Environmental Service Aide

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH); Hazard (KY); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) seeks a dependable Housekeeper to maintain a clean, safe environment across hospital, clinic, and office spaces under supervision. You will clean patient rooms, corridors, bathrooms, windows, and equipment, following universal precautions and confidentiality requirements.

Responsibilities include coordinating with nursing staff on room turnover, performing periodic deep cleaning, reporting maintenance needs, and assisting with safe waste handling.

Responsibilities

• Cleans patient rooms daily and common areas following safety protocols.
• Maintains walls, floors, equipment, restrooms, and windows.
• Reports equipment issues and participates in safety training.
• Assists with meeting setups, trash handling, and hazardous waste.
• Adheres to confidentiality and dignified patient care.
• Follows universal precautions and cleaning schedules.

Education

ARH Housekeeping Orientation Program (32 hours)

Job description

Overview

Under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor, performs a variety of cleaning duties for the hospital, clinic, and/or office, including walls, floors, equipment, bath areas, furniture, ceilings, elevators, staircases, windows and blinds, restrooms, vents, light fixtures using universal precautions and appropriate equipment. Responsible to maintain confidential patient information.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with the nursing staff and supervisor to clean occupied rooms first, check empty rooms, and respond to emergency cleaning needs and spills.
• Cleans patient rooms daily, damp mops or vacuums floors, spot cleans stains, dusts furniture, ledges, and bed tables, and removes debris.
• Empties, washes, and relines wastebaskets.
• Washes walls and windows.
• Uses appropriate chemicals and cleaning techniques when cleaning restrooms.
• Washes basins, commodes, tubs, and showers, and cleans mirrors, soap dishes, water pipes, and exterior surfaces.
• Dusts ledges, damp mops floors, and washes restroom walls.
• Refills toilet tissue, paper towels, and soap dispensers.
• Performs periodic cleaning of high ledges, ceiling and light fixtures, and ventilation units.
• Cleans doors and portions of showers and commodes subject to mineral deposits.
• Dry mops, damp mops, or machine scrubs corridors and elevator landings according to assigned schedules.
• Sweeps stairwells and washes corridor and landing walls.
• As needed or assigned, bonnet cleans or extracts carpeted areas.
• Checks equipment condition upon sign out and cleans equipment upon return, reporting any maintenance or repair needs.
• Assists with meeting set‑ups, hanging curtains, collecting trash, hazardous waste, and recyclable materials.
• Washes trash containers in assigned areas.
• Maintains all floors.
• Maintains all carpets.
• Sets up meetings, hangs curtains, and checks the condition of equipment.
• Attends all required safety training programs and can describe responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, and specific job-related hazards.
• Responsibly follows hospital exposure control plans for bloodborne and airborne pathogens.
• Promotes effective working relationships and works effectively as part of a department/unit team both interdepartmentally and intradepartmentally to meet departmental goals and objectives.
• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment.
• Continuously displays a "can do" attitude within the department and across departmental lines to support the hospital's customer service program.

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.

Licenses & Certifications

• Successful completion of the ARH Housekeeping Orientation Program (32 hours) required upon hire.