EVS Supervisor - Einstein Hospital (FT, Day Shift)

Job Details

The Supervisor Environmental Services (EVS) oversees the day-to-day operations of the facility's environment, cleanliness and trash services in order to meet the organization's goals and objectives. He/she supervises production, equipment, sanitation and delivery/logistics to ensure budgetary and
quality compliance and employee and customer/patient safety and satisfaction.

Job Description

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.

• Supervises daily operational activities and monitors cleanliness standards.

• Performs administrative tasks for ordering supplies, maintaining inventory, and budgeting.

• Issues keys, clean linens, cleaning supplies and equipment to cleaning staff.

• Ensures department compliance with healthcare organization and regulatory codes.

• Conducts quality assurance inspections and interview patients to ensure patient satisfaction, a clean environment, and safe operations are maintained.

• Evaluates, implements departmental policies and procedures goals and objectives and standards of work to ensure subordinates comprehension, and patient and employee satisfaction.

• Submits recommendations to management for painting, repairs, project cleaning, equipment repair to ensure a clean, safe environment exists for patients and employees.

• Conducts training and retraining programs to ensure Environmental Service Associates are appropriately trained. Participates in education programs to promote professional growth and development of staff.

• Assists with input and documentation on all personnel issues including scheduling, training, discipline, discharge, promotion, and merit programs to ensure adequate and competent staff is maintained.

• Develops and maintains reports that record work accomplished; schedules, monitors, attendance and benefit time, to ensure adequate staffing levels maintained at all times.

• Manages environmental services’ activities to ensure a safe, clean and sanitary environment that is compliant with federal, state and local regulations.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.

• 2-3 years in housekeeping in a healthcare environment required. Previous supervisory experience preferred.

• Knowledge of effective team building techniques and ability to form and manage effective teams.

• Knowledge of the full spectrum of facilities management activities, ability to maintain, care for and develop commercial and physical facilities.

• Knowledge and understanding of legislation and regulatory bodies affecting healthcare practices.

• Utilizes knowledge of patient safety and error prevention to impede the spread of infection and disease.

• Knowledge of and ability to use practices and procedures for procurement of materials, components, equipment and services.

Additional Qualifications

Physical Demands
Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Albert Einstein Medical Center

Primary Location Address

5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

For more benefits information, please click here