Cleaner- Evening Shift (Environmental Services)

Imperial Cleaning Company; Village of Island Park (NY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial Cleaning is seeking a healthcare environmental services professional to perform daily cleaning and disinfection of patient care areas and equipment. You will follow infection control standards, handle waste properly, and maintain organized carts and supplies.

Applicants should be able to read/write English, use computers or mobile devices for tasks, and meet minimum age requirements. Location: Suffolk County, NY; compensation and benefits are competitive.

Qualifications

• Reading and writing in English required.
• Ability to operate computers/mobile devices for daily tasks.
• Must be 18+ years old.

Responsibilities

• Daily cleaning and disinfection of patient care areas and equipment.
• Follow health care cleaning standards and infection control guidelines.
• Maintain clean and stocked environmental services carts and supplies.

Skills

English proficiency

Computer literacy

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Overview:

Imperial Cleaning is one of the largest independently owned cleaning companies in the nation, providing professional cleaning services to Retail, Offices, Medical Facilities, Schools, Commercial Buildings, Financial Institutions, Municipalities, and more for over 25+ years. Now over 1,000 employees strong, and with consistent double-digit sales growth year over year, Imperial Cleaning is well-positioned to continue its growth.

Should you come to work at Imperial, you will find that we encourage input and creativity from employees at every level within our organization to improve and move our business forward. We welcome new employees to our growing family and team. When you join Imperial Cleaning you become part of a great family culture. At Imperial, we know that our people are our greatest asset, and we take great care to find highly qualified candidates that share our commitment to growth and excellence.

Imperial Cleaning is an equal opportunity employer. We offer competitive compensation packages and a variety of benefits that provide our staff with a safe, respectful, and professional working environment. Our headquarters is located at 151 Dixon Avenue, Amityville, NY, and is an upscale and professional building.

Job Description:

• Responsible for daily occupied and discharge/transfer cleaning and disinfection of patient care areas, equipment as assigned and other common areas of assignment.
• Performs duties while demonstrating working knowledge of the health care cleaning and disinfecting principles and requirements, proper and safe chemical use, equipment handling, and labor saving products for all items within the healthcare environment for which tasked with servicing.
• Adheres to all organization safety, risk management and infection control guidelines and standards while promoting a culture of safety.
• Actively participates in departmental performance improvement initiatives, including but not limited to initiatives to improve patient experience and cleanliness metrics.
• Maintains cleaning cart(s), supplies and equipment evidence by properly stocking and restocking environmental services cart in a neat and orderly fashion.
• Removes waste and transports to the appropriate disposal area while identifying proper waste streams handling (i.e. regulated medical, recycle, solid, and hazardous).
• Follows all infection prevention practices (i.e. proper cleaning and disinfection protocols and process, hand hygiene, standard & isolation precautions, as well as proper donning and doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Recognizes and adheres to patient privacy requirements (HIPAA)

Other Responsibilities

• Practices critical thinking skills
• Demonstrates personal accountability
• Identify and utilize appropriate resources to ensure identified problems or concerns are followed through and resolved
• Demonstrates knowledge of facility safety requirements.
• Demonstrates the ability to operate and properly maintain all tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment.
• May be asked to perform specialty tasks according to facility needs including tasks such as conference room set up/dismantle according to function sheets and schedules, cleaning of stairwells and elevators, and hanging of cubicle curtains.

Experience

Health care support services and/or environmental services, hospitality or related field preferred

Special Skills/ Equipment

• Can demonstrate effective use of computers and/or mobile devices for daily job performance activities
• Ability to read/write English

Applicants must be 18 years of age or older to be considered for employment.

Location: Suffolk, County, NY