Manager Environmental Services

Manager Environmental Services

This position is working manager with responsibility for the daily operations of Environmental Services.

This role involves assessing departmental activities and requirements by making rounds to perform visual inspections within the hospital to ensure that cleanliness is maintained. It also includes distributing work assignments by prioritizing work, planning, organizing, and directing the daily operational activities of the employee group supervised. The manager directs staff according to hospital and departmental policies during fire and disaster alerts, assists with initial, annual, and ongoing training/competencies, oversees the pick up and monitoring of hazardous, pharmaceutical, and biohazardous waste, removal, storage, and manifests, and flows through with appropriate action after investigating concerns/complaints.

Other functions include investigating and documenting concerns and/or inappropriate actions inter-and intradepartmentally, counseling, evaluating, and disciplining employee group supervised, preparation of personnel, capital, and expense budget for the department, interpreting hospital and departmental policies and procedures for employees, participating and assisting in fire and disaster drills, developing area assignments and reviewing annually, reviewing department policies/procedures and submitting recommendations for revisions, overseeing pest control services and linen distribution.

Supervisory responsibilities include carrying out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the hospital's policies and applicable laws. This includes interviewing, hiring, training, supervising, evaluating work performance, and assessing competence, counseling, and taking appropriate action as required and recommending termination of employee group supervised. The manager works closely with Infection Prevention to maintain a safe and hygienic healthcare environment and effectively prevent healthcare-associated infections.

Education Qualifications: High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) Required. Associate's Degree Preferred or Bachelor's Degree Preferred.

Experience Qualifications: Minimum of five years' relevant experience management level in Environmental Services will be considered in lieu of a degree. Required.

Key Words: Manager, Environmental Services

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