Environmental Services Supervisor

ABOUT OUR CLIENT:

Our client is a 25-bed, non-profit community hospital designated as a Critical Access Hospital. Our client endeavors to offer the best of two worlds - the warmth and friendliness of a small town and the technical expertise of modern medicine. Located in Wolfeboro, NH, we provide primary care, diagnostic testing and specialty services in the region. Our client provides medical services to the region's year-round population of 30,000 residents and approximately 120,000 seasonal residents and visitors who come from all over the world to enjoy the Eastern Lakes Region and the communities of: Alton, Brookfield, Effingham, Freedom, Madison, Moultonborough, New Durham, Ossipee, Sanbornville, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro and surrounding towns.

The hospital and our professional medical staff have a reputation for excellence in primary care, inpatient and outpatient surgery, medical imaging and diagnostics, gynecology, orthopedics, pediatrics, physical therapy, cardiac and occupational rehabilitation and emergency services. We know that we can only achieve our vision by working collaboratively with our community to provide the care the community needs in a coordinated, seamless way.

WHO YOU ARE:

Under the direct supervision of the Director, is responsible for supervision of the Housekeeping Staff and cleaning of all areas of the hospital.

Responsibilities

In addition to fulfilling the duties of a Housekeeper supervises Environmental Services Staff:

• Works with the Environmental Services Leads to ensure all daily workflows are completed.
• In times of staff shortages prioritizes workflows to ensure critical areas are cleaned and sanitized.
• Schedules EVS staff ensuring that all required shifts are scheduled and reallocates resources as needed to accomplish departmental responsibilities.
• Provides guidance to the Environmental Services Staff by answering questions and ensuring all policies and procedures are followed.
• Meets regularly with the Director to review departmental performance.
• Routinely inspects all areas of the hospital to ensure proper cleaning and sanitation. Creates lists to address deficiencies. Rechecks for compliance.
• Assists the Director with yearly staff evaluations.
• Orders all items needed to complete Environmental Services workflows.

Linens

• Collect all dirty laundry from all patient areas
• Distribute clean linen to appropriate departments where replenishment is required
• Ensures linens for beds on campus housing are returned to the house they came from

Cleaning

• Routinely cleans patient rooms, nursing units, surgical areas, emergency department, Imaging areas, clinical departments, administrative offices, laboratory areas, pharmacy, waiting areas, public restrooms, and other areas as designated.
• Cleans and sanitizes all assigned areas on a routine schedule following established guidelines
• Using appropriate chemicals and disinfectants, wipes down equipment, cleans furniture, and vacuums carpets
• Makes beds, empties trash, restocks supplies and dusting
• Cleans all areas as assigned, required or directed including on campus housing
• Checks and restocks all dispensers in assigned area/s including: paper towel, toilet paper, hand soap and hand sanitizer

Daily Inventory

• Takes daily inventory and inspects equipment for any repairs or replacements and reports any issues to maintenance for material or safety issues related to the building, campus or grounds and to immediate supervisor for any housekeeping related issues
• Manages and restocks assigned housekeeping cart prior to beginning daily assigned duties
• Manages assigned housekeeping cart during the performance of assigned duties ensuring that the cart and all cleaning chemicals are locked inside when the cart is not in direct view

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

• Experience: 2 Years in Commercial Housekeeping at a supervisory level preferably in a healthcare environment.

Pay & Benefits

• $23-$27 per hour
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Employer paid Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Critical Illness & Accident Insurance
• 403(b) with employer match
• Earned time accrual for paid time off
• Tuition Assistance
• Student Loan Pay Down Program