Healthcare Environmental Services Management Student Mission Statement and Program Objectives

The Healthcare Environmental Services Management Program provides a supportive learning environment for students to gain knowledge to provide a healthy and safe environment, and maintain the cleanliness for the proficiency of the Healthcare Environmental Services department. They will monitor and enforce standards and regulation compliances to the department, by maintaining an educational program for operating employees and develop an appropriate action plan towards risk management. Their goal is to protect the employees and participate in patient/resident safety activities.

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Program Objectives

On successful completion of the program, learners will have demonstrated the ability to:

1. Support the provision of healthy, safe and sanitary healthcare environments according to guidelines set by current legislation, standards and regulations.
2. Analyze infection prevention and control practices to ensure compliance with current legislation, standards and regulations.
3. Work effectively as part of an interprofessional healthcare team to ensure successful functioning of the facility.
4. Apply quality management principles in compliance with requirements established by the organization and regulatory bodies.
5. Manage the healthcare environmental services operations as outlined by the departmental/organizational business plan.
6. Develop ongoing personal and professional development strategies and plans to achieve realistic career goals and to enhance management skills.
7. Analyze and evaluate the impact of social, ethical and legal issues on individual and/or organizational operations within a healthcare environmental services context.
8. Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of the recruitment, orientation, training, development and retention programs for healthcare environmental services employees.
9. Ensure fiscal accountability and financial planning through the development, implementation, control and evaluation of the departmental budget.
10. Apply effective human resource management practices to enhance organizational and individual productivity and performance.
11. Document, generate, and maintain all required records in compliance with current healthcare environmental services regulations, standards and established protocol.