EVS Supervisor

Description

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 10:00AM-6:30PM

Payrate: $25.00 per hour

Location: Ridgewood, NJ

Job Description – EVS Supervisor – Pinnacle

Job Summary

Supervises an area of responsibility for the EVS department; ensures a consistently high level of environmental hygiene and aesthetics to patients, visitors, and staff.  This position is also responsible for daily oversight of regulatory standards, financial stewardship of operations, and collaboration with other management and supervisory team members to support the department's daily functions.

Supervises

Environmental Services team members, shifts, or specific care areas.

Primary Responsibilities

• Supervises the necessary resources needed for the Environmental Services department under their control and makes recommendations for hiring. 
• Supervises a waste program that separates, packages, and disposes of all waste according to all regulations.
• Performs quality improvement initiatives under the direction of the EVS manager. Conducts rounding activities to ensure environmental hygiene in all areas assigned.  Prepares necessary reporting to manager(s) and document results.
• Manages the bed tracking system and ensures EVS response times are achieved. Prepare reports to document results, collaborating with the EVS manager to develop improvement activities.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of the cleaning and disinfection principles and requirements, proper chemical, equipment usage, and labor requirements for maintenance of furniture, furnishings, and interior finishes for all areas of responsibility.
• Provides oversight of inventories, usage data, and ordering of consumable supplies and equipment repairs
• Prepares masterwork and time schedules under the manager's direction, coordinating vacation and holiday time and reviewing daily adjustments in the work schedule.
• Performs on-site training for new EVS associates.

Other Responsibilities

• Supervises the work of subcontractors and/or EVS suppliers.
• Adheres to all organizational safety, risk management, infection control, and prevention standards. Promotes a culture of patient safety through observation and education.
• Coaches team members on the chain of infection and the core principles of transmitting infectious pathogens.
• Responds to emergency calls and multiple priorities as needed to coordinate staffing changes and minimize disruption.
• Conduct patient and staff interviews to evaluate service levels and promote positive public relations.  Actively participates and contributes to efforts to improve patient experience cleanliness scores and critical departmental performance metrics.
• Controls expenditures within the sphere of approved budget objectives.  Take corrective action when variances affect the budget.

Experience

• Required- 1 Year in environmental services and/or acute care-related support departments. 
• Preferred 1 Year in supervisory level experience managing staff.

Special Skills/ Equipment

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of team members and management.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office Suite, MS Project, PM software, and EVS software systems preferred.
• Experience with typical EVS equipment/machinery

The following are required upon being hired:

• Physical
• PPD (TB test)
• Blood draw to check for antibodies of the following:

Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Chickenpox, Hepatitis B 

• COVID VACCINATION REQUIRED
• Flu Shot required. 

“Pinnacle Healthcare Environmental Services is an equal opportunity employer. Pinnacle is a division of Planned Companies that does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other reason prohibited by law in the provision of employment opportunities and benefits.”

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