EVS Supervisor - Einstein Hospital (FT, Day Shift)

Oversees the day-to-day operations of the facility's environment, cleanliness, and trash services to meet the organization's goals and objectives. Supervises production, equipment, sanitation, and delivery/logistics to ensure budgetary and quality compliance, as well as employee and customer/patient safety and satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Supervises daily operational activities and monitors cleanliness standards.
• Performs administrative tasks for ordering supplies, maintaining inventory, and budgeting.
• Issues keys, clean linens, cleaning supplies, and equipment to cleaning staff.
• Ensures department compliance with healthcare organization and regulatory codes.
• Conducts quality assurance inspections and interviews patients to ensure patient satisfaction, a clean environment, and safe operations are maintained.
• Evaluates, implements departmental policies, procedures, goals, objectives, and standards of work to ensure subordinates' comprehension and patient and employee satisfaction.
• Submits recommendations to management for painting, repairs, project cleaning, and equipment repair to ensure a clean, safe environment exists for patients and employees.
• Conducts training and retraining programs to ensure Environmental Service Associates are appropriately trained.
• Participates in education programs to promote professional growth and development of staff.
• Assists with input and documentation on all personnel issues including scheduling, training, discipline, discharge, promotion, and merit programs to ensure adequate and competent staff is maintained.
• Develops and maintains reports that record work accomplished; schedules, monitors attendance, and benefit time to ensure adequate staffing levels are maintained at all times.
• Manages environmental services’ activities to ensure a safe, clean, and sanitary environment that is compliant with federal, state, and local regulations.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• 2-3 years in housekeeping in a healthcare environment required.
• Previous supervisory experience preferred.
• Knowledge of effective team building techniques and ability to form and manage effective teams.
• Knowledge of the full spectrum of facilities management activities, ability to maintain, care for, and develop commercial and physical facilities.
• Knowledge and understanding of legislation and regulatory bodies affecting healthcare practices.
• Utilizes knowledge of patient safety and error prevention to impede the spread of infection and disease.
• Knowledge of and ability to use practices and procedures for procurement of materials, components, equipment, and services.

Additional Qualifications

Physical Demands

• Lift and carry 25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting/standing.
• Frequent keyboard use.
• Patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting, and performing CPR.

Schedule

Workday Day (United States of America)

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including:

• Medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Retirement plans.
• Tuition assistance, as well as access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full-time service or two years of part-time service.
• Voluntary benefits, providing access to group rates on insurance and discounts.

All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.