Environmental Services, Housekeeping - Part Time (1st Shift)

Saint Francis Hospital, Inc.; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Saint Francis Hospital, Inc. is seeking a Part-Time Environmental Services Worker for days to clean patient rooms and general spaces across campus. The role follows infection control procedures and established disinfection guidelines, focusing on safe work practices and patient comfort.

The position requires a High School Diploma or GED and emphasizes the ability to read and follow instructions, provide excellent customer service, and operate cleaning equipment effectively.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: High School Diploma or GED, preferred.
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Ability to read/write, follow safety signage, customer service oriented, and operate cleaning equipment.

Responsibilities

• Performs cleaning and sanitizing activities in patient rooms, bathrooms, and common spaces.
• Maintains flooring care including cleaning, buffing, and applying floor sealer/finish.
• Uses and maintains power equipment and hand tools for cleaning and maintenance.
• Provides waste collection and removal including biomedical waste and recycling.
• Mixes and obtains cleaning solutions; selects appropriate methods and equipment.
• Restocks cleaning supplies and items like toilet paper and soap.
• Carries out bed tracking tasks as needed.
• Reports maintenance or repair needs to management.

Skills

Cleaning

Safety procedures

Customer service

Reading and writing

Infection control

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Power equipment

Buffers

Auto brooms

Mops

Squeegees

Job description

Part Time Days Saint Francis Hospital (61st & Yale) Housekeeping - Patient Rooms

Part Time Days: 24 hours per week 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM, requires every other weekend

Job Summary: The Environmental Services Worker cleans patient rooms and general spaces throughout the health system facilities following safe work practices and infection control procedures. This role works to maintain all designated areas are kept in optimal cleaning standards according to established disinfection and sterilization guidelines and practices.

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or GED, preferred.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification: None.

Work Experience: None.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Skill to prioritize work in an efficient and effective manner. Proven ability to read and write and understand oral instructions and safety signage. Ability to meet the physical requirements and working conditions of the job. Shown ability to be customer service driven. Demonstrated ability to use a phone/paging system for cleaning assignments.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Performs cleaning and sanitizing activities in designated areas including patient rooms, bathrooms, and common spaces throughout the health system facilities.
• Maintains flooring care including cleaning, buffing, and applying floor sealer and floor finish to hard surface floors; vacuums, shampoos and extracts carpets.
• Uses and maintains power equipment and hand tools such as buffers, auto brooms, mops, and squeegees for the cleaning and general maintenance of floors, walls, carpets, and furniture.
• Provides waste collection and removal including biomedical waste, recycling, cleaning trash chutes and receptacles.
• Mixes and obtains cleaning solutions from dispensing systems; follows appropriate cleaning methods and uses the correct solutions and equipment for different surfaces.
• Restocks cleaning supplies and various other items such as toilet paper, paper towels, and soap.
• Carries out bed tracking tasks, as needed.
• Reports any maintenance or repair needs to management.

Decision Making:

Independent judgment in making minor decisions where alternatives are limited and standard policies/protocols have been established.

Working Relationships:

Works directly with patients and/or customers. Works with internal and/or external customers via telephone or face to face interaction. Works with other healthcare professionals and staff.

Special Job Dimensions:

None.

Supplemental Information:

This document generally describes the essential functions of the job and the physical demands required to perform the job. This compilation of essential functions and physical demands is not all inclusive nor does it prohibit the assignment of additional duties.

Housekeeping Patient Rooms - Yale Campus Location:

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136

Under the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Use and Patient Protection Act (OMMA), a safety sensitive position is defined as any job that includes tasks or duties that the employer believes could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the task or others. This position has been identified as a safety sensitive position. This statute allows employers to lawfully refuse to hire applicants for safety-sensitive jobs or to discipline or discharge employees who work in safety-sensitive jobs if they test positive for marijuana, even if they have a valid license to use medical marijuana.

EOE Protected Veterans/Disability

Saint Francis is a Catholic, not-for-profit Health system based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are the largest private employer in Eastern Oklahoma with over 12,000 employees, including 1,000 physicians. The health system is anchored by the 1,112-bed Saint Francis Hospital, the largest hospital in Oklahoma and the 11th largest in the nation. Our system also includes hospitals in south Tulsa, Muskogee and Vinita, as well as 110 Warren Clinic locations from Monkey Island to McAlester, northeastern Oklahoma's only children's hospital, a level IV neonatal intensive care unit, a 168-bed heart hospital, and Tulsa's leading trauma and emergency center.