Environmental Services Supervisor

Environmental Services Supervisor

FLSA: Fulltime/NonExempt

About us

Physicians East a team of skilled healthcare professionals united to meet the challenge of delivering quality costefficient comprehensive healthcare to the people of Eastern North Carolina.

About the role

We are looking for an employee who can supervise organize and direct the duties of the Environmental Services department. This is a working supervisor performing tasks to ensure that the Practice is maintained in a clean safe and comfortable manner.

Supervision Received:Reports to Facility Services Manager; Director of Operations.

Supervision Exercised:Supervises environmental services staff as assigned.

Typical Physical Demands:Requires prolonged standing walking bending kneeling stooping crouching crawling and climbing all day. Requires frequent lifting and moving of items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Typical Working Conditions:This job operates in a professional office environment. While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and oversees the actives and actions assigned to environmental services staff
• Ability to manage teach staff as well as ensuring that staff is kept current on required educations
• Daily and weekly inspections to ensure housekeeping duties are being performed and to ensure that procedures are being rendered to meet the needs of the facility
• Evaluates productivity and quality of work of each employee and determines additional training needs
• Reports occupational exposure to bodily fluids infectious materials and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facilitys policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents
• Ensure that uniforms and personnel protective equipment is worn correctly and effectively.
• Assists and/or leads environmental services orientation training and inservice training to explain policies work procedures and to demonstrate use and maintenance of equipment
• Makes recommendations to improve service and ensure more efficient operation
• Examines building to determine need for repairs or replacement of furniture or equipment and makes recommendations to management
• Works with Human Resources to screen job applicants along with recommending promotions transfers corrective action and dismissals
• Investigates complaints regarding environmental services and equipment and takes corrective action
• Ability to communicate with the Procurement department and outside vendors to ensure stock levels and equipment are available and maintained properly.
• Participates in departmental budget planning and supplies for environmental services
• Must be able to perform all job duty responsibilities of partners in the environmental services department
• Attends educational seminars
• Attends meetings as needed gather needed information for preparation of meeting
• Display high level of confidentiality integrity and initiative
• Excellent organization and team management skills
• Ability to use industrial cleaning equipment and products including
• Flexibility to work various shifts including evenings and weekends
• Monitor and approve payroll for staff under your supervision.
• Conduct meetings with staff to ensure proper communication and standards are being met throughout the organization.
• Exhibits the ability to teach others how to do their jobs in a friendly courteous and effective manner
• All other duties as assigned

Location & commitments

Fulltime role based at our Greenville Arlington Blvd. location various shifts equaling to 8 hours and may include evenings and some weekends. Traveling to other locations is required. Must have reliable transportation to and from all practices

Overtime may be required to ensure shifts at all locations are covered and tasks are completed in a timely manner.

Candidate requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 35 years of experience in supervisory role within Environmental Services
• Must have strong background and experience in environmental services in a healthcare or closely related setting.
• Knowledge of applicable OSHA practices and Infection Control procedures for healthcare is strongly preferred.
• Individual must be able to work independently and schedule cleaning activities to meet the needs of patients and Physicians East staff/physicians.
• Knowledge and Experience with PC applications i.e. Word Excel Outlook.

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Affirmative Action/EEO statement

Physicians East P.A.is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age race color ethnicity religion creed sex (including gender pregnancy sexual orientation and gender identity which includes status as a transgender individual) national origin or ancestry citizenship past current or prospective service in the uniformed services genetic information (including family medical history) physical or mental disability or other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodation will be made for persons with disabilities during the application process and/or at the time of employment. Requests for accommodation should be made to the Human Resources Department as early as possible in the application/employment process. Contact HR Office ator email

Disclaimer

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.