EVS Associate- Bronson Lakeview Hospital in Paw Paw, Part Time- 2nd Shift

Bronson Healthcare; Paw Paw (MI); Presencial; USD 17 000 - 22 000; Tempo parcial

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Sign-On Bonus External Candidates Only

Retention Bonus External Candidates

Resumo da oferta

Bronson LakeView Hospital in Paw Paw is seeking an EVS Associate for the second shift on a part-time basis. Responsibilities include cleaning patient rooms, public areas, and surgical areas, stocking supplies, and maintaining equipment per policy.

The role supports infection control and HIPAA standards in a healthcare setting. Effective immediately, a high school diploma is not required for this position; English communication and strong customer service skills are essential.

Qualificações

• Ability to work independently and follow policies.
• Must communicate in English with staff and customers.
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Good time management and task prioritization.
• Physically able to lift up to 50 pounds and handle moving supplies.

Responsabilidades

• Perform daily cleaning of patient rooms, public areas and surgical areas.
• Stock supplies and maintain equipment per department procedures.
• Follow isolation and infection control practices and HIPAA requirements.
• Communicate needs with nursing staff and department coordinators.

Conhecimentos

Ability to work independently

English communication

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

Time management

Lifting up to 50 pounds

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Location: BLH Bronson LakeView Hospital

Title: EVS Associate- Bronson Lakeview Hospital in Paw Paw, Part Time- 2nd Shift

Under supervision of the environmental services manager, the environmental service technician maintains environmental and infection control standards within established policies and procedures of the health care facility. Assignments include cleaning of patient rooms, occupied and unoccupied, public areas, surgical areas as well as additional areas as assigned, stocking of supplies, and cleaning and maintaining equipment. Provides service to both internal and external customers and follow standard practices and procedures that comply with regulatory requirements. Receives working instructions, and work is frequently audited for accuracy and compliance with standards of quality. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.

Effective April 19, 2021 a high school diploma or general education degree (GED) is no longer required for this position.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to work independently.
• Must be able to communicate (verbally and in writing) in English (at or above the 8th grade level) with departmental staff and internal and external customers.
• Must possess interpersonal skills that represent Bronson in a positive and professional manner.
• Must exhibit excellent customer service skills, thoroughness and time management skills.
• Must be able to comfortably accept delegation and negotiate task priorities.
• Work which produces levels of mental/visual fatigue which are typical of jobs that perform a wide variety of duties with frequent and significant uncontrollable deadlines.
• Work may include the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT up to 40 percent of the time.
• Involves regularly lifting of bulky or moderately heavy weights (i.e., up to 50 pounds), and occasionally assisting with heavier tasks or expending the equivalent effort in pushing, pulling, or otherwise handling material, equipment, and other objects.
• Performs most duties while standing, sitting, and/or walking.
• Lifts and/or pushes supplies and equipment.
• Frequent reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching, is required to perform many job duties.
• Ability to work while standing on a stepladder at a height of four feet is required.
• Occasional exposure to risk of injury when working with electrical equipment.
• Must be able to walk stairs when necessary.
• Good balance is required when performing all duties.
• The employee is occasionally required to work in confined spaces and occupied areas.
• May experience occasional pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries.
• May be called upon to handle emergency or crisis situations.
• Required protecting clothing may include gloves, eye protection, face protection, and shoe covers.

Job Responsibilities

• Performs all cleaning functions involved in daily general cleaning and maintaining of patient rooms, operating rooms and ancillary areas, patient related areas, and departmental general areas following the system’s ten steps of cleaning as defined in the Environmental Services Department Manual. (For BBC & BLH ONLY - may do laundry)
• Maintains knowledge of, and complies with, all relevant laws, regulations per CDC, OSHA, the EPA, Joint Commission and policies, procedures and standards necessary for role.
• Follows all isolation procedures in isolation and contact plus rooms.
• Detail clean vents, fan fixtures, tops of windows, door frames, wall art, bumpers, furniture and other areas as necessary.
• Cleans public areas; lobbies, waiting rooms, rest rooms, elevators, utility rooms, exam rooms, offices, stairwells, and other areas assigned.
• Collects and replaces all sharps and black pharmacy box containers in patient care areas.
• Documents and maintains records of assigned cleaning tasks.
• Restocking of supplies in assigned areas as needed.
• Communicates information and requests as appropriate to the registered nurse and/or patient care assistant.
• Communicate and provide exceptional service to patients, staff, families and visitors.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient and unit data per HIPAA regulations.
• Removes trash and soiled linen from assigned areas and transports to disposal area.
• Keeps work areas neat and orderly, cleans equipment and assists with other duties as assigned.
• May operate mechanical floor equipment such as I-Mops, vacuums, sweepers and other related environmental equipment.
• Cleans equipment and stores in assigned locations.
• Direct visitors as necessary.
• May collect trays from patient rooms.
• Coordinates activities related to cleaning area with department coordinator as needed.
• Assumes responsibility for own growth and development; attends regular staff meetings.
• Actively participates and supports the Bronson Management System by attending huddles and adopting the problem solving methods.
• Operates ultraviolet (UV) disinfection equipment (Surfacide UV Robot).

Additional Duties

• BBC Only All other duties as assigned which may include the use of the trash compactor, and emptying trash and linen chutes.
• Specific to BMH Lab, BSH, BLH & BLIRC: Collect, label and organize all Biomedical Waste for pick up by the waste hauler.
• Collect, transport and take all recycling to compactor or comingle dumpster.
• Transport waste to appropriate compactor or outside dumpster as needed.
• Change privacy curtains where needed.
• Round, inspect and maintain all assigned areas within scope of facility. Areas to include but not limited to: Lab work areas, offices, restrooms, waiting areas, patient procedure rooms, stairwells, receiving dock, ambulatory storage, EVS closets, BIO storage rooms, recycling areas inside and outside, elevator landing, elevator’s inside and out, elevator tracks.
• Proper use of and maintenance of all assigned floor care machinery. Machinery to include but not limited to: auto scrubbers, corded and battery powered vacuums, iMop, burnishers and side by side scrubbers.

Shift: Second Shift

Time Type: Part time

Sign-On Bonus External Candidates Only: Up to $375.00. Retention Bonus External Candidates Only: $375.00

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 32

Bronson Healthcare is a community-owned, not-for-profit health system that has been serving southwest Michigan since 1900. Today, with a workforce of 9,000 people and 1,500 medical staff members, it is the area’s largest employer and leading healthcare system. Bronson provides care in virtually every specialty and offers a full range of services from primary care to critical care at more than 100 locations. Bronson’s exceptionally high quality standards enable us to do what’s right for our patients and their families. We are empowered as individuals and as teams, to apply our skills and experience so that every patient receives safe, timely and effective treatment. What’s more, our state-of-the-art, technology and evidence-based processes give us the tools we need to deliver the right care, at the right time. By putting each patient and their family at the center of our work, we demonstrate the dignity and respect we have for each individual we serve. This unwavering commitment to serving others combined with our unique healing environment helps make the patient experience here an exceptional one. The excellence and Positivity of our employees and medical staff has contributed to Bronson Healthcare being ranked by Forbes as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers (2022-23), by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023) and by the National Association for Business Resources as one of the 2023 Top 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.