Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
This position is responsible for supervising housekeeping staff to maintain a clean, safe, and sanitary environment. Key responsibilities include overseeing daily operations and ensuring compliance with infection prevention protocols, facility policies, and federal and state regulations. The role also includes responsibility for floor maintenance, including operating and maintaining cleaning equipment.
Reports To: Chief Nursing Officer
Classification: Non-Exempt
QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications include at least 2 years of technical experience in housekeeping or environmental services in a hospital or healthcare setting. Prior supervisory experience required and have hands-on experience with floor maintenance and operating related equipment.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
Category I exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may encounter chemical hazards.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Directly supervises Environmental Services Technicians. Assist department managers in scheduling of employees and maintains daily attendance records.
- Implements established facility and departmental procedures and programs that meet goals and ensures clean and safe environment.
- Meets with managers routinely to ensure that areas are properly maintained.
- Performs deep cleaning, stripping, sealing, waxing and polishing of hard surface floors.
- Operates and maintains heavy duty cleaning equipment, including automatic floor scrubbers, buffers and wet vacs.
- Works in conjunction with Infection Control to ensure adequate disinfection practices are implemented and enforced.
- Maintains departmental records.
- Conducts daily quality improvement inspections to ensure quality and satisfaction levels meet facility and regulatory standards.
- Assist in the development and implementation of in-service training classes for staff. Orients new employees to the facility, their duties and responsibilities.
- Ensures employees have adequate supplies and equipment by monitoring material and supplies inventory.
- Covers areas unassigned due to absenteeism or assist in special cleaning projects as needed.
- Keeps abreast of changes and technical developments in the EVS field.
- Comply with facility Standards of Behavior and complete all required education assignments within the designated timeline.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit, converse, and listen; use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; and to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
- The employee must be able to lift and/or carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis and be able to push/pull over 100 pounds on a regular basis.
- The employee must be able to stand and/or walk at least seven hours per day.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
1. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
A Patient-Focused, Physician-Owned Hospital
The Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital provides specialized care for patients with specific, non-critical and non-emergent surgical admissions. The ultimate goal of the facility is to assist patients throughout their stay to a successful recovery, by providing a setting and care that is a more effective delivery of health care. This is accomplished by providing a comfortable home-like setting, in which a caring professional staff works to insure the highest level of patient care in a more cost-effective setting. Family support and involvement is promoted and encourage as well. This supports the patient’s self-image as “other-wise healthy” and facilitates a speedier return to the community, reducing health care costs and strengthening the economy at large.
The surgical hospital offers procedures for the following specialties: ENT, gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, oral surgery, orthopedics, pain management, plastic surgery, podiatry and urology.
In addition to surgical services, Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital has an imaging department comprised of MRI, CT, general radiology and ultrasound, as well as laboratory, pharmacy and dietary services.
The facility provides a full-time staff of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, technicians and other ancillary personnel for patient care in the perioperative setting. In addition, the facility has available necessary equipment and trained personnel for handling unforeseeable emergencies.
Company Website: www.clshospital.com
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