Mgr, EVS - Housekeeping (Full Time, 40, Evening)

The Queen's Health Systems Corporation.; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queen's Health Systems is seeking a Manager of Environmental Services (EVS) to oversee housekeeping operations in assigned areas. You will lead daily operations, ensure cleanliness, infection prevention alignment, and patient/satisfaction goals, while managing resources and budgets.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Nursing, Infection Prevention, Facilities, Safety and HR, ensuring regulatory compliance, and preparing back-up coverage for emergencies and shifts, including evenings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; or four (4) years of progressively responsible Environmental Services experience may be substituted for the educational requirement.
• Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Professional (CHESP) preferred.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible Environmental Services, Housekeeping, or Linen Services experience, including at least two (2) years in a supervisory/leadership capacity.
• Acute care hospital Environmental Services leadership experience preferred.
• Experience working in a unionized environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of Environmental Services operations for assigned area.
• Achieve departmental goals related to cleanliness, infection prevention, patient satisfaction, employee engagement, regulatory compliance, and fiscal stewardship.
• Ensure effective utilization of human, financial, equipment, and material resources.
• Coordinate ES operations with Nursing, Patient Flow, Infection Prevention, Facilities Management, Safety, HR, and other departments.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety standards for patient care, public, and support areas, supporting patient throughput and quality outcomes.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4 years EVS experience

Job description

Mgr, EVS - Housekeeping (Full Time, 40, Evening)

The starting pay displayed above may be higher commensurate with experience, or subject to the provisions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Effective Date: 10/26

I. JOB SUMMARY:

• Manages all aspects of Environmental Services operations for assigned area. Has responsibilities to assure on-going operations of the area assigned and providing back-up for continual departmental coverage.
• Responsible for achieving departmental goals and objectives related to environmental cleanliness, infection prevention, patient satisfaction, employee engagement, regulatory compliance, and fiscal stewardship.
• Ensures effective utilization of human, financial, equipment, and material resources.
• Oversees the coordination of environmental services operations with Nursing, Patient Flow, Infection Prevention, Facilities Management, Safety, Human Resources, and other departments throughout The Queen's Health Systems.
• Ensures patient care, public, and support areas maintain established cleanliness and safety standards while supporting organizational goals for patient throughput, employee safety, and quality outcomes.

II. TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

A. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Seeing. Hearing. Speaking. Finger dexterity.

B. MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING:

• Infrequent: N/A
• Occasional: Lift waist to shoulder between 21-35 lbs. Carry between 21-35 lbs.
• Frequent: N/A
• Constant: N/A

C. NON-MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING:

• Infrequent: N/A
• Occasional: Stand. Stoop/Bend. Climb: Stairs/Ladder. Reach: shoulder level. Reach: above head.
• Frequent: Walk.
• Constant: Sit.

III. TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Works in office, patient care, and public healthcare environments.
• Frequent exposure to healthcare operations and patient care settings.
• Occasional exposure to infectious materials, cleaning chemicals, regulated waste, and environmental hazards common to healthcare facilities.
• Subject to interruptions, changing priorities, and emergency response situations.
• Participates in on-call rotation and may be required to work evenings, weekends, holidays, or extended shifts during emergencies.

IV. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A. EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree required; or four (4) years of progressively responsible Environmental Services experience may be substituted for the educational requirement.

B. CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:

• Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Professional (CHESP) preferred.

C. EXPERIENCE:

• In addition to the educational requirement, five (5) years of progressively responsible Environmental Services, Housekeeping, or Linen Services experience, including at least two (2) years in a supervisory/leadership capacity.
• Acute care hospital Environmental Services leadership experience preferred.
• Experience supporting infection prevention and environmental sanitation programs preferred.
• Experience working in a unionized environment preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet

Our Mission:

To fulfill the intent of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV to provide in perpetuity quality health care services to improve the well-being of Native Hawaiians and all of the people of Hawai‘i.

Our Values:

• Compassion guides our actions
• Aloha inspires us in all that we do
• Respect and understanding are essential for the dignity of all
• Excellence is our quest