Job Information
Trinity Health Housekeeping Supervisor in Hartford, Connecticut
Employment Type:
Full time
Shift:
Evening Shift
Description:
Come join the Environmental Services team at Saint Francis Hospital, part of Trinity Health Of New England! We are a member of the nationwide Trinity Health family, bringing compassionate care to our communities.
Position Purpose :
Under general direction, responsible for the direct supervision of Housekeeping Aides in maintaining all hospital areas in accord with the standards set by the Housekeeping Department. Position may require working at either campus.
What you will do:
Coordinates the work of assigned colleagues engaged in various tasks such as sweeping, mopping, and finishing floors, washing beds, relocating furniture, removing rubbish, and so forth in order to maintain Hospital in a clean, safe and orderly condition.
Provides input into development of departmental policies, procedures and budgets, and assists in administering the same.
Orients, trains, evaluates the performance of, and, when necessary, recommends discipline and discharge of assigned colleagues.
Prepares work schedules in order to provide adequate coverage at all times. Establishes work priorities and, with Manager, determines work assignments. Changes schedules and reassigns colleagues in response to workload demands or staffing shortages.
Monitors work quality on a regular basis through use of inspection reports in order to ensure work of assigned colleagues meets Hospital, governmental and regulatory agency standards. Issues corrective instructions and conducts follow-up inspections to ensure compliance, as necessary.
Reviews patient discharge schedules and ensures patient rooms are cleaned in a timely manner, notifying Admitting Department when rooms are clean and available for new patients.
Oversees receipt and distribution of housekeeping supplies. Ensures appropriate inventory of housekeeping materials, supplies and equipment is maintained, and requisitions replacement items as needed.
Monitors use of cleaning supplies and equipment, ensuring cost effective procedures and practices are employed. Trains unit personnel in usage as needed.
Assists Manager in evaluating physical condition of facilities and furnishings in assigned areas, and recommends necessary repairs, painting, or replacements.
Prepares periodic reports reflecting Environmental Services activities for manager's review, such as production, supply usage, project, and quality control reports.
Minimum Qualifications :
Education : High school graduate or equivalent.
Experience : Two years hospital experience or satisfactory substitute.
Skills: Ability to communicate with all levels of hospital personnel. Ability to maintain department work log.
Physical and Mental Effort
Considerable walking, bending, stretching, lifting, and moving. Assumes complete charge of department in the absence of the Coordinator of Housekeeping Services and other supervisors. Position requires ability to frequently lift light objects, perform moderately difficult manipulative and gross body coordination skills; walk, stand and sit for prolonged periods; see objects closely and hear normal sounds with some background noises. Position requires ability to frequently concentrate on moderate detail with interruption and attend to tasks for more than 10 minutes at a time. Individual must be able to understand and relate to the concepts behind specific ideas and remember multiple tasks given during course of the day.
- The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.
Position Highlights and Benefits
Full-Time 40 Hours - Evening Shift
Our Mission and Core Values
Career growth and advancement potential
Award-winning Patient Access Department
Ministry/Facility Information
Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system that is comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We aim to deliver top level care to increase our community's overall health at lower costs. While we serve nearly 3 million people, we are proud to be a part of a national system that focuses on putting our patients first and having the best colleagues to do so.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
EOE including disability/veteran