Job Description
Facility: Central Patient Building
Address: 1305 W 18th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Job Schedule: Full time, day shift
Weekly Hours: 40.00
Job Summary
Responsible for managing the daily operations and supervision of staff for the Environmental Services Department for a healthcare facility. Establishes cooperative working relationships with staff, maintains confidentiality of information regarding clients, families, and healthcare personnel of the internal organization. Demonstrate logical, decisive and exhibit qualities of leadership. Serves as a mentor and trainer to new employees. Ability to apply principals of personnel administration and supervision of employees.
Depending upon location may also include but not limited to; interviewing, hiring, evaluations, employee relations, terminations, staff schedules, and timecard approval when needed. Developing policies, processes and quality control systems for training of housekeeping activities (disinfection, cleaning, sterilization, waste management, etc.) to ensure a clean and safe healthcare environment. Ensuring staff is properly trained to perform their jobs and improve customer satisfaction.
Monitoring the housekeeping department to ensure compliance with all healthcare regulatory agency codes. Inspections on staff and discharge rooms. Depending upon location, responsible for monitoring laundry services to ensure they are in compliance with all state and local guidelines and abide by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards.
Direct daily laundry service activities to include receiving, washing, drying, folding and delivery of laundry various locations. Administrative tasks for ordering supplies and equipment, and maintaining inventory when needed. In cooperation with leadership, assists with developing and managing the budget for housekeeping function in a healthcare organization. Attends leadership and other managerial meetings as scheduled.