Environmental Services Aide

Insight Health Systems; Coldwater (MI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Health Systems is seeking a hospital environmental services worker to maintain a clean, safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff.

The role operates 4:30pm–1:00am, full-time, focusing on infection control and safety procedures within patient care areas and support spaces.

Qualifications

• Requires ability to follow safety and infection control policies.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and patient safety.
• Commitment to clean, safe hospital environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.
• Follows Safety/Infection Control Policies and procedures.
• Completes mandatory safety requirements and participates in drills as needed.
• Cleans patient rooms, beds, corridors, and equipment.
• Uses approved disinfectants to prevent the spread of infection.
• Transports supplies and maintains cleaning carts and equipment.

Skills

Safety awareness

Infection control basics

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

Cleans assigned areas to ensure the safety and health of patients, visitors, and employees by helping to provide a clean and safe environment with minimal interference to others.

Schedule: 4:30pm - 1:00am, Full-Time

Essential Functions

• Completes mandatory safety requirements.
• Follows Safety/Infection Control Policies
• Demonstrates adherence to safety policies as evidenced by leadership and employee practices.
• Maintains a clean and safe environment for patients and coworkers.
• Follows all general safety rules.
• Identifies the person designated as Safety Officer.
• Notifies the Safety Officer and/or Director of real or potential safety hazards as required.
• Demonstrates an understanding of fire drills, internal/external disaster plans and procedures, and evacuation procedures as evidenced by inservice records and participation in drills.
• Demonstrates knowledge of Safety Committee activities.
• Demonstrates adherence of risk management policies as evidenced by employee practices.
• Submits incident reports according to hospital policy.
• Maintains confidentiality regarding knowledge of adverse incidents.
• Plans out daily work routine.
• Utilizes service cart to transport supplies to work area.
• Utilizes disinfectants in routine cleaning to prevent the spread of infection.
• Moves furnishings and vacuums floors and arranges furnishings when complete.
• Moves furnishings and sweeps or dust mops floors and arranges furnishings when complete.
• Moves furnishings to mop floors and arranges furnishings when complete.
• Cleans patient rooms completely and makes beds upon discharge.
• Keeps corridors clean.
• Wipes down furnishings.
• Removes spots form carpets as needed.
• Sweeps and wipes down vents as needed.
• Washes walls and ceilings or a scheduled basis.
• Keeps drinking fountains in sanitary condition.
• Sanitizes IV stands.
• Cleans wheel chairs and stretchers as scheduled.
• Keeps cleaning carts and equipment in a safe and sanitary condition.
• Cleans elevators and stairwells.
• Keeps toilet rooms and shower rooms clean and stocked.
• Collects bio-hazardous wastes following established procedures.
• Transports dirty linens to assigned areas.
• Delivers soiled mops to laundry.
• Collects trash and takes to compactor.
• Adheres to safety procedures.
• Uses appropriate signage to warn of potential safety hazards when cleaning (i.e. caution wet floor.)
• Maintains Security by locking doors upon completion of cleaning duties when necessary.
• Adheres to infection control policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates the ability to implement internal and external disaster plans.
• Participates in departmental and sectional activities and meetings.

Education, Training, and Experience; Certification/License

High school level education or equivalent preferred.

Work Environment and Hazards

Requires handling infectious, hazardous, and bio-hazardous materials and wastes, frequent contact with water and strong disinfecting solutions, and risk of exposure to communicable diseases.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, height, weight, familial or marital status, or genetics.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug-Free Workplace