Senior EVS Associate

Banner Health; Gilbert, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 19,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekend shift differential

Night shift differential

Job summary

Banner Health's Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert, AZ is seeking an Environmental Services Associate to perform heavy cleaning, floor care, and related duties in a fast-paced hospital setting.

This evening shift position requires weekend work and holidays; you will operate cleaning equipment, maintain infection control standards, and provide courteous service to staff and patients. Weekend differential of $1/hour and 18% night differential where applicable.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of environmental service work in healthcare or institutional setting.
• Ability to operate typical industrial cleaning equipment for healthcare.
• Basic math skills for tasks and inventory.
• Effective oral and written communication to give instructions.
• Ability to multi-task and work with changing priorities.
• Commitment to customer service, safety, and infection control practices.

Responsibilities

• Respond to cleaning requests; perform removal, cleaning, and housekeeping tasks.
• Carry out specialized cleaning and infection control in clinical areas and sterile rooms.
• Maintain equipment and report repairs; log usage and inspections.
• Assess and maintain a neat, safe, and orderly environment; communicate status to supervisors.
• Provide leadership and on-the-job training for staff on cleaning techniques and hygiene.
• Perform scheduled floor care: mopping, stripping, refinishing, burnishing, carpet extraction.

Skills

Heavy cleaning

Floor care

Infection control

Customer service

Communication

Job description

Primary City/State: Gilbert, Arizona Department Name: Environmental Svcs-Gilbert Work Shift: Evening Job Category: Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary Hours and Schedule: Monday - Friday 5:00pm to 1:30am (some weekends required); when working weekends, Monday and Friday will be the days off. Weekends and Holidays required in this role. Enjoy a flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential and an 18%-night shift differential when applicable.

Experience innovative technology and exceptional opportunities for growth and development at Banner Health's state‑of‑the‑art hospital Banner Gateway Medical Center. With comprehensive electronic medical records, physician order entry, digital radiography and proprietary advanced patient monitoring, Banner Gateway provides you with the innovative resources you need to provide your patients with the best care possible. Our commitment to nursing excellence has enabled us to achieve Magnet™ recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Located near Phoenix in Gilbert, Ariz., Banner Gateway Medical Center offers 286 private rooms, 13 operating suites, a 46‑bed emergency department and shares a campus with the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center. Our WIS and NICU services support an average of 4,000 deliveries per year. Key specialties include oncology, obstetrics, bariatric surgery, emergency and other services that focus on meeting the changing needs of the dynamic and growing community we serve.

Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center Located in Gilbert, Ariz. (the Phoenix Metro area) on the Banner Gateway Campus, the center provides world‑class care for oncology patients - both inpatient and outpatient - and has also brought leading oncology programs to the Banner Gateway campus including designation as a Stem Cell Transplant Center of Excellence and comprehensive Head Neck cancer care. Our capabilities include five linear accelerator vaults, a brachytherapy vault, an advanced diagnostic imaging suite with PET/CT scan, more than 70 infusion bays, a cryopreservation lab and much more. Our inpatient medical oncology unit also incorporates a program that utilizes the electronic surveillance partnership in caring for the patient, where remote nurses have the ability to interact with patients via two‑way audio‑video to assist the bedside nurse with patient care.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position conducts heavy cleaning and floor care work such as carpet cleaning, stripping/refining hard floor surfaces, and special projects. Operates and maintains power cleaning equipment and responds to assigned service requests such as project cleaning, equipment removal, trash or linen removal. Sets an example of excellent customer service while maintaining a safe and clean environment and identifying safety issues related to housekeeping.

CORE FUNCTIONS

• Responds promptly to all requests for cleaning services via computerized and paper based tracking systems. Conducts requested work, such as removal, replacement, cleaning of equipment and furniture, or cleaning of an area. Maintains reports by keeping task and infection control logs of completed daily tasks and events, and documentation required for the request tracking system. Focuses on, and serves as a role model of, responsive customer service.
• Performs specialty cleaning and infection control functions in specialized areas such as clinical areas, surgical suite, Cath lab, specialty rooms, and sterile areas. Conduct specialized gowning and cleaning procedures specific to infectious elements in isolation rooms. Maintains proper Infection Control cleaning standards at all times, including hand hygiene requirements.
• Maintains cleanliness and operational functioning of department equipment and notifies appropriate personnel of needed repairs. Protects equipment from damage by proper use and properly logs out and in equipment that is used.
• Assesses environmental conditions to ensure that the facility is neat, clean, safe and orderly. Anticipates and resolves clutter and safety issues. Exercises judgment in deciding which problems need to be quickly referred to a Supervisor for assistance. Maintains communication with immediate supervisor and/or facilities services staff, about status of repair completion in the facility; follows up as assigned.
• Provides leadership for less experienced associates. May assist with on-the-job training for other staff in cleaning techniques, chemical usage, supply restocking, and infection control procedures including hand hygiene. Focuses on and serves as a role model of responsive customer service.
• Performs scheduled floor care procedures including dust mopping, mopping, stripping and refinishing, burnishing, and carpet extraction. Calculates quantities and mix ratio of cleaning chemicals.
• Works under regular supervision within assigned facility. Internal customers include staff, physicians, nurses, patients, visitors, supervisors, managers, and executives. External customers include visitors, patients, and employees from other facilities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Requires the skills, knowledge and abilities normally acquired over one to two years of diversified environmental service work experience in a health care or institutional setting.
• Must have a working knowledge of how to operate typical industrial cleaning equipment and the use of cleaning techniques appropriate to the healthcare environment.
• Must have basic math skills.
• Must be able to communicate effectively orally and in writing to provide instructions and information to others.
• Must be able to interpret and respond appropriately to verbal and written instructions.
• Must accomplish assigned work despite frequent interruptions and changing priorities, and have the ability to multi-task in coordinating several projects simultaneously.
• 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.
• Employees working at Olive Branch Senior Center must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Basic computer skills are helpful.
• Previous related experience and familiarity with environmental services equipment and cleaning techniques is preferred.
• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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