Environmental Services Assistant - 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift

Cleveland Clinic; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital is seeking an Environmental Services Assistant to maintain a clean, safe environment for patients and staff. The role involves independent work, teamwork, and responsiveness to changing requests across 1st, 2nd or 3rd shifts, including every other weekend and holiday.

Responsibilities include cleaning rooms, restocking supplies, handling waste, and operating cleaning equipment.

Qualifications

• Interest in housekeeping demonstrated by previous experience or ability to learn.
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions, use care and attention when using equipment.
• Insurable under the hospital plan to be permitted to drive a company vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Clean patient rooms, utility rooms, nourishment rooms, conference rooms, offices, corridors, stairways, locker rooms and restrooms.
• Clean toilets, urinals, sinks and lockers.
• Replenish supplies.
• Collect trash and needles and dispose of them in an appropriate manner.
• Dust ceilings, ceiling vents, TVs, light fixtures, doors, walls, wall hangings and flat surfaces.
• Wash or spot clean walls, cabinets, elevators, counters, desks and windows.
• Clean floors, carpets, floods and body fluids.
• Use and maintain equipment, such as vacuums, buffers, cleaning carts, buckets, wringers, sweeping tools and mops.
• Clean and disinfect beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, IV poles and other items in patient rooms.
• Strip and make beds.
• Transport and move furniture and equipment.
• Report malfunctioning equipment, unsafe conditions and broken items.

Skills

Housekeeping

Attention to detail

Follow instructions

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family.

Our Environmental Services (EVS) Department is consistently ranked among the highest-performing EVS teams in healthcare. As an Environmental Services Assistant, you will help create the comfortable and safe environment our patients have come to expect. The ideal candidate is comfortable working independently, responsive to changing and pressing requests, proactive in identifying and attending to needs of assigned area, communicates well with others, comfortable working as part of a team and empathetic towards patients, visitors and caregivers.

Opportunities to interact and make a positive impact on patients, visitors and caregivers, and significant opportunities for vertical growth within a large department (Team Lead, Supervisor, Manager), are just a few reasons this role would matter most to the right candidate. Cleveland Clinic invests in our caregivers, technologies and processes because working together is how we all learn and grow. Join us, and you’ll experience the difference of a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand in hand.

A caregiver in this position works 1st, 2nd or 3rd shift, including every other weekend and holiday. Full-time and part-time roles are available.

1st Shift: 7:00AM – 3:30PM

2nd Shift: 3:00PM – 11:30PM

3rd Shift: 11:00PM – 7:30AM

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Clean patient rooms, utility rooms, nourishment rooms, conference rooms, offices, corridors, stairways, locker rooms and restrooms.
• Clean toilets, urinals, sinks and lockers.
• Replenish supplies.
• Collect trash and needles and dispose of them in an appropriate manner.
• Dust ceilings, ceiling vents, TVs, light fixtures, doors, walls, wall hangings and flat surfaces.
• Wash or spot clean walls, cabinets, elevators, counters, desks and windows.
• Clean floors, carpets, floods and body fluids.
• Use and maintain equipment, such as vacuums, buffers, cleaning carts, buckets, wringers, sweeping tools and mops.
• Clean and disinfect beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, IV poles and other items in patient rooms.
• Strip and make beds.
• Transport and move furniture and equipment.
• Report malfunctioning equipment, unsafe conditions and broken items.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Interest in housekeeping work demonstrated by previous experience or ability to learn
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions, use care and attention when using equipment
• Insurable under the hospital plan to be permitted to drive a company vehicle

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Hospital, cleaning and/or factory experience

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods
• Ability to be mobile for extended periods of time
• Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment
• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information
• Ability to move/transport equipment weighing up to 10 pounds (lbs.)
• Ability to move/transport carts weighing up to or more than 100 pounds (lbs.)
• Ability to move/transport items weighing up to 50 pounds (lbs.)
• Ability to inspect equipment
• Ability to clean, operate cleaning equipment and use cleaning products
• May come into contact with communicable diseases and/or body fluids

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required

Pay Range

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.