Environmental Services Supervisor

Ethica has a COVID-19 vaccinated workforce. New Associates must provide proof of vaccination prior to hire date.

Our Full-time Benefits Include:

• Competitive Wage Scale
• Weekly Pay
• Flexible Schedules and Set Hours
• Medical & Dental Insurance
• 401K with Company Match
• 7 Paid Holidays and 10 PTO Days Your First Year
• Option to cash out Paid Time Off as you earn it
• Company paid Disability Coverage and Life Insurance

SUMMARY:
Supervises, organizes, and directs duties of Housekeeping Department. Performs various tasks to provide that our nursing center is maintained in a clean, safe, and comfortable manner.

ESSENTIAL DEPARTMENT MANAGERIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Plan, develop, organize and direct Housekeeping Department functions (including personnel and administrative etc.)
• Establish and maintain effective inter-departmental communication to provide positive working relationships.
• Comply with all Privacy and Security programs.
• Demonstrate appropriate/effective Supervisory skills that include fair and uniformly applied corrective actions administered without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, age, sex, religion, handicap, or marital status.
• Instruct, demonstrate and supervise personnel in appropriate housekeeping techniques.
• Maintain staffing patterns in accord with staffing budgets.
• Review and respond to complaints/grievances (associate and/or patient or family) that concern your department.
• Report grievances to supervisor in accordance with procedural guidelines.
• Assist with the preparation of the annual nursing center budget.
• Comply with established budget restraints.
• Maintain a working knowledge of current licensure standards and the survey process.
• Greet new patients upon admission and provide support/assistance as needed.
• Provide hands on assistance in department functions as necessary.
• Be prepared to assist with any emergency.

ESSENTIAL SKILL/KNOWLEDGE FUNCTIONS:

• Dust mop hallways, patient rooms’ common areas etc.
• Wet mop areas, including the use of “wet floor” signs.
• Knowledgeable in the operation and maintenance of departmental equipment, i.e. buffers, stripping machines, housekeeping carts etc.
• Strip floors, apply floor finishes and sealers.
• Use buffer with burnishing pads.
• Re-coating and buffing floors.
• Aseptic cleaning techniques for various surfaces.
• Clean windows and other glass surfaces.
• Clean and polish metal surfaces such as stainless steel.
• Clean walk-off mats.
• Clean patient rooms for preparation of admissions.
• Clean patient rooms after a discharge.
• Clean occupied patient rooms.
• Isolation techniques (gowns, gloves, special cleaning, etc.).
• Clean rest rooms.
• Clean common/public areas.
• Clean light fixtures (over bed, bedside, ceiling and others).
• Perform waste removal and disposal including sharps and other infectious waste.
• Low/high dusting (furniture, vents etc.).

ESSENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS:

• Attend and participate in continuing educational programs to keep abreast of changes in your field as well as to maintain current licensure/certification, as required.
• Attend and participate in mandatory in-services.
• Conduct performance improvement/quality assurance activities as required/requested.
• Participate in nursing center inspections and any subsequently required reports.
• Honor patients’ rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property and civil rights, including the right to wage complaints.
• Comply with Corporate Compliance Program.
• Report job-related functions/tasks that involve occupational hazards including exposure to blood and body fluids and others as necessary.
• Follow established safety procedures when performing job tasks and/or working with equipment.
• Perform other related duties as necessary and as directed by supervisor.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
High school diploma or its equivalent preferred.

OTHER TRAINING, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Preferred, as a minimum, two-(2) years’ experience in a supervisory capacity in a hospital, nursing center or other related health care facility. Training in environmental control practices preferred, but not required.

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