Environmental Services Director

ClearView Healthcare Management; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark is seeking an Environmental Services Director to join Stonecreek Health and Rehab. The role leads all environmental service operations to maintain a clean, safe, and orderly living environment for residents.

Key duties include supervising the Environmental Services staff, hiring and training, implementing efficient housekeeping systems, and ensuring compliance with health, safety, and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Requires Associate degree or equivalent.
• At least three years of supervisory experience, preferably in a skilled nursing facility environmental services.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as rules, operating/maintenance instructions, and procedures.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Understands applicable regulatory agencies and related policies, codes, standards and regulations.
• Familiar with infection control techniques.

Responsibilities

• Manages the facility’s housekeeping operations and Environmental Services staff to ensure residents have a clean, safe living environment.
• Has authority to hire, train, assign, promote, and terminate staff as appropriate.
• Develops systems and programs to maximize housekeeping effectiveness.
• Conducts daily, weekly, and monthly Environmental Services inspections to maintain safety and sanitation.
• Oversees purchasing of cleaning supplies, chemicals, paper products, and equipment as needed.
• Maintains records and reports per Environmental Services policies and procedures.
• Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Participates in disaster planning, fire drills, and staff training as required.
• Raises policy-change or outside-contract decisions to the Nursing Home Administrator.
• Follows a master cleaning plan for the entire facility and evaluates staff performance.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Reading & interpretation

Writing routine reports

Mathematical skills

Infection control techniques

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.