Support Services Associate

About the role

Join Cleveland Clinic’s newly built Mentor Hospital and become a part of Mentor’s supportive environment where everyone excels and is valued for what they bring to the team.

Responsibilities

• Patient and equipment transportation: transport patients to and from clinical, ancillary and support areas via wheelchair, stretcher or beds, transfer patients to and from beds, wheelchairs or stretchers, transport patients during discharge to the hospital lobby, ensure proper oxygen levels in tanks before transporting patients, approach and offer assistance to patients and visitors, communicate with other caregivers regarding a patient arrival and departure, verify and confirm standard precautions and correct patient identification, disinfect and maintain equipment, perform environmental and safety checks, identify and report malfunctioning ambulatory equipment, and move and deliver equipment and linen carts.
• Environmental services: clean patient rooms, ancillary areas, exam rooms, offices, waiting areas, public restrooms, discharge areas and other assigned areas, stock supplies in rooms and restrooms, and follow and adhere to all departmental safety requirements.
• Linen: collect, stock and distribute clean or soiled linens, perform daily inventory, identify items for replacement, assist with fitting of new uniforms, issue lab coats and uniforms to authorized users, sort and inspect uniforms returned from offsite laundry, deliver lab coats and uniforms to locker rooms or coat closets, and assemble various linen packs for use in surgery and other departments.

Requirements

• Complete three months of on-the-job training and orientation to learn multiple hospital and clinic locations, special procedures, patient emergency and safety procedures, and proper body mechanics necessary to safely move patients.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED

Skills

• Full range of body motion including handling of patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination
• Normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range
• Working with some exposure to communicable disease
• Heavy work-exerting 50 to 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or 25 to 50 lbs. of force frequently and/or 10 to 20 lbs. of force constantly to move objects

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Pay Range Minimum hourly: $15.00 Maximum hourly: $18.44

Schedule

Days from 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. with every other weekend and holiday rotation requirements.