Environmental Services Assistant - 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift

About the role

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family. Our Environmental Services (EVS) Department is consistently ranked among the highest-performing EVS teams in healthcare. As an Environmental Services Assistant, you will help create the comfortable and safe environment our patients have come to expect. The ideal candidate is comfortable working independently, responsive to changing and pressing requests, proactive in identifying and attending to needs of assigned area, communicates well with others, comfortable working as part of a team and empathetic towards patients, visitors and caregivers. Opportunities to interact and make a positive impact on patients, visitors and caregivers, and significant opportunities for vertical growth within a large department (Team Lead, Supervisor, Manager), are just a few reasons this role would matter most to the right candidate. Cleveland Clinic invests in our caregivers, technologies and processes because working together is how we all learn and grow. Join us, and you’ll experience the difference of a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand in hand.

Responsibilities

• Clean patient rooms, utility rooms, nourishment rooms, conference rooms, offices, corridors, stairways, locker rooms and restrooms.
• Clean toilets, urinals, sinks and lockers.
• Replenish supplies.
• Collect trash and needles and dispose of them in an appropriate manner.
• Dust ceilings, ceiling vents, TVs, light fixtures, doors, walls, wall hangings and flat surfaces.
• Wash or spot clean walls, cabinets, elevators, counters, desks and windows.
• Clean floors, carpets, floods and body fluids.
• Use and maintain equipment, such as vacuums, buffers, cleaning carts, buckets, wringers, sweeping tools and mops.