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Schedule Weekly Hours:
40
*$2500 sign-on bonus for qualified candidates*
Gundersen Health System is seeking positive, outgoing individuals with a passion for upholding clean and safe healthcare facilities for patients and staff, to join our 2nd shift Environment Services Leadership Team!
What you'll do:
Provide organizational leadership to a group of environmental services staff and specialists
Ensure goals are met in both service and quality and provide HR oversight for the department
Daily cleaning as well as projects, carpet and hard surface floor care, waste disposal, and moving services
Shift management and scheduling
Foster healthy relationships with other leaders as well as promoting those within the department.
What you'll get:
Benefits: In addition to medical and dental, we have pet insurance and a substantial contribution to retirement
Work/life balance: 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for employees and their families, generous PTO and paid holidays
Health/Wellness: GunderZen Relaxation Room including massage chairs, corporate gym and yoga, local gym discounts
Professional Development: Tuition Invest Program totaling up to $3k per year, access to a catalogue of hundreds of internal courses, corporate incubator, Career Development Center
DEI: 12 months of Celebration to include monthly educational events, DEI Committee
Other: 18% discount on data plan through Verizon, 20% discount at Gundersen locations for services not covered by insurance
What you'll need:
High school diploma or equivalency
2 years of experience in commercial or healthcare environmental services or related field; or 2 years supervisory experience in healthcare or related field
Ability to work 2nd shift (3:00 - 11:00 pm with some flexibility), with rotating weekends and holidays.
If you are looking to be a part of a stable and growing mission-driven organization, this may be the right opportunity for you!
Gundersen Health System is healthcare for neighbors, by neighbors. While we call La Crosse home, our system has 7 hospitals and 65 clinics in neighboring communities. Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care combined with the right amount of love. We call it Love + Medicine and it’s who we are.
*Sign on bonus paid out after 6 months of employment at Gundersen Health System.
Job Description:
The Environmental Services Supervisor is responsible for daily and project cleaning, carpet and hard surface floor care, waste disposal, and moving services to ensure a clean, safe, and sanitary environment.
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE -- SUMMARY
To advance its position as an innovator and leading health care system, Gundersen Health System (GHS) must continue to demonstrate superior outcomes, provide seamless delivery of care, and ensure competitive cost structures. It must also stay at the cutting edge of emerging technologies and new delivery models that will transform healthcare. The System must anticipate and respond effectively to evolving market and environmental trends, (e.g., shifts in payment models, value-based purchasing, transparency of outcomes and information technology) that will impact the delivery of health care services.
The Supervisor is responsible for understanding the impact of these forces and trends. The Supervisor collaborates with others to achieve GHS’ strategic mission and goals by being a guide at the side, managing daily operations of their AOR (area-of-responsibility) and are expected to: 1) demonstrate superior quality and safety through the eyes of patients and caregivers; 2) demonstrate superior service through the eyes of patients and colleagues; 3) attract, develop and retain a talented and engaged workforce; 4) demonstrate affordability of care; and 5) achieve programmatic growth. The Supervisor supports the transition of System strategy into staff commitment, action, and accomplishment in their AOR.
POSITION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Supervisor is specifically responsible for:
1.0 Organizational Strategy and Implementation -- Understanding market trends and the impact on their AOR, contributing to AOR strategic and operational plans.
2.0 Fiscal Management -- Effectively using established processes to ensure accountability for effective operations and resource management.
3.0 Human Resource Management -- Effectively using established processes to: select, align, engage, develop, manage, and retain a team of highly skilled staff.
4.0 Excellence in Service and Clinical Quality -- Achieving seamless delivery of quality patient care and safety, excellence in patient experience and customer service.
5.0 Organizational Leadership -- Providing leadership and accomplishing objectives by supporting the integration of processes and initiatives while modeling collaboration.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Organizational Strategy and Implementation
1.1 Collaborates with Team leadership to understand external market financial, economic, and industry data, identifying market opportunities as it applies to daily departmental operations.
1.2. Collaborates with management to ensure that resources are prioritized and in place (i.e., staff, equipment, supplies, technology, and processes, etc.) and properly utilized to achieve AOR objectives through the most effective and efficient operations.
1.3 In conjunction with AOR leadership, makes recommendations for the improvement of AOR key processes, leading to elimination of variability in cost and quality.
Fiscal Management
2.1 Manages AOR to meet fiscal targets, ensuring the daily operations of delivering cost-effective, quality services.
2.2 Evaluates AOR for potential cost-effective change and makes recommendations for the implementation of approved changes.
2.3 Ensures staff compliance with financial decisions.
Human Resources Management
3.1 Communicates vision and leadership to staff in a collaborative environment that offers job satisfaction, performance recognition, and stimulates innovative thinking to accomplish objectives.
3.2 Ensures that AOR staff understand their roles in accomplishing GHS, Team/Division, and AOR strategic objectives. Establishes expectations for high level of performance and holds individuals accountable for achieving them.
3.3 In collaboration with other AOR leadership and the Human Resources Department, uses organizational systems/processes to recruit, retain, and develop a high-performance team that meets patient, regulatory, and fiscal requirements for their AOR.
3.4 In conjunction with Team/Division leadership, ensures staff productivity by maximizing staffing efficiency and workflow patterns as well as monitoring and controlling turnover.
3.5 Implements and actively supports the integration of change and conflict management while working side by side with management.
3.6 Creates a climate that ensures respect, teamwork, open communication, and professional recognition among a diverse workforce.
Excellence in Service and Clinical Quality
4.1 Ensures the implementation of service, quality and safety standards consistent with System policy for patient experience and internal and external customers in collaboration with AOR leadership.
4.2 Identifies and communicates trends across services in customer satisfaction and patient experience, clinical quality outcomes and patient safety to AOR leadership.
4.3 Models and ensures that AOR staff effectively uphold a customer service orientation to meet legitimate needs of patients and internal and external customers.
4.4 Ensures that confidentiality of patient, staff, and appropriate management data is maintained, and delivers immediate and certain consequences when confidentiality is compromised.
Organizational Leadership
5.1 Promotes the organization to all constituencies by interpreting and communicating GHS’ mission and values, acting as a loyal, supportive, and informed spokesperson for AOR, Team/Division and the System.
5.2 Collaborates with other internal professionals to identify, reduce, and eliminate barriers within the system which may negatively impact cost and quality of services.
5.4 Takes responsibility for providing a positive learning environment for students, interns, and residents working within their AOR, collaborating with academic programs, while ensuring patient safety.
5.5 Takes responsibility for identifying areas for self-development and actively seeks opportunities and resources to meet developmental objectives.
KEY INTERFACES
The Supervisor interacts primarily with the following external interfaces:
The Supervisor interacts secondarily with the following external interfaces:
- Vendors/Suppliers* scope dependent
- Educational and Regulatory Organizations
- Non-GHS clinicians, hospitals, and facilities
The Supervisor interacts primarily with the following internal interfaces:
- AOR staff
- Other AOR supervisors, managers and directors
- Clinicians
The Supervisor interacts secondarily with the following internal interfaces:
- Other Functional Managers and Supervisors
- Other System Staff
DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY & RESPONSIBILITY
The Supervisor has the authority to carry out the AOR vision, objectives, and strategies consistent with the System’s mission, vision and goals. This person assists the leadership team in determining which resources are needed and recommends the acquisition of additional resources where indicated.
The Supervisor has the responsibility to advocate change in AOR processes and systems to ensure optimal, cost effective health care delivery. This individual facilitates the resolution of clinical, staff, and policy issues. The Supervisor oversees the adherence to policy, as well as makes recommendations for changes to AOR staff and leadership. The Supervisor coaches, monitors, and documents staff performance, makes recommendations for compensation strategy and promotion for their AOR.
The Supervisor represents Gundersen Health System and their AOR within the System and in the external community.
Education and Learning:
REQUIRED
High School Diploma or equivalency
DESIRED
Bachelor's degree in Business or Hospitality or Science
Work Experience:
REQUIRED
2 years of experience in commercial or healthcare environmental services or related field; or 2 years supervisory experience in healthcare or related field
DESIRED
2 years of supervisory experience in healthcare environmental services
License and Certifications:
REQUIRED
Valid Driver's License (DL)
DESIRED
American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) Certification or International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA) Certification
Age Specific Population Served:
Infant (less than 1 year)
Pediatric (1 - 12 years)
Adolescent (13 - 17 years)
Adult (18 - 64 years)
Geriatric (65 years & older)
OSHA Category:
Category I - All Employees in this job title have a reasonably anticipated risk of occupational exposure to blood and/or other potentially infectious materials.
Environmental Conditions:
Exposed to infectious diseases.
If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact HR-Recruitment@gundersenhealth.org or call 608-775-0267
Equal Opportunity Employer
