EVS Associate

Fallon, Nevada – Environmental Services (EVS) Associate, full-time position working 40 hours per week.

About the role

This position conducts heavy cleaning and floor care work such as carpet cleaning, stripping/refinishing hard floor surfaces, and special projects. Operates and maintains power cleaning equipment and responds to assigned service requests such as project cleaning, equipment removal, trash or linen removal. Sets an example of excellent customer service while maintaining a safe and clean environment and identifying safety issues related to housekeeping.

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, and documentation required for the request tracking system.
• Performs specialty cleaning and infection control functions in specialized areas such as clinical areas, surgical suite, Cath lab, specialty rooms, and sterile areas.
• Conducts specialized gowning and cleaning procedures specific to infectious elements in isolation rooms.
• Maintains proper Infection Control cleaning standards at all times, including hand hygiene requirements.
• Maintains cleanliness and operational functioning of department equipment and notifies appropriate personnel of needed repairs.
• Protects equipment from damage by proper use and properly logs out and in equipment that is used.
• Assesses environmental conditions to ensure that the facility is neat, clean, safe, and orderly. Anticipates and resolves clutter and safety issues.
• Exercises judgment in deciding which problems need to be quickly referred to a Supervisor for assistance.
• Maintains communication with immediate supervisor and/or facilities services staff about status of repair completion in the facility; follows up as assigned.
• Provides leadership for less experienced associates. May assist with on-the-job training for other staff in cleaning techniques, chemical usage, supply restocking, and infection control procedures including hand hygiene.
• Performs scheduled floor care procedures including dust mopping, mopping, stripping and refinishing, burnishing, and carpet extraction.
• Calculates quantities and mix ratio of cleaning chemicals.

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 to provide instructions and information to others.
• Must be able to interpret and respond appropriately to verbal and written instructions.
• Must accomplish assigned work despite frequent interruptions and changing priorities, and have the ability to multi-task in coordinating several projects simultaneously.
• Must serve as a role model to others in customer service skills, safe work practices, and infection control including hand hygiene.
• Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment. An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.
• Employees working at Olive Branch Senior Center must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.

Preferred Qualifications

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

Schedule

5pm–1:30am, Thursday–Sunday

About the location

Fallon is surrounded by wide-open spaces, internationally known wetlands, historic Pony Express trails, state parks, hiking opportunities, and places to go off-road. Play outdoors for a while then come back into town for some indoor, Nevada-style fun, great dinner, and entertainment.

Located in Fallon, Nevada, Banner Churchill Community Hospital is a 25-bed licensed hospital offering the most comprehensive array of medical services in rural northern Nevada. We provide comprehensive and emergency care, including an ambulance service that covers more than 5,900 square miles. This makes us one of only two hospital-operated paramedic/EMT/EMS providers in northern Nevada. Our location in Fallon—a short drive from both Reno and Lake Tahoe—offers a wealth of lifestyle advantages, including rustic, rural charm, along with a recreational wonderland of outdoor sports, such as boating, fishing, hiking, biking, skiing, hunting, horseback riding, and off-roading.