Housekeeping/Environmental Services Associate - UPMC East

UPMC; Monroeville (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

UPMC East is hiring full-time Environmental Services Associates (EVS)/Housekeepers to join our team. The role involves cleaning patient rooms, public areas, and offices to hospital standards, with rotating weekend and holiday shifts.

Employees will move equipment, replenish supplies, and follow safety guidelines to ensure a clean, safe environment for patients and staff. Benefits are competitive; opportunities for growth exist within the Environmental Services Department.

Qualifications

• Experience in environmental services or hospital housekeeping preferred.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Commitment to safety and cleanliness standards.

Responsibilities

• Make beds and clean patient rooms, public areas, and offices.
• Inspect areas for cleanliness and report issues to supervisor.
• Replenish supplies (paper towels, toilet paper, soap) as needed.
• Clean all assigned areas following established procedures.
• Maintain and clean equipment; report problems to supervisor.
• Remove trash from all assigned areas.
• Follow safety and sanitation regulations.
• Move equipment, furniture, and wash walls as assigned.
• May be in rooms with medications stored; no contact with medications.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Education

Act 34 clearance

Tools

Cleaning equipment

Job description

UPMC East is currently hiring EVS Associates/Housekeepers to join our team!

Have you always wanted to get your healthcare career started? Are you interested in a position that offers terrific benefits and opportunities to grow? Do you enjoy working "hands on" in a team environment? Then you may be the perfect fit for a role in the Environmental Services Department at UPMC East.

UPMC East is looking to hire fulltime Environmental Services Associates to work day, afternoon and evening shifts. These positions will also have rotating weekend and holiday responsibility.

UPMC offers a competitive benefits package and the opportunity to continue to grow professionally from both a technical and managerial standpoint.

Purpose:

Clean all aspects of assigned areas, including patient rooms, public areas, offices and equipment, to meet Hospital and Department standards in order to promote the quality of care rendered in the environment. Move equipment, furniture, boxes, etc. and remove and hang blinds and curtains.

Responsibilities:

• Make beds, following established cleaning procedures in all patient discharge rooms and on-call rooms as assigned.
• Inspect and ensure that all assigned areas are properly cleaned and in good repair, report problems to the supervisor.
• Replenish paper towels, toilet paper, and soap in all locations of assigned areas to assure adequate supply.
• Clean all assigned areas, including patient rooms, public areas, toilets, procedure rooms, offices and equipment, following established procedures.
• Maintain assigned equipment in clean, working condition, reporting problems and suggestions to the supervisor.
• Remove trash from all assigned areas.
• Follow all safety and sanitation regulations.
• Move equipment, furniture, boxes, wash walls, spot carpets, etc. as assigned.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions in order to successfully complete housekeeping duties.
• Ability to use housekeeping equipment.
• May in the course of duties be in rooms where medications are stored. No contact with medications is allowed.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran