ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES MANAGER

Why Beebe? Become part of the Beebe team - an inclusive team positioned in a vibrant, coastal community. Enjoy a fulfilling career as you support the health of our patients and a team focused on excellence.

The environmental services manager will provide leadership, direction and management oversight for continuous improvement of the standard EVS operating model within the facility.

Responsibilities

• Provides staff leadership, making sound business decisions in support of the hospital's mission and vision.
• Demonstrates leadership in providing an optimal environment for patient care, safety, service, and value.
• Manages the day-to-day operations of the department; ensures a consistently high level of cleanliness and aesthetics to patients, visitors and staff.
• Responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing specific services.
• Responsible for fiscal management, performance improvement activities, and compliance with all relevant policies/procedures and regulations.
• Manages all aspects of personnel processes.
• Communicates information effectively.
• Ability to make timely decisions and manage change process.
• Must interface with all departments as part of the management team.
• Responsible for oversight of environmental services and laundry - in the areas of team member job performance, scheduling, training, quality assurance and inventory control.
• Operates all environmental services equipment, ability to fill in all positions if needed.
• All members of the Leadership Team who need to use a phone for business purposes must use a personal cell phone.
• Assists in the management of departmental budgets (e.g., capital, projects, supplies, operations).
• Ensures regulated medical waste is handled, packaged, stored and disposed of in accordance with federal and state regulations, and appropriate documentation is maintained.
• Manages the necessary and required resources for the environmental services department and provides recommendations for staffing levels, products and equipment.
• Completes all Human Resources responsibilities for interviewing, hiring, managing, staff development, corrective actions and / or staff engagement needs.
• Manages all quality improvement initiatives regarding training, auditing, inspecting, rounding, and making recommendations as needed.
• Collaborates with the EVS director to establish dashboard metrics to track operations and improvement initiatives
• Promotes a culture of safety, hand hygiene, patient experience, as well as employee engagement and retention
• Coordinates scheduling and oversees subcontractors and vendors
• Supervises and/or performs on-call emergency services when needed

Compose general and technical reports

• Establishes self as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) within environmental services, regulatory compliance, and training.
• Effectively employs computer programs and mobile devices evidenced by proper log ins, using applicable hardware or software, attaching files, composing appropriate email messages and appropriately using internet browsers or sites
• Takes a customer centered approach when addressing the needs of and interacting with patients, visitors, guests, team members and other health care workers

Requirements

• Will consider candidate with five years relevant experience.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to relate well with people of diverse backgrounds, training and experience.
• Completion of AHE Foundations for Success in Environmental Services Management within the first 6 months of employment
• Completion of AHE Essentials of Infection Prevention and Environmental Hygiene within the first year of employment.
• Skills Essential:* Clear Communication Skills Both Written and Verbal* Knowledge Of Basic Computer Programs * Able To Keep Confidential Information Regarding Patients, Team Members* Able To Withstand Crisis Situations* Has Skills to Provides Customer Service to Patients, Team Members and Visitors Credentials Education Essential: High school graduate or equivalent

Preferred

• Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Professional (CHESP) certification
• Designated trainer status for Certified Health Care Environmental Services Technician (T-CHEST) or Certified Surgical Cleaning Technician (T-CSCT) a plus

Pay

• Entry USD $61,172.80/Yr.
• Max USD $94,827.20/Yr.