Housekeeping EVS Associate Days

bannerhealth; United States; On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center has a great opportunity for a Housekeeping EVS Associate. We are looking for hard working individuals who will be responsible for ensuring our facilities appearance is top notch.

In this role, you'll be responsible for cleaning, sanitizing, and maintaining the hospital. Experience in either a hospital setting, or institutional environment is not required, and you may be assigned to specialized areas such as a morgue or COVID unit.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently or with a team.
• Ability to read and follow chemical handling instructions.

Responsibilities

• Performs cleaning of patient rooms and assigned areas according to policy.
• Empties trash, handles soiled linen, and restocks supplies.
• Maintains cleanliness of equipment and reports repairs.
• May perform special cleaning projects (windows, walls etc.).
• Responds to questions from patients and staff and supports customer service goals.
• Works in a fast-paced hospital environment with regular supervision.

Job description

Primary City/State: Glendale, Arizona

Department Name: Environmental Svcs-Hosp

Work Shift: Day

Job Category: Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary

A rewarding career that fits your life. Learn how Banner Health, a certified Great Place To Work®, prioritizes team members and strives to be the best place to work in health care.

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center has a great opportunity for a Housekeeping EVS Associate. We are looking for hard working individuals who will be responsible for ensuring our facilities appearance is top notch. In this role, you'll be responsible for cleaning, sanitizing, and maintaining the hospital. Our housekeepers are a very important part of our hospital staff. If you want to be part of a great team that makes a difference in the lives of our patients.

Experience in either a hospital setting, or institutional environment is not required.

Working in Housekeeping, the environment can be very fast paced and very physical. This would involve a lot of walking and pushing a cleaning cart. You may be assigned to clean the morgue and/or specialty areas such as a COVID 19 Unit. You will be working with cleaning chemicals to clean up blood and or bodily fluids. You must be prepared for new challenges, have great communication with your team and medical staff. If offered the position, we do conduct a background check and drug screen. This position is very important at Banner Health, you must complete your onboarding in a timely manner or job offer will be rescinded. Also, it is required for all Banner Health employees to receive their annual Flu Vaccine. Questions regarding the exemption process, please ask the recruiter.

Shift Details: Full Time Day Shift - 7am-3:30pm. *Shift availability subject to change without notice. Weekend and holiday rotations are required in this role. Enjoy a flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential when applicable.

Banner Health's premier West Valley Level I Trauma for adults and Tertiary Care destination for all ages. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (BTMC) and Banner Children's Hospital at Thunderbird provide a preferred destination for surgical, oncological, cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedic, pediatric, and women and infant services achieved through best-in-class 5-star CMS rating to provide patients with high quality, safe care for the best possible experience. Our campus is one of the largest campuses in the Banner network with over 3000 employees. BTMC was voted Best of the Best in 2023 by Banner Health out of 30 hospitals. This is the most prestigious award one of our largest hospitals can receive for consistently meeting our annual targets. If you would like to contribute to truly leading edge caring.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position performs all cleaning of patient rooms and/or assigned areas. Works as a member of the environmental service team to ensure the safety, health, and high morale of patients, visitors and staff by helping to provide a clean, safe, and aesthetically pleasing environment with minimal interference to others.

CORE FUNCTIONS

• 1. Performs a variety of assigned cleaning tasks, including dusting, mopping, scrubbing, disinfecting, vacuuming and polishing according to departmental policy and procedures. Must plan the completion of these tasks daily.
• 2. Empties hampers and transports of soiled linen. Empties trash containers and removes all trash. Empties all medical waste containers, including sharps.
• 3. Inventories, restocks and replenish supplies such as toilet tissue, paper towels, hand soap, etcetera, located in all assigned areas of the facility.
• 4. Maintains cleanliness of departmental equipment and notifies appropriate personnel as repairs become necessary. Protects equipment from damage by proper use; properly logs out and in equipment that has been used.
• 5. May perform special projects such as: windows washing, wall washing, removing heavily soiled items or furnishings.
• 6. Responds to questions and requests from patients, staff and visitors. Meets or exceeds goals for customer service satisfaction.
• 7. Under regular supervision, this position has responsibility at an assigned facility/area only. Internal customers include facility staff, physicians, nurses, patients, visitors, supervisors, managers, and executives. External customers include visitors, patients, and employees from other company and non-company facilities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Requires the ability to work independently and as part of a team without continuous supervision. Must be able to interpret and respond to verbal and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively with others by phone and verbally. Must be able to read and understand material safety data sheets and instructions for mixing and use of cleaning chemicals, and able to fill out chemical identification stickers.