Environmental Services Aide

Position Summary

Reporting to the Manager of Environmental Services, you will be responsible for maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming patient environment. Additional responsibilities include the safe and efficient transport of patients, supplies, specimens, and equipment, in accordance with established policies and procedures.

Primary Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to excellent customer service when interacting with patients, visitors, and colleagues
• Respects and maintains patient confidentiality at all times
• Proven ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
• Adheres to PIDAC and Infection Prevention and Control standards
• Actively participates in unit and departmental quality improvement initiatives
• Capable of responding appropriately to emergency codes
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Adaptable to change, able to multitask, and perform duties efficiently
• Well-organized with strong prioritization and time management skills
• Reliable and dependable with a strong work ethic
• Physically able to lift up to 50 lbs

Mandatory Qualifications

• Secondary school diploma or equivalent
• Airborne Pathogen Inoculation Certificate (preferred)

Core Competencies

• Reliable individual with excellent attendance record and able to work all shifts
• Safety (patient, worker & workplace) is a BCHS Corporate Priority

Position Requirements

• Comfortable using ladders when necessary
• Performing daily routine cleaning and discharge cleaning of patient rooms
• Maintaining flooring through scrubbing, waxing, and burnishing
• Operating and maintaining cleaning equipment such as floor scrubbers, speed scrubbers, ride-on machines, carpet cleaners, steamers, mops, and vacuums
• Safely transport patients using wheelchairs, stretchers, and beds
• Deliver medical specimens promptly and securely to designated areas
• Transport hospital equipment, including but not limited to scopes and vital signs monitors
• Assist with the respectful and discreet transport of deceased patients to the morgue
• Deliver clean linen and remove soiled linen from all units and departments
• Operate and maintain washers and dryers in the linen room
• Process various items including privacy curtains, cubicle curtains, slings, restraints, mops, and patient waste
• Ensure compliance with all applicable waste regulations
• Collect regular waste, recycling, biomedical waste, and sharps/pharmaceutical containers safely and efficiently
• Moves
• Assist with office and department relocations, including the movement of equipment and furniture