Hospital EVS Assistant Director: Lead Cleaning & Ops

Aramark; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark Healthcare+ seeks an Environmental Services Assistant Director to lead EVS operations in Atlanta, GA. You will drive cleanliness, safety, infection prevention, and regulatory readiness across complex hospital environments and partner with nursing, infection prevention, and leadership to optimize patient flow and performance.

The role requires proven EVS leadership in healthcare, ability to manage KPIs such as HCAHPS and bed turns, and the capability to supervise large multidisciplinary

Qualifications

• Healthcare Environmental Services experience required.
• Previous hospital EVS leadership experience required.
• Associate degree preferred at minimum.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Joint Commission experience strongly preferred.
• CHESP certification preferred but not required.
• Active involvement with AHE is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare EVS operations, infection prevention, patient flow, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, direction, and daily oversight of Environmental Services operations, including cleaning, sanitizing, waste removal, discharge cleaning, and overall hospital cleanliness.
• Lead and develop EVS leaders and frontline employees while ensuring consistent performance, accountability, and engagement across all shifts.
• Maintain high standards of safety, infection prevention, sanitation, quality, and service excellence.
• Partner closely with Nursing, Infection Prevention, hospital leadership, and other departments to support patient flow and operational needs.
• Monitor and improve key EVS performance metrics, including HCAHPS cleanliness scores, bed turnaround times, discharge cleaning times, response times, labor productivity, and quality scores.
• Support operational goals of bed turnaround under 60 minutes, average discharge cleaning times around 35 minutes, and response times around 15 minutes.
• Maintain strong knowledge of hospital EVS standards and healthcare regulatory requirements, including Joint Commission readiness.
• Conduct rounding and quality inspections and use results to identify trends and implement corrective action.
• Support staffing, scheduling, productivity, labor management, supply usage, inventory, and budget performance.
• Help ensure department financial targets are achieved through appropriate labor controls, supply management, and operational efficiencies.
• Build strong client relationships and provide regular updates regarding operational performance, challenges, and improvement initiatives.
• Coach, mentor, and develop leaders and employees while identifying high-potential talent and supporting succession planning.
• Lead team meetings and reinforce Aramark operating standards, processes, and expectations.
• Provide leadership support across multiple shifts as needed based on operational needs.

Skills

EVS leadership

Healthcare operations

Staff development

KPIs tracking

Infection prevention

Communication

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Joint Commission knowledge

CHESP certification

Job description

Aramark Healthcare+ seeks an Environmental Services Assistant Director to lead EVS operations in Atlanta, GA. You will drive cleanliness, safety, infection prevention, and regulatory readiness across complex hospital environments and partner with nursing, infection prevention, and leadership to optimize patient flow and performance.

The role requires proven EVS leadership in healthcare, ability to manage KPIs such as HCAHPS and bed turns, and the capability to supervise large multidisciplinary