Environmental Services Aide (Days / Afternoons)

About the role

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.

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
• Required to wear steel-toe footwear when working in Linen, Waste, or operating the Ride-On Machine
• Position requires significant physical effort (80%+), including walking, standing, lifting, and pushing/pulling carts or equipment
• Comfortable using ladders when necessary

Cleaning

• Perform daily routine cleaning and discharge cleaning of patient rooms
• Clean and maintain various areas, including patient units, clinics, offices, corridors/hallways, the Labour and Delivery Operating Room, Emergency Department, and Mental Health Unit
• Maintain flooring through scrubbing, waxing, and burnishing
• Operate and maintain cleaning equipment such as floor scrubbers, speed scrubbers, ride-on machines, carpet cleaners, steamers, mops, and vacuums

Transporting

• 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

Linen

• 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

Requirements

• Secondary school diploma or equivalent
• Environmental Services: A Course for Frontline Staff (preferred)

Core Competencies

• Reliable individual with excellent attendance record and able to work all shifts

Safety

Safety (patient, worker & workplace) is a BCHS Corporate Priority. The successful applicant will demonstrate good stewardship in the identification, reporting and mitigation of unsafe acts or conditions.