Environmental Services Assistant PRN

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Plantation (FL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Education assistance

Job summary

HCA Florida Westside Hospital is seeking an Environmental Services Assistant PRN to join our EVS team. You will clean patient rooms and common areas, maintain infection control standards, and support a safe, comfortable environment for patients and visitors.

Requirements include English literacy and a high school diploma or equivalent; two years of healthcare environmental services experience preferred. This PRN role offers flexible scheduling and participation in comprehensive benefits where

Qualifications

• english literacy required.
• Experience in healthcare environmental services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides cleaning services as directed with consideration for patients and families.
• Maintains infection control practices and hospital policies.
• Keeps patient rooms and common areas clean and safe at all times.
• Follows safety procedures for chemicals and equipment and reports hazards.

Skills

English proficiency

Healthcare environment familiarity

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Do you have the PRN career opportunities as a(an) Environmental Services Assistant PRN you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Florida Westside Hospital which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The EVS Team Member works under the direction of EVS Management and performs the following general duties as assigned:

• Provides cleaning services as directed with consideration for Patients, their family and friends
• Demonstrates understanding and respect for the personal dignity and values of all patients and visitors
• Ensures compliance with all required process and procedural steps
• Adheres to Infection Control policies and procedures,
• Maintains a clean and safe patient environment at all times
• Promotes efficient performance of all the EVS required duties.
• Follows all hospital and departmental policies and procedures related to the housekeeping function.
• Reads, understands and follows manufacturer's directions, complies with MSDS requirements, and follows Supervisor's, Director's or manufacturer's representative's additional directions, as appropriate for all chemicals and equipment used, both for personal safety, the safety of others and the protection of objects being cleaned.
• When entering an occupied patient room, observes patient’s rights by announcing himself or herself before entering.
• Consistently demonstrates a positive attitude.
• Fosters team work by offering assistance to others.
• Provides positive welcome to all clients and family members.
• Acknowledges and responds tactfully to all requests.
• Shows consideration in interaction with patients, family and other health care team members by demonstrating therapeutic listening skills and cooperation.
• Communicates and interacts with others in a professional, responsible, cooperative, and positive manner at all times.
• Protects confidentiality of hospital and patient information.
• Protects physical assets used in job, using supplies sparingly and accounting for them accurately, and protecting and maintaining equipment used.
• Follows proper procedures for tagging and turning in found personal property.
• Always posts wet floor sign when wet mopping floors or when liquids or spills are found on floors.
• Is alert to safety hazards and notifies supervisor or Plant Operations as appropriate of any potential hazards found. Documents in writing as necessary.
• Completes assigned duties within shift.
• Notifies supervisor of any duties which, for any reason, could not be completed within shift so that they may be attended to during the next shift.
• Assists in other duties or areas of the department or hospital as requested.

What qualifications you will need:

• Two years’ experience providing environmental services in a healthcare environment preferred.
• Ability to read, write and converse in English required.
• High school diploma/equivalent preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and position.

HCA Florida Westside Hospital is a 250-bed medical center and healthcare complex. Our facility was founded in 1974. We offer the latest in minimally invasive spine and colorectal surgery. We are one of nine Joint Commission-certified centers in the United States for minimally invasive colorectal surgery. Our Comprehensive Stroke Center is certified by the Agency for Health Care Administration (ACHA). We are certified as a Thrombectomy Capable Center by the Joint Commission. We are a teaching and research facility. We offer Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs in podiatry, surgery, and internal medicine. We are committed to expanding and improving every facet of the organization. We devote significant time and resources to enhancing our facility, staff, and medical care. Our medical services and compassionate care, illustrate why we are one of the leading healthcare facilities in South Florida. At HCA Florida Westside Hospital, we care like family! Join our family-oriented team of more than 1,200 professionals and nearly 750 physicians.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status