Operations Manager I Environmental Services

Geisinger; Mount Rock (PA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Geisinger Lewistown Hospital seeks an experienced Operations Manager I, Environmental Services to lead daily EVS operations, drive safety and cleanliness, and support patient satisfaction across the facility. The role requires guiding teams, managing resources, and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.

The position supports an evening shift and requires CHEST certification within 18 months, plus a minimum of 4 years in EVS. Leadership qualities and strong collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant environmental services experience.
• CHEST certification within 18 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and recommend environmental hygiene changes for new floors, walls, furnishings.
• Manage departmental budgets including capital, projects, and supplies.
• Ensure proper handling, packaging, storage, and disposal of regulated medical waste.
• Provide staffing and equipment recommendations for the EVS department.
• Lead HR tasks: interviewing, hiring, staff development, actions, engagement.
• Drive quality improvement: training, audits, inspections, and recommendations.
• Collaborate with EVS director to set dashboard metrics for ops and improvements.
• Promote safety, hand hygiene, patient experience, and staff engagement.
• Coordinate scheduling and supervise subcontractors and vendors.
• Supervise on-call emergency services when needed.
• Prepare general and technical reports.
• Establish SME status in environmental services, compliance, and training.
• Utilize computer systems and devices; manage emails, files, and browsing.
• Maintain a customer-centered approach with patients and staff.

Skills

Communication

Disease Management

Healthcare Regulatory Environment

Infection Control

Leads Others

Spill Management

Supervisory Customer Service

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Location: Geisinger Lewistown Hospital (GLH) Shift: Evenings (United States of America) Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Worker Type: Regular Exemption Status: Yes

Job Summary

Provides leadership, direction, and management oversight for continuous improvement of the standard Environmental Services operating model within the facility; Provides staff leadership, making sound business decisions supporting the hospital’s mission and vision. Demonstrates leadership in providing an optimum environment for patient care, safety, service, and value. Manages the department's day-to-day operations; ensures a consistently high level of cleanliness and aesthetics to patients, visitors, and staff. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Job Duties

• Evaluate and make recommendations for environmental hygiene maintenance for new floor coverings, wall coverings, furnishings, and interior finishes before purchase.
• Manages departmental budgets (e.g., capital, projects, supplies, operations).
• Ensures regulated medical waste is handled, packaged, stored, and disposed of by federal and state regulations and appropriate documentation is maintained.
• Manages the necessary and required resources for the environmental services department and provides recommendations for staffing levels, products, and equipment.
• Completes all Human Resources responsibilities for interviewing, hiring, managing, staff development, corrective actions, and / or staff engagement needs.
• Responsible for all quality improvement initiatives regarding training, auditing, inspecting, rounding, and making recommendations as needed.
• Collaborates with the EVS director to establish dashboard metrics to track operations and improvement initiatives.
• Promotes a culture of safety, hand hygiene, patient experience, employee engagement, and retention.
• Coordinates scheduling and oversees subcontractors and vendors.
• Supervises and/or performs on-call emergency services when needed.
• Compose general and technical reports.
• Establishes self as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) within environmental services, regulatory compliance, and training.
• Effectively employs computer programs and mobile devices evidenced by proper log-ins, using applicable hardware or software, attaching files, composing appropriate email messages, and appropriately using internet browsers or sites.
• Takes a customer-centered approach when addressing the needs of and interacting with patients, visitors, guests, team members, and other health care workers.
• Work is typically performed in an office environment.
• Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures.
• The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details

• *Relevant experience may be a combination of related work experience and degree obtained (Associate’s Degree = 2 years; Bachelor’s Degree = 4 years).
• Lead the team that helps create a safe, healing environment for every patient.

Geisinger Lewistown Hospital is seeking an experienced and motivated Operations Manager I, Environmental Services to oversee the daily operations of our Environmental Services department. In this critical leadership role, you will inspire and develop teams, drive operational excellence, and ensure the highest standards of cleanliness, safety, and patient satisfaction across our facility. Your leadership will directly support Geisinger’s mission by helping create an exceptional environment where patients, visitors, and staff can thrive.

This position is typically scheduled 2:30 PM to 11:00 PM and plays a key role in supporting evening operations. Because healthcare never stops, schedules may be adjusted based on departmental and operational needs. The ideal candidate will demonstrate flexibility and a commitment to supporting a 24/7 patient care environment.

Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required) Experience: Minimum of 4 years-Relevant experience* (Required) Certification(s) and License(s): Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) within 18 months - Association for the Healthcare Environment Skills: Communication, Disease Management, Healthcare Regulatory Environment, Infection Control, Leads Others, Spill Management, Supervisory Customer Service, Teamwork

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and benefits for domestic partners.

We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the more than 1 million people it serves.

Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes nine hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.

With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,600 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and benefits for domestic partners.

For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

* Does not qualify for J-1 waiver.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.