Environmental Services Worker - Housekeeping - Yale (ECB)

Saint Francis Hospital, Inc.; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

The Environmental Services Worker cleans patient rooms and general spaces across 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.

Days: ECB status with a minimum monthly hour commitment and weekend availability; shift from 7:30am to 4:00pm with limited benefits.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Ability to read and follow safety instructions and signage.
• Customer service oriented with strong communication skills.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job.

Responsibilities

• Performs cleaning and sanitizing in patient rooms, bathrooms, and common areas.
• Maintains floors by cleaning, buffing, applying sealant/finish; vacuums carpets.
• Operates power equipment and hand tools for cleaning and maintenance.
• Performs waste collection and disposal, including recycling and biomedical waste.
• Prepares cleaning solutions, uses appropriate methods and equipment for surfaces.
• Restocks supplies such as toilet paper, towels, and soap.
• Supports bed tracking tasks and reports maintenance needs to management.

Skills

Reading and writing

Customer service

Phone/paging system usage

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Power cleaning equipment

Job description

This position is ECB status – requires a minimum number of worked hours per month as needed by the department; limited benefit offerings.

Days This position is ECB, which is scheduled on an as-needed-basis without a guaranteed number of hours; it requires a minimum number of available hours each month and offers limited benefits.

Shift: 7:30am to 4:00pm (Weekend Availability Required)

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

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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.