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Primary City/State:

Mesa, Arizona

Department Name:

Environmental Svcs-Hosp

Work Shift:

Night

Job Category:

Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary

$1000 Sign-on Bonus!*

_*If selected, the recruiter will provide eligibility criteria for the sign-on bonus_

A rewarding career that fits your life. Learn how Banner Health, a certified Great Place To Work®, prioritizes team members and strives to be the best place to work in health care.

Banner Desert Medical Center, has a great opportunity for a Housekeeping EVS Lead. We are looking for hard working individuals who will be responsible for ensuring our facilities appearance is top notch. In this role, you’ll be responsible for cleaning, sanitizing, and maintaining the hospital as well as supporting leadership with training of new hires, supply management and schedules.

Working in Housekeeping , the environment can be very fast paced and very physical. This would involve a lot of walking and pushing a cleaning cart. You may be assigned to clean the morgue and/or specialty areas such as a COVID 19 Unit. You will be working with cleaning chemicals to clean up blood and or bodily fluids. You must be prepared for new challenges, have great communication with your team and medical staff. If offered the position, we do conduct a background check and drug screen. This position is very important at Banner Health, you must complete your onboarding in a timely manner or job offer will be rescinded. Also, it is required for all Banner Health employees to receive their annual Flu Vaccine. Questions regarding the exemption process, please ask the recruiter.

**Preferred Qualifications- 1-3 years EVS Experience in the Hospital setting** (will consider 2-3 years experience in general cleaning/janitorial for the right candidate

Shift Details:

Full Time / 40 hours per week

Evenings 11pm-7:30am which may change based on the need of the business

Weekend and holiday rotations are required in this role.

Enjoy a flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential and an 18%-night shift differential when applicable.

Located on an 80-acre campus in Mesa, Arizona, Banner Desert Medical Center is one of Arizona's largest and most comprehensive hospitals and was recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of Phoenix's Best Hospitals. We provide an abundance of exceptional opportunities with more than 700 licensed beds, including over 100 dedicated to children and 76 dedicated to our NICU. Areas of excellence include high-risk pregnancy and neonatal care, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, cardiology, oncology and emergency medicine. With 33 operating rooms, we offer a full range of surgical specialties and advanced technology that includes the da Vinci Surgical System. Becker’s Hospital Review named Banner Desert Medical Center as one of the top 50 busiest Emergency departments in the country.

If you aim to deliver top-tier care to the most vulnerable patients, consider joining Banner Children's Hospital at Desert in Mesa, Arizona. Within our over 200 bed, state-of-the-art facility, specially trained nurses, physicians and other clinical professionals utilize the most advanced technology - including iCare ICU monitoring and robotic surgery - to provide high quality, child-friendly, family-centered care. Our facilities feature a 76-bed NICU, a 24-bed PICU, six pediatric ORs and a 22-bed ED. We also offer dedicated pediatric rehab, radiology, oncology and hematology capabilities. With clinical diversity, exceptional training programs and a supportive culture, this is a place where you can grow in your career as you help our very special patients.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position provides leadership and training for environmental services associates, while working as a member of the EVS Associate team.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Ensures that staffing plans are carried out properly, and that all areas of the hospital/facility are staffed appropriately. With supervisor, plans completion of hospital wide projects, ensures consistent service delivery standards in all aspects of the Environmental Services and Linen operations. Gives input to supervisor on quality and timeliness of work performed by environmental services staff.

2. Performs cleaning functions in patient rooms, specialty areas and common areas.

3. Works closely with supervisor to train and retrain, recruit, retain and develop the Environmental Services team members, fostering a culture that reflects the core values and operational polices of our department and the company.

4. May supervise staff in the absence of the Environmental Services leader. Makes work assignments and responds to immediate needs by moving staff to various areas of facility as needed. Moves furniture and sets up rooms for meetings and special functions.

5. Assists supervisor in performing Quality Assurance Inspections for review and correction of deficiencies.

6. Distributes linens and supplies as needed; takes inventories in assigned areas.

7. Works independently with general supervision. Department responsibility only. Customers include staff, patients, visitors, physicians and vendors. Oversees daily activities of a team of Environmental Services Associates. Makes staffing assignments in absence of supervisor; coordinates cleaning projects as assigned, assists with on-the-job training, provides input to performance evaluations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Requires the skills, knowledge and abilities in healthcare environmental services work typically acquired over two or more years of related work experience. Must have leadership skills and be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing. Requires the ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Must serve as a role model to others in customer service skills, safe work practices, and infection control including hand hygiene. Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment. An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Basic computer skills in word processing and electronic mail are preferred.

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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