Housekeeping Manager

Duke Regional Hospital has served Durham, Orange, Person, Granville and Alamance counties and the surrounding communities for nearly 40 years. With more than 1,900 employees, its focus is on providing outstanding medical care with compassionate, personalized service in a comfortable community hospital setting. Duke Regional Hospital has 369 inpatient beds and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services, and also offers care at the Duke Rehabilitation Institute and Davis Ambulatory Surgical Center. In fiscal year 2018, Duke Regional Hospital admitted 16,299 patients and had 165,953 outpatient visits in fiscal year 2017.

U.S. News & World Report ranked Duke Regional Hospital as #10 in North Carolina and #4 in the Raleigh-Durham area for 2018-19.

Work Hours: 2nd Shift

The Environmental Services Operations Manager is responsible fordirecting and overseeing the operational needs of Hospita l Environmental Services. This position will coordinate the tasks of the front-linestaff and serve as a liaison between administration and hospital departments and provide the highest possible level of service. This position will be responsible for managing a staff up to 25 EVS employees. 

Work collaboratively with hospital units to ensure the client needs aremet. Establishes and annually reviews standards and work procedures for all Housekeeping staff. Plans work and staffing schedules and areas of work to ensure adequate services are rendered. Interview, hiring and training of new associates. Orients, develops, and supervises all supervisory/housekeeping staff. Conducts regular inspections and makes changes and recommendations to the facility. Monthly reporting of goals, accomplishments, and future plans. Staff education and training. Communication with staff, administration, and other departments. Coordination of outside services (i.e. Pest Control, Window Cleaning,Medical and S olid Waste,Document Destruction, and Recycling program).Proactive in the achievement of the facility goals and objectives. Monthly reporting of departmental data to your unit director. Frequent rounding to ensure cleanliness of facility. Timely and accurate implementation of Tru-D.Ensure accurate and timely payroll for staff. Completion of staff evaluations.

Must have the ability to analyze and interpret financial and other data. Excellent interpersonal skills. High customer service and quality attitude. Ability to work under pressure and meet established goals and objectives. Public speaking skills. Ability to utilize a participative approach to managing staff, to organize and prioritize tasks, and to develop budgets with a completeunderstanding of facility needs and requirements. Ability to communicate effectively in written format and oral presentations. Ability to multi-task and establish priorities. Ability to maintain organization in a changing and stressful e nvironment. Exhibit initiative, responsibility, flexibility, and leadership. Plan and conduct meetings with departmental employees to ensure compliance with established standards and procedures. Military Transferrable Skills:Troubleshoots, isolates and identifies causes of equipment malfunction. Teaches technical skills to lower grade soldiers. Prepares costs and labor estimates.

Work requires communications, analytical and organizational skills generally acquired through completion of a associate's degree program.

Work requires knowledge of environmental service functions normally acquired through three years progressive experience in environmental services or related supervisory, administrative, management experience in a service or similar environment. At least one year of supervisory experience in housekeeping or service-related field with high customer/client contact required. Proficient in the use of Windows based office software including but not limited to Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook Military Transferrable Skills: Non Commissioned Officer E4+with experience in Planning, developing and directing logistics. All military branches with experience of supervising a group of soldiers of 15 or more.

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