part of the overall patient experience, by helping to provide a safe, comfortable environment for our patients. You will be ensuring that proper infection control and safety procedures are followed. As a member of the environmental service team you will ensure the safety, health, and high morale of patients, visitors and staff by helping to provide a clean, safe, and aesthetically pleasing environment with minimal interference to others. You will be working with the EVS team within the cancer center building, disposing of chemotherapy and biohazard materials, removing trash and soiled linens, cleaning exam rooms, procedure rooms, and common areas within the facility. Some minimal floor care work will be required, using a small scrubbing machine.

Requirements

• Requires the skills, knowledge and abilities normally acquired over one to two years of diversified environmental service work experience in a health care or institutional setting.
• Must have a working knowledge of how to operate typical industrial cleaning equipment and the use of cleaning techniques appropriate to the healthcare environment.
• Must have basic math skills.
• Must be able to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Must accomplish assigned work despite frequent interruptions and changing priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Basic computer skills are helpful.
• Previous related experience and familiarity with environmental services equipment and cleaning techniques is preferred.
• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responds promptly to all requests for cleaning services via computerized and paper based tracking systems.
• Conducts requested work, such as removal, replacement, cleaning of equipment and furniture, or cleaning of an area.
• Maintains reports by keeping task and infection control logs of completed daily tasks and events.
• Performs specialty cleaning and infection control functions in specialized areas such as clinical areas, surgical suite, Cath lab, specialty rooms, and sterile areas.
• Maintains cleanliness and operational functioning of department equipment and notifies appropriate personnel of needed repairs.
• Assesses environmental conditions to ensure that the facility is neat, clean, safe and orderly.
• Provides leadership for less experienced associates and may assist with on-the-job training.
• Performs scheduled floor care procedures including dust mopping, mopping, stripping and refinishing, burnishing, and carpet extraction.

Benefits

• $1,000 Sign-on Bonus
• Flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential
• 18%-night shift differential when applicable

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees