About this role
Position Objective
The Supervisor of Environmental Services directs the housekeeping services operation, ensuring the hospital a high level of sanitation and appearance for patients, visitors, and staff, by maintaining a competent, efficient, and sufficiently supplied work force.
This position has authority to perform supervisory duties including but not limited to hiring, evaluating performance, issuing final disciplinary actions under the review of Human Resources, and recommending discharge in collaboration with members of management and Human Resources
Essential Job Duties:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Establishes and distributes daily work assignments, scheduling routine tasks and special areas for cleaning.
- Monitors and inspects assigned areas to observe staff activities as part of the continuous performance improvement. Monitors/observe employees following EVS Standard work processes (Gemba)
- Continuous rounding/talking with patients to ensure quality patient satisfaction and cleanliness
- Ensures compliance with department standards and safety regulations.
- Determines room vacancies and related scheduling of project cleaning needs.
- Ensures compliance with regulations, Joint Commission requirements, and departmental standards in the areas of health, safety, and sanitation.
- Coordinates and monitors the orientation and on-the-job training activities for new employees; conducts continuing training as required.
- Compiles monthly supplies utilization and supplies cost reports as assigned; distributes them for review as required.
- Coordinates linen inventories as assigned; makes sure units have adequate linen supplies.
- Performs daily quality assurance inspections in all areas of responsibility utilizing internal software EPIC and VeriClean and download results prior to end of shift. Submits a weekly report outlining areas of deficiencies and plans to improve quality.
Educational/Experience Requirements:
- Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate within one year of hire.
- Two years’ experience performing work in an environmental or service related field.
Required License/Certifications:
- If serving as a bilingual/multilingual interpreter, certification in Medical Interpretation is required to perform the duties of a qualified interpreter.
Working Conditions, Equipment, Physical Demands:
There is a reasonable expectation that employees in this position will be exposed to blood-borne pathogens.
Physical Demands – Heavy Duty
The physical demands and work environment that have been described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The above job description is an overview of the functions and requirements for this position. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list encompassing every duty and requirement of this position; your supervisor may assign other duties as deemed necessary.
Luminis Health Benefits Overview:
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan (with employer match for employees who work more than 1000 hours in a calendar year)
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance Benefits
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Paid Holidays, Disability, and Life/AD&D for full-time employees
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs and more
*Benefit offerings based on employment status
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Other facts
About Luminis Health
Luminis Health is a nationally recognized health system in Maryland. With more than 700 inpatient beds and nearly 100 sites of care across the region, including Anne Arundel Medical Center, Doctors Community Medical Center, J. Kent McNew Family Medical Center, Pathways, and Luminis Health Clinical Enterprise, we are committed to providing easy access to high-quality care, near to where people, live, work and play.
Luminis Health believes that health and wellness are fundamental to everyone and by working side by side with our community, patients, and partners, we generate a positive impact for all. We are committed to diversity and addressing health equity. We believe access to healthcare should be refreshingly easy.
Our R.I.S.E. values of Respect, Inclusion, Service, and Excellence guide how we work together every day.
We will enhance the health of the people and communities we serve, because we believe that we're better together. All of us.
What you'll do
- The Supervisor of Environmental Services directs housekeeping operations to ensure high sanitation and appearance standards. This includes monitoring staff activities, compliance with regulations, and conducting training for new employees.
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