Environmental Assistant Floor/Special Project Team (24 hours), Evenings (12p-830p Rotating Week[...]

Children's National Medical Center; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading children's healthcare provider in Washington is seeking a part-time Environmental Assistant. Your role will involve cleaning and sanitizing rooms, performing floor care, and ensuring safety in work areas. This position offers an evening shift with rotating weekends and holidays. Ideal candidates should have experience in cleaning environments and be committed to following safety guidelines.

Qualifications

• Ability to operate cleaning equipment according to instructions.
• Willingness to follow safety and sanitation guidelines.
• Experience in cleaning and sanitizing surfaces.

Responsibilities

• Clean and sanitize rooms and furnishings in assigned work areas.
• Perform floor care using various equipment and chemicals.
• Report damaged flooring and unsafe conditions.

Job description

Overview

The Environmental Assistant Floor/Special Project Team employee will clean and sanitize rooms and furnishings in assigned work areas following established policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Floor Care: Use vacuum to clean carpets; use carpet extractor or bonnet buff to perform spot removal or clean carpets.
• Floor Care: Use brooms, mops, buffers to sweep, dry/wet mop, scrub, strip and refinish, sanitize and disinfect hard surface floors.
• Floor Care: Report damaged carpets and floors and situations where stain removal can not be done.
• Floor Care: Mix, use and dispose of floor care chemicals according to directions.
• Floor Care: Clean and properly store floor equipment; operate cleaning equipment according to instructions; replace belts, bags and make other minor equipment repairs; report other mechanical failures to supervisor.
• Personal and Patient Safety: Wear personal protective equipment according to hospital guidelines, follow universal precautions.
• Personal and Patient Safety: Use appropriate cleaning materials.
• Personal and Patient Safety: Report unsafe conditions in assigned work areas.
• Personal and Patient Safety: Observe isolation procedures.
• Room Set-up and Tear Down: Move furniture and equipment as directed, use good body mechanics.
• Room Set-up and Tear Down: Perform room set-up and tear-down as directed for special events.
• Other Duties: Complete project report of completed tasks during shift.
• Other Duties: Attend weekly/monthly and annual mandatory departmental training sessions.
• Other Duties: Use pallet jack to move boxes from loading dock to stock supply room.
• Non-Essential Function: Arrive and depart work on time.
• Non-Essential Function: Report to work on scheduled days with no excessive absenteeism.
• Non-Essential Function: Leave for meal break and return on time.
• Non-Essential Function: Report to work in uniform.
• Non-Essential Function: Uniform is clean and free of debris or odor.
• Non-Essential Function: Entire uniform is worn daily.

Organizational Accountabilities

• Anticipate and respond to customer needs; follows up until needs are met.
• Teamwork/Communication: Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior.
• Teamwork/Communication: Partner with all team members to achieve goals.
• Teamwork/Communication: Receptive to others' ideas and opinions.
• Performance Improvement/Problem-solving: Contribute to a positive work environment.
• Performance Improvement/Problem-solving: Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change.
• Performance Improvement/Problem-solving: Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes.
• Performance Improvement/Problem-solving: Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment.
• Cost Management/Financial Responsibility: Use resources efficiently.
• Cost Management/Financial Responsibility: Search for less costly ways of doing things.
• Safety: Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance.
• Safety: Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation.
• Safety: Stop in the face of uncertainty and take time to resolve the situation.
• Safety: Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication.
• Safety: Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers.
• Safety: Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance.

Location

Primary Location: District of Columbia-Washington

Work Locations

CN Hospital (Main Campus), 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington 20010

Job

Environmental Services/ Transporter

Organization

Operations

Position Status

R (Regular) - PT - Part-Time

Shift

Evening

Work Schedule

12p-8:30p Rotating Weekends & Holidays