Supervisor Environmental Services

As the only not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system in the area, Dignity Health Nevada, guided by the Adrian Dominican Sisters' vision for over 70 years, continues to serve the Henderson and Las Vegas communities. The Siena Campus, a 326-bed acute care hospital opened in 2000, expanded the services of the Rose de Lima Campus to meet growing healthcare needs. St. Rose Dominican is part of Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems, with over 9,000 physicians, 60,000 team members, and 400 care centers across 22 states, including hospitals, urgent care, imaging and surgery centers, home health, and primary care clinics. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is dedicated to compassionate, high-quality care, especially for the underserved.

Job Summary:

The Environmental Services Supervisor will provide day-to-day supervision for the EVS department under guidance of Director and/or Manager; ensures a consistently high level of environmental hygiene and aesthetics to patients, visitors and staff.  This position also is responsible for daily oversight of regulatory standards, financial stewardship of department operations and collaboration with other management team members to support the department in its daily functions.  

Trains and develops a highly equipped and engaged Environmental Services Team using evidence-based techniques, process and mission metrics (KPIs) to ensure we provide a clean safe environment as we help save lives.

Provides supervision of staff, making sound business decisions in support of the hospital’s mission, vision and values. Demonstrates supervision in providing an optimal environment for patient care, safety, service, and value. Supervises the day to day operations of the department; ensures a clean safe environment and aesthetics to patients, family, visitors, physicians, nurses and staff as we help save lives.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Supervises the necessary resources needed for the Environmental Services department under their control and makes recommendations to hiring, promoting and annual staff performance reviews.
• Supervises a waste program that separates, packages and disposes of all waste according to all regulations
• Performs quality improvement initiatives under direction of EVS manager/director. Conducts rounding activities to ensure environmental hygiene in all areas assigned.  Prepares necessary reporting to manager(s) and document results.
• Conducts ES Survey required reports. E.G. Standard work audits, Direct Observations, Fluorescent Marker, Clean Trace ATP.  
• Supervises the bed tracking system and ensure EVS response times are achieved. Prepare reports to document results, collaborating with the EVS manager to develop improvement activities.
• Controls expenditures within sphere of approved budget objectives.  Take corrective action when variances affect budget.

Education and Experience:

• HS Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum three (3) years environmental services experience
• One (1) year in Supervisory level experience in supervising staff

Licensure:

• None specified.
• Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Professional (CHESP) preferred

Required Knowledge, Skills and Training:

• Experience with typical EVS equipment/machinery
• Demonstrates strong working knowledge of the principles of environmental infection prevention and control.
• Demonstrates strong working knowledge of OSHA, TJC, DOT, CDC Policy and Standard Work development/implementation.