MH Environmental Service Associate II

Rhode Island Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 27,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health seeks a housekeeping attendant to clean and maintain hospital areas in a sanitary, orderly, and attractive condition. The role emphasizes modelling Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence in daily patient and staff interactions.

Responsibilities include floor care, window cleaning, waste handling, and adherence to infection control policies while maintaining a neat work environment and assisting in patient room cleaning per department standards.

Qualifications

• Develop ongoing work skills through in-services and on-the-job training.
• Attend staff meetings and in-services as required.
• Assist in the orientation of others and mentoring.
• Performs analytical and decision making functions with minimal supervision.
• Recognizes and seeks assistance when appropriate.
• Understands hospital and department policies including safety issues.

Responsibilities

• Sweeps and mops floor areas, vacuums/spot cleans carpets and arranges furniture after cleaning.
• Routinely climbs ladder to hang cubicle/window drapes or reach high areas.
• Selects cleaning materials, prepares solutions, loads service cart and transports to area.
• Operates equipment (buffers, scrubbers) and reports malfunctions.
• Routinely collects medical waste per Infection Control.
• Maintains floors by cleaning and applying finishes; strips as required.
• Moves furniture as requested and keeps areas neat and orderly.
• Cleans walls, ceilings, windows and disinfects to prevent disease spread.
• Completes patient room/discharge cleaning per policies.

Skills

Skill development

Staff meeting participation

Mentoring

Analytical thinking

Safety awareness

Policy knowledge

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

SUMMARY

Cleans and maintains assigned areas of the hospital in a sanitary, orderly, and attractive condition.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Sweeps and mops floor areas, vacuums/spot cleans carpets using appropriate solution; arranges furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning assigned areas.
• Routinely climbs ladder to hang cubicle/window drapes, or reach high areas for other cleaning purposes.
• Accurately selects cleaning materials and supplies and prepares solutions according to procedure; loads service cart and transports to work area.
• Competently operates various types of equipment, both mechanical and electrical (i.e., buffers, scrubbers). Reports malfunctions immediately.
• Routinely collects medical waste as established by Infection Control Committee.
• Demonstrates responsibility for maintaining floors by sweeping, mopping, applying floor finishes/polishing; strips floors of finish as required.
• Demonstrates responsibility for arranging and moving furniture as requested.
• Demonstrates thoroughness in cleaning assigned areas by washing furnishings, floors and equipment with special cleaning solutions and disinfectants to prevent the spread of disease.
• Thoroughly washes walls, ceilings, and inside windows using appropriate solutions; washes outside windows and screens as required.
• Maintains work area in a neat and orderly manner at all times.
• Properly completes patient room/discharge cleaning according to departmental and infection control policies

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Is responsible for ongoing development of his/her work skills through the use of available resources (i.e.: in-services, formal educational programs, other work groups and on-the-job training).
• Attends and participates in staff meetings and in-services and/or reviews documentation as required.
• Assists in the orientation of others and actively participates in mentoring.
• Performs analytical and decision making functions with minimal supervision.
• Recognizes and seeks assistance/consultation when appropriate.
• Demonstrates an understanding of relative Hospital and all-departmental policies and procedures including safety issues.
• Possesses awareness of programs/services provided by Hospital and where they are located.

EDUCATION

• High School Diploma or GED, or equivalent related work experience.

Pay Range: $19.53-$28.52 Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location: Morton Hospital - 88 Washington Street Taunton, Massachusetts 02780

Work Type: 24hrs days EOH/EOW 7:00am to 3:30pm

Work Shift: Day

Driving Required: No

Union: 1199 Seiu United Healthcare Workers East