EVS Lead

Banner Health Corporate; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Banner Health Corporate seeks an Environmental Services leader to train and guide EVS associates at Banner University Medical Center Tucson. You will manage staffing, ensure consistent service standards, and work with the supervisor to recruit, train, and develop team members while modeling excellent customer service and infection control practices.

Responsibilities include QA inspections, linen distribution, inventories, and coordinating cleaning projects to maintain a safe, clean hospital

Qualifications

• Requires leadership skills and ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Two or more years of related healthcare environmental services experience.
• Infection control practices including hand hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Ensure staffing plans are carried out properly and hospital-wide projects are planned with the supervisor.
• Perform cleaning in patient rooms, specialty areas, and common areas.
• Train, retrain, recruit, retain, and develop Environmental Services team members.
• Supervise staff in the absence of the Environmental Services leader and allocate staffing as needed.
• Assist supervisor in performing Quality Assurance inspections and address deficiencies.
• Distribute linens and supplies; take inventories in assigned areas.
• Oversee daily activities of EVS Associates and coordinate cleaning projects.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Independent work

Infection control

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Location

Banner University Medical Center Tucson Main - 1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719.

Schedule

Full Time / 40 Hours a week 3:00pm – 11:30pm. Weekends rotations and Holidays are required. Enjoy a flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential and an 18% night shift differential when applicable.

Training Requirement schedule for all Full Time and Part Time (No Exemptions)

• 1st Week: Monday-Friday: 8AM – 4:30PM
• 2nd Week: Monday-Friday 7AM – 3:30PM (Including attending NEO on a Monday Morning)

Both BUMCT & BUMCS train together – location TBD by EVS Educator Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is nationally recognized for providing exceptional patient care, teaching future health‑care professionals and conducting groundbreaking research. Also located on the campus is Diamond Children's - recognized for its specialized pediatric services including neonatal and intensive care, emergency medicine and cancer therapies. Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is a Level 1 Trauma Center, meaning we care for the most critically injured patients. The hospital is consistently listed among the nation's top hospitals in the prestigious Best Hospitals ranking by U.S. News & World Report. The academic medical center has earned Magnet Recognition becoming the only hospital in southern Arizona to meet the rigorous standards of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program® for nursing excellence. The hospital's physicians are full-time faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson. Our specialty services include comprehensive heart and cancer care, advanced neuroscience techniques and a multi-organ transplant program.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position provides leadership and training for environmental services associates, while working as a member of the EVS Associate team.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Ensures that staffing plans are carried out properly, and that all areas of the hospital/facility are staffed appropriately. With supervisor, plans completion of hospital wide projects, ensures consistent service delivery standards in all aspects of the Environmental Services and Linen operations. Gives input to supervisor on quality and timeliness of work performed by environmental services staff.
2. Performs cleaning functions in patient rooms, specialty areas and common areas.
3. Works closely with supervisor to train and retrain, recruit, retain and develop the Environmental Services team members, fostering a culture that reflects the core values and operational polices of our department and the company.
4. May supervise staff in the absence of the Environmental Services leader. Makes work assignments and responds to immediate needs by moving staff to various areas of facility as needed. Moves furniture and sets up rooms for meetings and special functions.
5. Assists supervisor in performing Quality Assurance Inspections for review and correction of deficiencies.
6. Distributes linens and supplies as needed; takes inventories in assigned areas.
7. Works independently with general supervision. Department responsibility only. Customers include staff, patients, visitors, physicians and vendors. Oversees daily activities of a team of Environmental Services Associates. Makes staffing assignments in absence of supervisor; coordinates cleaning projects as assigned, assists with on-the-job training, provides input to performance evaluations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Requires the skills, knowledge and abilities in healthcare environmental services work typically acquired over two or more years of related work experience.
• Must have leadership skills and be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Requires the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Must serve as a role model to others in customer service skills, safe work practices, and infection control including hand hygiene.
• Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.
• An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Basic computer skills in word processing and electronic mail are preferred.
• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

EEO Statement: EEO/Disabled/Veterans

Banner Health supports a drug-free work environment.

Benefits

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