Environmental Service Worker (Evenings)

Ozark Center; United States; On-site; USD 21,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Ozark Center is seeking an Environmental Service Worker to uphold environmental standards and perform general cleaning in patient rooms, offices, and corridors. The role emphasizes trauma-informed care and supporting individuals affected by behavioral health issues, reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor.

The position requires a high school diploma or equivalent, with a preferred 1 year of institutional housekeeping experience.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in institutional housekeeping.

Responsibilities

• Dust furniture, woodwork and equipment in client waiting and reception areas.
• Wet mop hard surface floors as needed and vacuum carpets.
• Clean vents, fan fixtures, top of windows, doorframes, and other high areas using a ladder, gather and dispose of trash and waste materials using specified bags and/or containers.
• Clean/disinfect all fixtures, floors, mirrors, windows, door handles and walls of bathrooms.
• Keep cleaning equipment clean/in good repair and assist with other cleaning duties as assigned.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Description Summary: Minimum starting salary $15.50 / hour The Environmental Service Worker is responsible for maintaining environmental standards within established policies and procedures of Ozark Center and to perform a variety of general cleaning task to maintain patient rooms, bathrooms, offices, hallways, and other assigned areas of the Organization. They provide services to individuals impacted by a variety of behavioral health (addiction/substance abuse and mental health) issues, recognizing that the individuals we serve often times have experienced trauma that affects their development and adjustment. They demonstrate a warm and welcoming empathic, hopeful attitude, conveying a philosophy of dual recovery. They will be trained in trauma-informed care and will work to help provide services in an environment that is sensitive and responsive which will prevent victimization, abuse, or trauma as a result of the care received. This position reports directly to the Maintenance Supervisor.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

Minimum of one (1) year of experience in institutional housekeeping.

Responsibilities

• Dust furniture, woodwork and equipment in client waiting and reception areas.
• Wet mop hard surface floors as needed and vacuum carpets.
• Clean vents, fan fixtures, top of windows, doorframes, and other high areas using a ladder, gather and dispose of trash and waste materials using specified bags and/or containers.
• Clean/disinfect all fixtures, floors, mirrors, windows, door handles and walls of bathrooms.
• Keep cleaning equipment clean/in good repair and assist with other cleaning duties as assigned.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Physical Requirements

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions: Lift, push and pull items up to 50 pounds Stand and walk for long periods of time Work in precarious or high locations (ladders, etc.) Reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching Exposure to housekeeping cleaning agents and/or chemicals Exposure to noise Exposure to blood and/or body fluids TB test upon hire.

Locally owned and nationally recognized, Freeman Health System is a not-for-profit health system serving communities across Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas through a network of hospitals, physician clinics, outpatient locations, and specialty services. The system includes Freeman Hospital West, Freeman Hospital East, Freeman Neosho Hospital, and the Freeman Health System facilities in Bentonville, Springdale, Willow Creek, and Siloam Springs. Freeman Health System also operates Ozark Center – the region’s largest provider of behavioral health services, and offers comprehensive cancer, cardiology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, and women’s and children’s services. The system is supported by more than 7,000 employees and is the only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in a 70-mile radius. For more information, visit Freeman Health System.