EVS Attendant

WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital; Uniontown (Fayette County); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Uniontown Hospital is seeking a dedicated Environmental Services Aide to perform cleaning and sanitizing of patient rooms and facilities in accordance with EPA universal precautions.

Responsibilities include moving and organizing supplies, responding to discharge notifications, and maintaining a sanitary, orderly environment. High school diploma and 6 months hospital housekeeping experience preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• 6 months experience in hospital/medical housekeeping.

Responsibilities

• Cleans occupied and discharged patient rooms, office areas and restrooms following universal precautions; restores hard floor surfaces and vacuums carpets.
• Cleans and prepares surfaces including furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, walls, vents, and curtains per EPA guidelines.
• Responds to STAT calls and assists with various assignments as needed.
• Maintains cleanliness of housekeeping carts, break rooms, storage areas and reports repairs.
• Transfers furniture as necessary and collects/recycles materials in accordance with procedures.

Skills

Multitasking

Verbal communication

Problem solving

Independent thinking

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

This position provides a variety of cleaning and service-oriented tasks to maintain the hospital in a sanitary, orderly and aesthetically pleasing condition. Responsibilities include cleaning and sanitizing rooms along with furnishings in assigned work areas; and following cleaning procedures established by the Director of Environmental Services.

Preferred Qualifications

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED)

Experience

• 6 months experience in hospital/medical housekeeping.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

• Cleans occupied and discharged patient rooms, office areas and restrooms, removes non-medical and medical waste following universal precautions and guidelines by EPA, and salvage cleaning; restores hard floor surfaces, vacuums carpeted floors. Contacts nurses' station for discharges/transfers and reports available rooms to appropriate bed personnel.
• Cleans and prepares all environmental surfaces including but not limited to, furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, window sills, door frames, vents, walls, televisions, and curtains following universal precautions.
• Dust mops and damp mops patient rooms, hallways, stairs, bathrooms and offices; spot cleans carpet and furniture. Responds to customer requests, follows-up on STATcalls and fills in for various assignments, when necessary.
• Maintains cleanliness of the following environmental services items (housekeeping cart, trash carts, break room, supply area, storage & equipment) reports repairs to appropriate personnel. Keeps service closets in an organized manner.
• To respond to STAT calls via Spectralink phone if applicable.
• Transfers furniture as necessary.
• Collects, sorts and transfers recyclable materials, such as, paper, newspaper, cardboard, etc
• Utilizes working knowledge of compactor recycling operations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequent walking, standing, bending, squatting, reaching, and twisting
• Ability to lift and/or carry up to 10 pounds and push up to 50 pounds.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Exposure to dust, cleaning chemicals, and bloodborne pathogens.

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously.
• Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job.
• Some independent thought, planning or origination of options and solutions is necessary.
• Ability to apply principles of reasoning and problem solving to resolve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Additional Job Description

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

4

Exempt/Non-Exempt

Shift:

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

Company

UNTWN Uniontown Hospital

Cost Center

612 UNTWN Environmental Services

Address

500 W Berkeley Street Uniontown Pennsylvania

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.