Healthcare Environmental Services Technician - Days/Evenings

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health; Lebanon (NH); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health is seeking a dedicated housekeeping associate to perform general cleaning duties across patient units, including floor care, bathroom sanitation, waste handling, and linen changes. This role requires flexibility with days and evenings and rotating weekends/holidays.

Responsibilities include sweeping, mopping, carpet care, moving supplies, responding to emergency cleaning needs, and maintaining clean and safe work areas according to supervisor directions.

Qualifications

• High school diploma (or GED) strongly preferred.
• Ability to read and write required.
• Prior satisfactory work experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Hand dust, sweep, dry and/or wet mop, spot clean, vacuum, wash walls, windows, sills, clean bathrooms, auto scrub, strip, seal, spray buff, burnish, finish floors, and bonnet buff and extract carpet in assigned areas.
• Removes all bed linens and replaces with clean linens, cleans mattress, pillows and all other furniture in patient unit. Cleans wastebaskets, lockers, bathrooms, window sills, and floors. Maintains a daily record of all discharge and transfer units cleaned.
• Collects, transports, and delivers equipment, supplies and waste (hazardous, contaminated and recycled materials).
• Ensures that all housekeeping equipment is clean, safe and properly maintained. Reports all faulty equipment to the supervisor.
• Removes drapes, cubical curtains and furniture for cleaning and repair.
• Replaces all consumable supplies such as toilet paper, paper towels and soap.
• Moves furniture and changes light bulbs.
• Responds to emergency cleaning needs and "OOPS" calls.
• Cleans cardiac chairs, stretchers, wheelchairs, and other equipment as directed by the supervisor.
• Operates tow motor, picking up trash carts from designated locations and transporting them to the Waste Management Center.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Skills

Attention to detail

Reading and writing

Physical stamina

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health is seeking a dedicated housekeeping associate to perform general cleaning duties across patient units, including floor care, bathroom sanitation, waste handling, and linen changes. This role requires flexibility with days and evenings and rotating weekends/holidays.

Responsibilities include sweeping, mopping, carpet care, moving supplies, responding to emergency cleaning needs, and maintaining clean and safe work areas according to supervisor directions.