Environmental Services Director

ClearView Healthcare Management; McMinnville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark is seeking an Environmental Services Director to oversee housekeeping operations at Willow Branch Health and Rehab. The role directs staff, ensures a clean, safe, and orderly resident environment, and aligns operations with regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate has supervisory experience in healthcare environmental services, strong reading, reporting, math and infection control skills, and a track record of policy adherence and quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Requires associate degree or equivalent education and experience.
• At least three years of supervisory experience in a skilled nursing facility (environmental services preferred).
• Ability to read and interpret rules, manuals and procedures; capable of writing routine reports.
• Strong math skills including rates, ratios and percentages.
• Familiarity with regulatory agencies and infection-control techniques.

Responsibilities

• Manage housekeeping operations and Environmental Services staff to ensure a clean and orderly living environment for residents.
• Make administrative decisions on hiring, training, and staff assignments; recommend promotions/terminations.
• Develop systems and programs to maximize housekeeping effectiveness.
• Conduct regular inspections (daily/weekly/monthly) to maintain safety and sanitation per policy.
• Oversee purchases of cleaning supplies, chemicals, and equipment as needed.
• Maintain required records and reports per Environmental Services policies.
• Adhere to local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Assist in disaster planning including fire drills and training.
• Refer policy-change decisions and outside contracts to the Administrator.
• Follow and maintain the master cleaning plan for the facility.
• Review work performance and counsel/discipline staff per policy.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Reading comprehension

Report writing

Math skills

Regulatory knowledge

Infection control

Policy knowledge

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Job description

Aramark is seeking an Environmental Services Director to join our team at Willow Branch Health and Rehab!

The Environmental Services Director plans, organizes, supervises, and directs all environmental service operations to ensure a clean, safe, and orderly resident living environment.

Required Qualifications

The environmental services department must be directed by a qualified professional who:

• Preferably has an Associate Degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.




• Has at least three years of supervisory experience (preferably in a skilled nursing facility in environmental services).




• Has the ability to read and interpret documents such as rules, equipment operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.




• Has the ability to write routine reports and correspondence.




• Possesses mathematical skills such as the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentages.




• Knows pertinent regulatory agencies and other policies, codes, standards and regulations.




• Knows infection control techniques.

Duties and Responsibilities

• The Environmental Services Director is responsible for efficiently managing the facility’s housekeeping operations and the Environmental Services staff. The primary function of this position is to ensure nursing home residents enjoy a clean and orderly living environment.




• Authority to make administrative decisions with regard to the hiring, training, and assignment of personnel, recommending employee promotions and terminations.




• Develops systems and programs for maximizing the effectiveness of the housekeeping functions.




• Performs regular daily, weekly, and monthly environmental services inspections in order to ensure the facility is maintained in a safe and sanitary manner according to facility policy.




• Oversees the purchases of cleaning supplies, chemicals, paper products, office supplies, and departmental equipment as needed to meet department demands.




• Maintains required records and reports as outlined in the policies and procedures of the Environmental Services Department.




• Adheres to local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety regulations.




• Participates in facility disaster planning efforts including ensuring staff participation in regular fire drills as required by state statute, maintaining emergency supplies, and performing all staff training.




• Refers decisions that require policy changes and approval of outside contracts to the nursing home Administrator.




• Consistently follows a written, current master cleaning plan for the entire facility.




• Reviews and evaluates the work performance of assigned personnel as well as counsels/ disciplines assigned personnel according to the established company personnel policy.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Facility is an equal opportunity employer. The Facility does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, or any other characteristic(s) protected by federal, state, and local laws. The Facility will also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities should a request for an accommodation be made. A key part of this policy is to provide equal employment opportunity regarding all terms and conditions of employment and in all aspects of a person’s relationship with the Facility , including recruitment, hiring, promotions, upgrading positions, conditions of employment, compensation, training, benefits, transfers, discipline, and termination of employment.