Environmental Services Aide

About the role

Performs a variety of environmental service functions to maintain the Hospital campus in a neat, orderly, and sanitary condition.

Responsibilities

• Thinks critically; utilizes sound judgment; promptly reports potential risks.
• Maintains state of art knowledge of area of specialty, healthcare trends and practice, and populations served.
• Maintains a level of computer literacy appropriate to their role.
• Meets and maintains current all unit specific and organizational skills/competencies, certifications/licensures, as required.
• Completes hospital-required reviews, e.g. HIPAA, safety, health screening, care concerns, and others as assigned.
• Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals.
• Assignment sheets are completed in a timely fashion to accurately reflect what has been completed and documented.
• Performs needed repairs and special projects required in the assigned area.
• Maintains ability to assist in other positions, responds positively to abrupt scheduling changes during times of increased patient activity or short staffing situations.
• Supplies and equipment are utilized appropriately (i.e., solutions are mixed correctly and products are used as intended).
• Completes discharge bed making according to procedure and within a 30 minute timeframe.
• Insures bed linens utilized are in good condition.
• Insures completed beds have crisp and neat tucks and folds.
• Assigned common and public areas are neat, clean, and presenting a good lasting first impression.
• Completes discharge bed cleaning in a fashion that maintains clean and ready beds on all floors at all times and prioritizes areas of heavy admissions as needed.
• Patient floors: Prioritizes and performs room cleaning and restroom maintenance in a fashion so that assignments are completed at day's end, restrooms remain clean, and trash is removed.
• OR-ER-Treatment: Prioritizes work so that areas are ready to accept, and treat new patients for procedures. Infection Control guidelines are met.
• Office-Anciliary-Clinical: Completes and prioritizes work so that assignments and cleaning standards are met. Prescribed work is done according to plan and procedure.
• Cleans assigned areas according to procedures; floors are clean, free of debris, spots and cobwebs.
• Furniture in assigned areas is kept clean, free of spots and tears, and in good working order.
• Curtains and draperies in assigned areas are maintained in clean, good working order.
• Personal protective equipment guidelines and procedures are followed to maintain personal protection and infection control guidelines.
• Trash is handled appropriately in assigned areas.
• General trash is removed in a timely fashion, bio-hazard trash is removed according to Federal and State Law, and labeling is completed appropriately.
• Recycling is segregated and disposed appropriately.
• Restrooms in assigned areas are maintained in a clean, fresh manner.
• Fixtures free from dust, soil, spillage, polished to shine and are disinfected.
• Free of customer complaints.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Graduate or G.E.D. preferred.
• Experience: Experience applying customer service behaviors and communication skills required. Experience in healthcare setting or cleaning industry preferred.
• Certifications/Licensure: None