Hospital Environmental Services Aide

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH); Whitesburg (AL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) is seeking a dedicated housekeeping associate to maintain clean and safe patient rooms, clinics, and common areas under the supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor.

The role involves cleaning occupied rooms first, handling spills, managing waste, and ensuring adherence to universal precautions and safety training. Working Monday through Friday, 06:00–14:30, you will help uphold ARH's commitment to a courteous and hygienic hospital environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Successful completion of the ARH Housekeeping Orientation Program (32 hours) required upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with the nursing staff and supervisor to clean occupied rooms first, check empty rooms, and respond to emergency cleaning needs and spills.
• Cleans patient rooms daily, damp mops or vacuums floors, spot cleans stains, dusts furniture, ledges, and bed tables, and removes debris.
• Empties, washes, and relines wastebaskets.
• Washes walls and windows.
• Uses appropriate chemicals and cleaning techniques when cleaning restrooms.
• Washes basins, commodes, tubs, and showers, and cleans mirrors, soap dishes, water pipes, and exterior surfaces.
• Dusts ledges, damp mops floors, and washes restroom walls.
• Refills toilet tissue, paper towels, and soap dispensers.
• Performs periodic cleaning of high ledges, ceiling and light fixtures, and ventilation units.
• Cleans doors and portions of showers and commodes subject to mineral deposits.
• Dry mops, damp mops, or machine scrubs corridors and elevator landings according to assigned schedules.
• Sweeps stairwells and washes corridor and landing walls.
• As needed or assigned, bonnet cleans or extracts carpeted areas.
• Checks equipment condition upon sign out and cleans equipment upon return, reporting any maintenance or repair needs.
• Assists with meeting set-ups, hanging curtains, collecting trash, hazardous waste, and recyclable materials.
• Washes trash containers in assigned areas.
• Maintains all floors.
• Maintains all carpets.
• Sets up meetings, hangs curtains, and checks the condition of equipment.
• Attends all required safety training programs and can describe responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, and specific job-related hazards.
• Responsibly follows hospital exposure control plans for bloodborne and airborne pathogens.
• Promotes effective working relationships and works effectively as part of a department/unit team both interdepartmentally and intradepartmentally to meet departmental goals and objectives.
• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment.
• Continuously displays a "can do" attitude within the department and across departmental lines to support the hospital's customer service program.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) is seeking a dedicated housekeeping associate to maintain clean and safe patient rooms, clinics, and common areas under the supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor.

The role involves cleaning occupied rooms first, handling spills, managing waste, and ensuring adherence to universal precautions and safety training. Working Monday through Friday, 06:00–14:30, you will help uphold ARH's commitment to a courteous and hygienic hospital environment.