Environmental Services Technician - LCH (Full Time) 3rd Shift

Advocate Health; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health in Charlotte, NC seeks an environmental services/housekeeping associate to perform routine cleaning tasks in a healthcare setting. You will follow a specified 7-Step cleaning process, clean fixtures and surfaces, manage waste, and replenish disposables to maintain a hygienic environment.

Applicants should be able to follow written and oral instructions, handle physical tasks, and learn on the job.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Attention to detail and reliability.
• Willingness to perform routine cleaning duties and learn new tasks.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine cleaning tasks in assigned area following a 7-Step cleaning process.
• Restroom and fixture cleaning, waste removal, and replenishment of disposables.
• Clean ceilings, walls, fixtures, floors, and interior surfaces per schedule.
• Move and reset furnishings after tasks; assist with bed-making during discharge cleaning.
• Perform floor care including mopping, stripping, and burnishing as directed.

Job description

Essential Functions

• Performs routine tasks in assigned area, follows a 7-Step cleaning process and the remaking of beds after disinfecting during discharge cleaning.
• Performs routine tasks in assigned area, follows maintenance schedule for floors and carpets.
• Cleans fixtures, furnishings, walls, woodwork, floors, stairwells, interior windows, elevators/tracks, and exteriors of equipment.
• Empties trash, wipes and relines containers, operating compactor if necessary.
• Replenishes all disposable items such as soap, toilet paper, paper towels.
• Moves and resets furnishings to original locations following completion of job.
• Performs all methods of floor care in duties, including dust mopping, wet mopping, stripping, refinishing, spot cleaning, burnishing and extraction, using specified equipment.

Physical Requirements

Requires continuous walking, bending, stooping, lifting up to 50-pounds; also pushing, pulling, reaching, climbing ladders that is generally inside. Contact with water and cleaning solution, potentially contaminated waste, including sharps and other bio-hazardous waste. Based on the physical requirements for this position all applicants for this position are required to undergo a physical ability test as a condition of employment.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Ability to follow oral and written instructions and complete written forms required; related experience preferred. On the job training will be provided.