Environmental Services Director

StoneCreek Health and Rehabilitation; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Stonecreek Health and Rehabilitation in Kentucky seeks an Environmental Services Director to lead housekeeping operations and ensure a clean, safe living environment for residents.

You will supervise Environmental Services staff, manage purchasing, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. The role requires strong supervisory skills, attention to detail, and the ability to interpret policies.

Join a facility that values safety, efficiency, and high-quality resident care.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least three years of supervisory experience in a skilled nursing facility preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as rules and maintenance instructions.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Strong math skills including rates, ratios, and percentages.
• Knowledge of regulatory agencies, codes, standards and regulations.
• Knowledge of infection control techniques.

Responsibilities

• Manage housekeeping operations and Environmental Services staff to ensure a clean, safe living environment for residents.
• Make administrative decisions on hiring, training, and personnel assignments.
• Develop systems to maximize housekeeping effectiveness.
• Conduct regular environmental services inspections for safety and sanitation.
• Oversee purchasing of cleaning supplies, equipment, and related items.
• Maintain records and reports per department policies.
• Ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Participate in disaster planning and training as required by state statute.
• Refer policy-change decisions and outside contracts to the Administrator.
• Maintain and follow a current master cleaning plan.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Reading & interpreting documents

Report writing

Mathematical skills

Regulatory knowledge

Infection control

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Job description

Aramark is seeking an Environmental Services Director to join our team at Stonecreek 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

• 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.