Environmental Services Worker- Surgery

Saint Francis Hospital South, L.L.C.; United States; On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Francis Hospital South, L.L.C. seeks an Environmental Services Worker to clean patient rooms and common areas across the health system, following safety and infection control guidelines to keep surfaces disinfected.

This role also involves restocking supplies, operating cleaning equipment, and coordinating with staff to maintain a clean, safe hospital environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED, preferred.
• Ability to read and write and understand safety signage.
• Ability to meet the physical requirements of the job.
• Customer service driven.
• Demonstrated ability to use a phone/paging system for cleaning assignments.

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.

Skills

Prioritization

Reading & Writing

Physical demands

Customer service

Phone paging

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Full Time Days M-F 7:30am-4:00pm

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.

Surgical Support – South Campus Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133

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.