Environmental Service Worker

About the Role

Under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor, performs a variety of cleaning duties for the hospital, clinic, and/or office, including walls, floors, equipment, bath areas, furniture, ceilings, elevators, staircases, windows and blinds, restrooms, vents, and light fixtures using universal precautions and appropriate equipment. Responsible for maintaining confidential patient information.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with nursing staff and supervisor to prioritize cleaning occupied rooms, check empty rooms, and attend to emergency cleaning for spills.
• Cleans patient rooms daily: damp mops or vacuums floors, spot cleans stains, dusts furniture, ledges, and bed tables, and removes debris.
• Empties, washes, and relines wastebaskets.
• Washes walls and windows.
• Uses appropriate chemicals and techniques for cleaning restrooms, including basins, commodes, tubs, showers, mirrors, soap dishes, water pipes, and exterior surfaces.
• Dusts ledges, damp mops floors, and washes walls in restrooms.
• Refills toilet tissue, paper towels, and soap dispensers.
• Performs periodic cleaning of high ledges, ceiling and light fixtures, and vents.
• Cleans doors and parts of showers and commodes subject to mineral deposit.
• Dry and damp mops or machine scrubs corridors and elevator landings according to assigned schedule.
• Sweeps stairwells and washes corridor and landing walls.
• Bonnet cleans or extracts carpeted areas as needed or assigned.
• Checks equipment condition upon sign out and cleans equipment upon return, reporting any needed maintenance or repair.
• Assists in meeting setups, hanging curtains, picking up trash, hazardous waste, and recyclable trash.
• Washes trash containers in assigned areas.
• Maintains all floors and carpets.
• Attends all required safety training programs and describes responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, and specific job-related hazards.
• Follows hospital exposure control plans for bloodborne and airborne pathogens.
• Promotes effective working relations and works as part of a team inter- and intradepartmentally to meet department goals and objectives.
• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees.
• Displays a "can do" attitude to contribute to the overall customer service program.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED (experience can be substituted for education).
• Successful completion of ARH Housekeeping Orientation Program (32 hours) upon hire.