Supervisor, Housekeeping
$83,866–$83,866 year
On-siteOakville, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Coordinate Environmental Services, Porters, and Waste and Linen operations within a unionized setting, managing staff, training, recruitment, and performance. Prepare shift schedules, handle payroll, and conduct quality audits while collaborating with nursing units and clinical areas. Lead participation in patient safety, infection control, and risk management activities, including the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee. Develop departmental policies, manage supply and labour budgets, and ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines such as WHMIS and the OH&S Act. Work rotating shifts Monday to Sunday, including evenings and weekends, earning $40.323 to $50.391 per hour.
Required Qualifications
- Post-secondary diploma, degree or related experience
- Professional Healthcare Housekeeper's Certificate (PHH)
- Successful completion of the OHA Environmental Management Level 1 and Level 2
- Minimum of 5 years' supervisory experience within a unionized environment
- Membership or qualification to become a member of the CAEM and OHHA
- Proven healthcare Environmental Services experience and working knowledge of all healthcare housekeeping and related regulated infection control practices and processes and knowledge of PIDAC, RICN etc.
- Proven ability to manage supply/labour budgets to include labour relations and compliance within the local and central collective agreements of unionized staff. Monitoring performance and hospital policies within a healthcare environment.
- Knowledge and experience with various regulatory guidelines i.e. WHMIS, Ministry Waste Guidelines, OH&S Act
- Demonstrated ability to manage operations and staff, establishing and maintaining quality standards, infection control practices, outbreak prevention, linen utilization and the various streams of general, recycling, biomedical, hazardous and confidential waste handling etc.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement departmental policies and procedures and ongoing operational changes to area job routines, programs and systems to ensure continuous quality improvement.
- Strong organizational, multi-tasking and time management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, staff development with emphasis on team building
- Strong problem-solving, decision-making and analytical skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Demonstrated ability to work well independently and as a team and have initiative to continuously improve processes.
- Hours: Monday to Sunday; various rotating 7.5 hour days, evenings and every other weekend shifts (Hours are subject to change based on operational needs)
- pre-employment medical clearance by our Health, Safety & Wellness team, prior to their start date, as a condition of employment
- proof of vaccination or proof of a documented medical exemption
Desired Qualifications
- Experience using Microsoft Access
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