Custodian Specialty

500 Baystate Wing Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, MA, is hiring Environmental Services staff to clean and disinfect patient rooms, corridors, and public areas, including operating suites and NICU, using standard precautions and UV-C disinfection.

You will follow Baystate Health Operating Principles and Caring Values, work in a team, maintain logs, and ensure timely turnover, while adhering to safety, privacy, and infection-control guidelines in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Qualifications

• GED or HiSET required.
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Ability to work effectively in high-intensity hospital units.

Responsibilities

• Greet patients and customers with high-quality service.
• Maintain flexibility, organization, and prioritize tasks.
• Work in a team, cooperating with staff and units.
• Follow health, safety, and attendance requirements.

Education

GED or HiSET

Job description

Summary: Performs a variety of Environmental Services duties under the direction of leadership. Duties will involve complete cleaning and disinfection of patient rooms, corridors, public rooms, offices, other designated areas as needed and the changing of cubicle curtains. Responsible for the daily cleaning, room turnover cleaning and terminal cleaning of specialty areas including but not limited to: Emergency Department, Operating Rooms, LDRP, NICU, CCN, WETU. Candidate must be committed to consistently following and be part of the Baystate Health System Operating Principles of communication, integrity, respect, trust and collaboration and the Caring Values of quality, compassion, teamwork, service, innovation. Interacts often in a positive light with patient, family, and caregivers in a calm, caring, professional manner.

Job Responsibilities:

1. 1) High level of interpersonal and customer service skills. Responsible for greeting and utilizing scripting whenever interacting with patients and customers.
2. 2) Maintain high levels in flexibility, organization and prioritizing work.
3. 3) Works in a team environment, collaborating with co-workers and unit staff.
4. 4) Maintain health, safety and attendance requirements.
5. 5) Adhere to system and department policy and any applicable laws and regulations.
6. 6) Ability to perform daily responsibilities with minimal supervision following departmental duty lists to complete tasks.
7. 7) Performs other departmental duties as required.
8. 8) Follow departmental procedure guidelines and standard precautions in managing contaminated patient care equipment and supplies. Standard precautions include: hand hygene, sharps safety and wearing personal protective equipment.
9. 9) Responsible for conducting daily terminal cleaning, maintaining all respective log books and use of UV-C disinfection technology.
10. 10) Responsible for the cleaning and disinfection of all horizontal and vertical surfaces, equipment and furniture.
11. 11) Responsible for the proper removal of municipal soild waste, regulated medical waste, soiled linen, and recyclables.
12. 12) Responsible for high and low dusting, applying finish or polish to wood & steel surfaces.
13. 13) Responsible for daily cleaning of floors, baseboards, corners and edges.
14. 14) Responsible for changing cubicle curtains as needed.
15. 15) Must be able to maintain pace in high intensity units.
16. 16) Must be able to break down, clean and disinfect various specialty equipment such as Operating Tables.
17. 17) Responsible for moving rolling stock such as stretchers and beds as needed.

Education:

GED or HiSET

Compensation Note:

The compensation range(s) in the table below represent the base salaries for all positions at a given grade across the health system. Typically, a new hire can expect a starting salary somewhere in the lower part of the range. Actual salaries may vary by position and will be determined based on the candidate's relevant experience. No employee will be paid below the minimum of the range. Pay ranges are listed as hourly for non-exempt employees and based on assumed full time commitment for exempt employees.

Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum $17.98 - $20.68 - $24.12

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Baystate Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.

About Baystate Health

Baystate Health (BH) is one of New England’s leading and largest integrated health care organizations, serving a population of nearly one million people throughout western New England. With roots dating back to the founding of Springfield City Hospital in 1873, Baystate Health has been providing high-quality and compassionate health care in western Massachusetts for more than 145 years. With more than 12,000 employees, a medical staff of nearly 3,100 physicians, and a net patient service revenue of more than $1.4 billion, the ever-growing health system includes five Massachusetts hospitals and the Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware: Baystate Medical Center in Springfield Baystate Children’s Hospital (located at Baystate Medical Center) Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer Baystate Noble Hospital in Westfield