Environmental Services Light Aide

Mount Auburn Hospital; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health Hospice Residence is seeking a dedicated environmental services professional to clean patient rooms, restrooms, common areas, and supply rooms. You will follow department procedures, restock essentials, and maintain organized carts while supporting nursing staff with laundry duties and equipment movement.

The role emphasizes safety, attention to detail, and courteous interaction with patients and visitors.

Qualifications

• Cleaning experience in a hospital or industrial setting; sanitation principles preferred.
• Ability to read and write to understand directions and warnings on cleaning supplies and postings, and to complete logs.
• Interact with patients, visitors, and staff in a pleasant and courteous manner.
• Pay close attention to detail for a majority of the workday.

Responsibilities

• Follows work schedule and performs daily/weekly tasks to meet department standards of cleanliness.
• Provides thorough cleaning and restocks supplies in patient rooms, restrooms, and common areas.
• Cleans floors by dry and damp mopping; moves equipment to storage areas as needed.
• Keeps closets and carts neat and organized; notifies supervisor of equipment issues.
• Attends required in-services and departmental meetings.

Skills

Cleaning experience

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. All assigned areas of the Hospice Residence are cleaned, maintained, and serviced in a safe and efficient manner using various cleaning supplies, agents, and equipment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities (including but not limited to)

1. Follows work schedule and performs all daily and weekly job tasks in the assigned work area to meet department standards of cleanliness.
   • a. Understands and follows department procedures at all times.
   • b. Follows instructions and responds to work assignments from the manager or lead person all of the time.
2. Provides thorough cleaning and restocks all supplies in assigned work areas (patient rooms, restrooms, bathrooms, common areas, etc.).
   • a. Efficiently manages work time, and completes work scheduled by the end of the shift.
   • b. Inspects work area and performs necessary cleaning tasks independently.
3. Cleans floors by dry mopping and damp mopping them, including edges and corners. Moves and cleans behind equipment, etc., as needed.
   • For staff working in patient car areas only (c, d, e, and f):c. Arranges work schedule accordingly to assist with the timely cleaning of discharged beds.
   • d. Ensures that cleaned rooms are well organized, with the correct number of chairs in the room and a patient guide at the bedside at all times.
   • e. Assists Nursing staff with keeping laundry bags emptied.
   • f. Moves equipment to and from patient rooms to storage areas.
4. Takes the initiative to make sufficient time for a low and high dusting of assigned areas. Keeps vents dust-free.
5. Removes trash from assigned work areas at the beginning and end of shift.
6. Spot washes walls or carpets as needed.
7. Polishes stainless steel, brass, and other smooth surfaces according to work schedule.
8. Maintains department equipment and keeps all equipment clean and safe. Notifies supervisor of any equipment problems or unsafe working conditions.
9. Maintains adequate par level of supplies in floor closets and on carts at all times. Maintains a neat, organized, housekeeping cart and closet.
10. Attends hospital/department in-services and meetings as required

Minimum Qualifications

1. Cleaning experience in a hospital or industrial setting, with experience in sanitation principles and techniques preferred.
2. Ability to read and write in order to understand directions and warnings on cleaning supplies and various postings, and to complete logs.
3. Interpersonal skills to be pleasant and courteous and interact with patients, visitors, and all levels of hospital staff.
4. Ability to pay close attention to detail for a majority of the workday.

Physical Requirements & Environment

1. Works in a clean, well-lit, well-ventilated area for a majority of the workday.
2. Spends approximately 95% of the time doing manual labor that includes: walking, stooping/bending, kneeling, pushing/pulling, climbing (including stairs), and lifting objects for a majority of the work day.
3. Some exposure to infectious hazardous materials and contact with water and cleaning and disinfecting solutions.

Pay Range: $17.00 - $22.88

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives.

Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled