Environmental Services Worker - Environmental Services

Nova Scotia Health Authority; Kentville; Hybrid; CAD 29,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

Travel coverage

Long-term disability

Life insurance

Defined benefit pension

Job summary

Nova Scotia Health Authority is seeking an Environmental Services Worker to maintain a clean, safe environment for patients, families and staff at Valley Regional Hospital.

The role covers cleaning of patient rooms and public areas, moving furniture, and using Taski equipment. Applicants should have Grade 12, be committed to safety and confidentiality, and may travel to other sites with a reliable vehicle. This unionized, permanent position offers comprehensive benefits and pension.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 or equivalent work experience.
• Commitment to safety, ethics and organizational health.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Travel to other sites may be required with a reliable vehicle.
• Equipment operated includes Taski spray buffers, burnishers, auto scrubbers and shampooers.
• Competencies in other languages an asset; French preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean, safe environment for patients, families, staff and visitors.
• Clean all units including patient rooms and public areas (mopping, dusting, vacuuming).
• Move furniture, change curtains and drapes as needed.
• Follow mission, values and safety and quality practices in daily work.

Skills

Confidentiality

Safety culture

Multilingual asset

Education

Grade 12 or equivalent

Tools

Taski spray buffers

Burnishers

Auto scrubbers

Shampooers

Job description

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Location: Western Zone, Valley Regional Hospital
Department: FMS Environmental Services VRH
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT ( 100% ) x 1
CUPE Support Position

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Assistant Manager - Facility Support Services, the Environmental Service Worker maintains a clean, safe, and functional environment for patients, families, staff and visitors.

The Environmental Services Worker is responsible for cleaning all units as assigned, including patient rooms and public areas. This includes but is not limited to: mopping, dusting and vacuuming furniture, floors and stairways, buffing, scrubbing and refinishing floors, moving and arranging furniture and changing curtains and drapes.

The Environmental Services Worker ensures that the principles and practices that guide our work such as the mission, vision, values, expected behaviours, the leadership philosophy, organizational health, population health, ethics, safety, quality, partnerships and inter-professional collaboration are integrated within the services they provide and through the messages they deliver.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Grade 12 or equivalent work experience
• Commitment to promoting a culture that supports safety, ethical practices and organizational health
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Travel to other sites may be required. Access to a reliable vehicle is required
• Equipment operated includes Taski spray buffers, burnishers, auto scrubbers and shampooers
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent full-time position; 75 hours biweekly

Compensation and Benefits

$20.74 - $21.56 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Support bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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