Environmental Services Supervisor (nights)

Full time night position (11 pm - 7:30 am)

The Environmental Services Supervisor may work in any location within the Opelousas General Health System premises. This individual is responsible to perform special project work and detailed focus sections with a team of staff members from no less than 8 or more than 20 employees. The primary goal of this position is to provide leadership for the department’s team along with ensuring that each specific job is completed under general direction to clean, maintain and perform floor, quality of linen needs, and other duties according to regulatory requirements. The general responsibilities of this position include those listed below, but management from Environmental Service Director may identify other responsibilities of the position. These responsibilities may differ among areas and/ or units within Opelousas General Health System, depending on business and patient care necessities, organizational requirements and applicable recommendations from regulatory agencies. The Environmental Services Supervisor must be able and willing to work flexible hours. The Environmental Services Supervisor is responsible for supervising, monitoring, and controlling the activities within the Environmental Services department by sanitizing all surfaces within the physical environment. Finally, the Environmental Services Supervisor should help to administer and coordinate programs within the framework of the established policies, performs tasks in a safe manner and in accordance with the safety and health programs, assists in training and maintenance of a safe workplace for all staff within the Opelousas General Health System.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Promotes the mission, vision, values, and standards of the organization
• Assists management in the daily operations of specific services delivered to all customers and patients in a timely and quality manner.
• Orients and trains new employees in the safe and proper operation of all Environmental Services equipment, floor care, laundry processes as necessary
• Assists with job training for staff, including safety lessons from Environmental Services manual
• Supervises fellow employees
• Conducts Quality Control inspections as directed by management
• Distributes work assignments to employees as directed per management
• Physically performs all related duties of environmental services
• Maintains cleanliness of all equipment and minor repair of equipment as necessary and document all issues for supervisor
• Promptly reports worn and broken equipment to supervisor
• Responsible for keys, combinations, and equipment and/or asset control
• Responsible for securing buildings and areas when work is complete
• Assists with establishing and maintaining a positive relationship with all customers and patients
• Responds to all patient complaints with a turnaround time for completion
• Trained as Floor Care Technician, Environmental Services Attendant and Laundry Attendant to help as needed when requested for this position
• Assists the Assistant Director of Environmental Services in control of man-hours and supply budget within prescribed budget
• Maintains inventory of cleaning supplies, materials and equipment
• Helps to develop policies and monitors compliance of established methods, policies, and procedures by the Environmental Services staff
• Performs minor floor care buffing hard surface, shampooed carpets, and spot cleaning
• Performs general cleaning of patient care areas, ancillary areas, office and restrooms including general floor care
• Maintains upkeep of organization, which includes floor care and custodial duties
• Utilizes the appropriate chemicals and supplies according to procedure
• Uses and maintains all equipment properly and safely
• Observes safety precautions at all times, uses safety signs “wet floor”
• Ability to work without normal supervision
• Reports safety hazards as appropriate
• Responds to call of Doctors Lift on patient care areas
• Ability to utilize 7 Cleaning Steps when appropriate:
o Pulls trash/ linen from area
o High dusts all horizontal surfaces in area
o Damp wipes/ spot clean walls/ and checks while replenishing all dispensers in area
o Cleans bathroom
o Dust Mops the entire area
o Damp Mops the entire area
o Inspects Area for completion of all assignments
• Properly and safely uses cleaning chemicals per manufacturer and OGHS Environmental Services Department with direction from Infection Control Department
• Empties trash, garbage containers and bio-hazardous containers (3/4 full)
• Replenishes all supplies throughout the organization
• Changes linens and replenishes linens for all discharge patient rooms
• Performs patient room cleaning and discharge room cleaning
• Completion of Environmental Team Leader duties within following areas:
o Patient Care Rooms and Areas (including Nourishment Stations, Nurses Stations, Clean and Soiled Utility Rooms, Medicine Rooms, and Supply Closets)
o Obstetrician Rooms and Areas (including C-Section Suite)
o Surgical Rooms and Areas (including Operating Rooms, Central Sterile, Decontamination, Special Procedure, and Locker Rooms)
o Laboratory, Medical Imaging, Pharmacy, Respiratory Areas, and all ancillary areas
• Notifies Director of Environmental Services concerning need for major or minor repairs or additions to lighting, heating, and ventilating equipment by placing a work request
• Records work completed on Area Assignment Checklist daily and returns to Director of Environmental Services binder
• Moves furniture and sets-up tables and chairs for functions within the organization
• Responds to all Fire/ and Codes for the organization.
• Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures
• Reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner, with detailed documentation
• Participates in regular safety meetings, safety training and hazard assessments
• Applies all applicable OSHA and related local safety requirements to all assigned work
• Performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures & regulatory requirements directed by governance for department and Opelousas General Health System
• Attends training programs (classroom and virtual) as designated
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned per Director of Environmental Services
• Demonstrates strong attention to detail.
• Initiates and maintains good communication and rapport with other hospital employees
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintain personal networks, participate in professional organizations

Education: High School Diploma/GED preferred.

Experience: 3 years in Environmental Services required.

Additional Experience Preferred EDUCATION/TRAINING/EXPERIENCE:
• High School diploma or equivalent preferred
• 3 years of Environmental Services experience preferred
• Ability to interpret hospital and department policies and procedures, plan work, train others, prepare statistical records and studies, and write inspection and evaluations reports as directed by Director
EQUIPMENT OPERATED:
• Floor care equipment
• Use of dust mop, damp mop, bucket & wringer, cart, high duster, and scrubbing pads
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS:
• Must be able to flex work schedule/environments in other areas of the organization
• Must be willing to work any additional shifts and be crossed trained for all shifts to meet the demands of the organization department
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, bending, squatting, reaching, and twisting continuously throughout the shift
• Capable of pushing and pulling a maid cart, linen cart, or equipment (over 100 lbs.) on tile and carpeted floors continuously throughout the shift
• Capable of pushing and pulling furniture and equipment (up to 25 lbs.) frequently.
• Capable of climbing ladders frequently.
Other Requirements:
• Must be able to work weekends, holidays, and evening hours as needed per area assignment
• Frequent interactions with facility employees requires ability to communicate well with others
• Able to follow Standards of Behavior
• Ability to learn and use established techniques for the efficient and compliant completion of duties
• Ability to present self in a highly professional manner to others and understands that honesty and ethics are essential
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude
• Ability to work well under pressure, work well alone or with a team