Supervisor - Environmental Services

The Supervisor - Environmental Services at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR, is responsible for supervising and developing EVS staff, ensuring a clean and safe environment for patients and visitors. Key duties include scheduling, performance management, staff training, and maintaining quality standards. The role emphasizes exceptional patient experience and compliance with safety protocols, requiring strong leadership and teamwork skills.
Department Overview

The purpose of this position is to supervise, schedule, and develop EVS staff to meet the needs of patients, visitors, and staff. This position is responsible for providing direct supervision over EVS Technicians, assigning work, developing staff schedules, addressing patient and visitor requests, ensuring the completion of work to the standard, and ensuring excellence in maintaining a clean, safe, orderly, and attractive patient care environment. In addition, this position is charged with upholding the mission of the department and organization through continuous improvement.

Function/Duties of Position

Operations
• Manages and supervises departmental staff by confirming, validating, and teaching staff to uphold the department mission: provide an exceptional patient experience; ensure a clean environment that does not contribute to the spread of healthcare-associated infection; and to facilitate timely patient flow.
• Ensures staffing assignments are complete to avoid missed assignments and/or unnecessary use of premium pay.
• Maintains a working knowledge of the hospital bed tracking system (Epic) and ensures response times are met.
• Manages staffing and operations to allow for breaks and lunches that are consistent with Oregon Law, OHSU policy, and applicable collective bargaining agreements.
• Ensures accurate timekeeping for staff.
• Demonstrates strong team player skills and the ability to work harmoniously with a diverse workforce.
• Manages and maintains pager and closet key controls for the department shift.
• Maintains employee records per OHSU policy.

Staff Engagement
• Assists in creating an employment environment that supports a knowledgeable, passionate, productive, safe, and engaged staff.
• Develops one one-on-one rapport and professional relationship with all direct reports.
• Assists department management with hiring staff.
• Responsible for delivery and documentation of performance management: evaluations, recognition, coaching, and progressive discipline.
• Provides training, coaching, and instruction on department changes.
• Assists with New Employee Orientation.
• Swiftly identifies and resolves interpersonal conflict.

Patient Experience
• Ensures an exceptional experience for our patients and visitors.
• Rounds on patients and facilities to ensure service quality.
• Interview patients, as necessary, to ensure exceptional experience.
• Serves consistently as a liaison between all shifts.
• Provides service recovery as needed.
• Manages employees and colleagues.

Quality & Safety
• Provides a safe environment for patient care.
• Ensures staff compliance with standard work by reviewing and confirming consistently.
• Rounds on EVS staff, nurse managers, and key internal customers daily.
• Provides in servicing equipment, chemicals, and standards.
• Inspects room cleanliness upon discharge per departmental expectations.
• Follows up on patient safety incident reports per organizational expectations.
• Ensures all staff comply with departmental policies, training, and procedures.
• Monitors and audits equipment for cleanliness and proper set up: chemicals labeled, solutions adequately dispensed; and tools cleaned and properly stored on cart.
• Ensure staff have the necessary tools and supplies to successfully perform their duties.
• Submits work orders for maintenance repairs, as needed.
• Attends all departmental meetings.

Performance Improvement
• Engages in process improvement by suggesting ways to improve departmental performance
• Partners with other OHSU departments to improve patient care and throughput

Required Qualifications
• High School Diploma
• 5 years of lead or supervisory experience;
• or 2 years of lead or supervisory experience with an Associate’s degree;
• or 1 year of lead or supervisory experience with a Bachelor’s degree.
• Customer service focus
• Proficient skills in English language: reading, writing, verbal
• Ability to manage, prioritize, and follow through all assigned tasks
• Ability to self-manage
• Computer skills: Word, Excel, Outlook, ability to learn and operate various software programs
• Excellence in attendance, punctuality, and preparedness for work
• Ability to train and develop staff
• Ability to work with a highly diverse population
• Ability to give and receive feedback constructively.
• Compliance with the Code of Conduct, Respect in the workplace, and Applicable policies, procedures, and agreements related to the position, department or OHSU as a whole
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation

Preferred Qualifications
• Associates or Bachelor’s degree
• Lead or supervisory experience in a hospital setting.
• Experience in Environmental Services, Housekeeping, or Custodial Services.
• Experience in a high volume customer service environment.
• Epic experience
• Previous experience in performance improvement tools such as lean, continuous quality improvement, etc.
• Experience in academic healthcare or other matrix organizations
• Experience in union environment
• CHEST Certification

Additional Details

Salary Range: $53,872.00 - $80,828.80 per year
• This position operates in a busy, noisy healthcare environment with many interruptions, multiple demands and people interactions. Staff work in areas where diseases, germs, and body fluids are present. Following proper procedures, including the use of Personal Protective Equipment, when required, is necessary for personal safety and the safety of others.
• Requires a high level of physical activity. Must be able to bend, stoop, climb, walk and do lifting up to 35 lbs. Must be able to work at a rapid pace. Must be able to stand and walk during the entire work shift (excluding breaks).

All are welcome

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.