Environmental Services Tech Lead

Where You’ll Work

St. Catherine Hospital – Dodge City, is a Joint Commission accredited 99-bed hospital that serves as a regional referral center for southwest Kansas. Acute care is at the heart of what we do. St. Catherine Hospital – Dodge City provides health services that include diagnostics and interventional cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation. We combine patient-centered care with modern technology and medical expertise to treat a wide range of medical conditions.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Environmental Services Technician Lead, you will lead the work of Environmental Services employees in the absence of the supervisor, ensuring the hospital's environment is consistently clean and safe. Every day you will oversee EVS operations, mentor staff, and ensure all tasks are completed to the highest standards, while continuously demonstrating courteous and professional behavior towards patients, physicians, visitors, volunteers, and other employees, aligning with the Hospital's mission, vision, and values. To be successful in this role, you will possess strong leadership and organizational skills, a meticulous attention to cleanliness and safety, and a proven ability to motivate and guide a team while upholding the highest standards of professionalism and integrity.

• Capable of performing job responsibilities in the EVS Tech and EVS Tech Specialist classifications. Follows infection control/prevention practices and safety practices in all activities.
• Activities include: leading the work of others, scheduling, coordinating shift change activities, assigning work to others, cleaning floors; damp dusting furniture and fixtures; making and cleaning patient beds; cleaning and emptying ash urns and waste receptacles; washing windows, walls, ceilings, vents and lights; changing light bulbs; performing nonroutine floor care duties (buffing, shampooing, etc.); inspecting and replace curtains and cubicles; checking and stocking soap and paper supplies; hauling out trash; moving furniture; and using various cleaning equipment, carts and products.
• Requires leadership responsibilities and ability to team build and motivate employees.
• Requires a normal, responsive relationship indicating sensitivity to other people.
• Must maintain as confidential information accidentally gained in the process of doing one’s own work.
• Must demonstrate the ability to cooperate with others.

Job Requirements

Required

• Understanding of either verbal or written communications and instructions
• Must be able to interpret written warnings as posted on doorways and chemicals
• Requires use of judgment making decisions adherent to standard
• Must be able to work weekends and holidays
• Continuous contact with cleaning solution

Preferred

• High School Dipoma/GED
• Previous healthcare experience