Environmental Services Aide

Description:  The purpose of this job is to clean and service the Hospital building interior, move furniture, equipment and supplies in and around the building and perform a variety of housekeeping duties and repetitive tasks to maintain the building complex in a safe, sanitary, orderly and attractive condition.

Essential Job Functions Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Responsible for daily assigned schedule or project work as needed.
• Assembles necessary cleaning supplies, material and equipment needed for a particular work assignment. 
• At the end of the shift, cleans and returns equipment to appropriate areas and have supplies ready for the next day.
• Cleans and disinfects assigned areas by following the seven-step cleaning procedure as out-lined in the department policy and procedure manual.
• Replenishes supplies such as paper towels, toilet paper and hand soap on a daily basis. 
• Completes cleaning of isolation rooms per departmental policy and procedure manual.
• Reports all safety hazards or unusual occurrences to the Department Supervisor/Director.
• Empties all large trash daily into dumpster; removes all other trash, cardboard, recycled trash as assigned and places into dumpster or designated area recycling sites.
• Arranges furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion; may be required to work on ladder.
• Buffs and spray-buffs floor using high and slow-speed buffers, wet/dry vacuum; strips and seals floors using power scrubbing and vacuuming equipment vacuums and shampoos carpets using power carpet equipment. 
• Performs all regulated medical waste duties as per department policy that include replacing, handling, transporting, weighing and storing regulated waste in preparation for transporting off site.

Education: Possess High School diploma
Experience: Possess no prior experience, on the job training.
Preferred: Possess (1) one year environmental services experience in a healthcare setting

Position Requires Holiday and Weekend Rotation
Full-Time Sign-on-Bonus: $750.00

Status:   7:00am – 3:30pm (16 hours)

Rate of Pay: $17.25 hour.  Experience differential after one year of service.