Environmental Services Area Cleaner I

ccf; United States; On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital is seeking an Environmental Services Area Cleaner I to maintain a sanitary and safe environment for patients and staff at Avon Hospital. The role involves cleaning patient rooms, exam and ancillary areas, and ensuring facilities meet cleanliness standards.

The caregiver will work evenings (3:00pm-11:30pm) with weekend requirements, join a high-performing EVS team, and advance within EVS with potential supervision or cross-department opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications include High School Diploma or GED.
• Preferred qualifications include healthcare experience.
• One to three months on-the-job training to learn departmental policies and cleaning techniques.

Responsibilities

• Clean patient rooms, ancillary areas, exam rooms, offices, waiting areas, public restrooms, discharge rooms and other assigned areas.
• Stock paper items and other supplies in patient rooms, exam rooms and restrooms.
• Follow scripting, policies and procedures on patient isolation and Environmental Services SOPs.
• Follow and adhere to hospital-wide and departmental safety requirements.
• Clean up spills, body fluids, bed bugs, etc.
• Complete training to learn departmental policies and cleaning techniques.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Job Title

Environmental Services Area Cleaner I

Location

Avon

Facility

Avon Hospital

Department

Environmental Services-Avon Hospital

Job Code

I08006

Shift

Evenings

Schedule

3:00pm-11:30pm

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives - beginning with our own. That's the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Join Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Avon Hospital provides state-of-the-art healthcare to all its patients and is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. This designation is the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice.

Our Environmental Services (EVS) Department is consistently ranked among the highest performing EVS teams in healthcare. As an Environmental Services Area Cleaner, you will help create the comfortable and safe environment our patients have come to expect. Responsibilities include but are not limited to creating a sanitary, safe environment and enhancing the appearance of the facility.

This role is a great steppingstone to other careers within Environmental Services and departments within Cleveland Clinic. This department offers various opportunities including Team Lead, EVS Surgery Technicians, Floor Technicians, Supervisory positions and multiple cross-job opportunities.

A caregiver in this role works evenings from 3:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. with weekend requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Clean patient rooms, ancillary areas, exam rooms, offices, waiting areas, public restrooms, discharge rooms and other assigned areas.
• Stock paper items and other supplies in patient rooms, exam rooms and restrooms.
• Follow scripting, policies and procedures on patient isolation and all Environmental Services technical and procedural standard operating procedures.
• Follow and adhere to all hospital-wide and departmental safety requirements.
• Clean up spills, body fluid, bed bugs etc.
• Complete one to three months of on-the-job training to learn departmental policies and procedures, various cleaning techniques and proper use and storage of cleaning agents and chemicals.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Ability to learn and follow departmental policies and procedures, various cleaning and patient hospitality techniques, proper use and storage of cleaning agents and chemicals
• One to three months on-the-job training to learn developmental policies and procedures, various cleaning techniques, proper use and storage of cleaning agents and chemicals

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Healthcare experience

Physical Requirements

• Requires full body motion, including ability to perform work while lifting, bending, stooping, crouching, squatting and reaching.
• Requires continuous walking and standing on hard surfaces.
• Requires regular handling and use of disinfectants and other cleaning agents and chemicals.
• Light Work - Exerting 11 to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Personal Protective Equipment

Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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