Patient Room Sanitation Aide — Team-Focused Care

Hackensack Meridian Health; Old Bridge (NJ); On-site; USD 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Paid leave

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking an Environmental Services Aide to clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, and common areas in a fast-paced hospital setting.

You will deliver linen, remove trash, mop floors, maintain supplies, and ensure equipment is clean and properly stored. The role emphasizes teamwork, strong communication, and a patient-focused approach.

Previous environmental service experience is preferred; a High School diploma or GED is acceptable.

Qualifications

• Good communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs.
• Strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of our patients and their caregivers.
• Exceptional focus on teamwork.
• Ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care based on a strong sense of patient focus.

Responsibilities

• Clean and disinfect patient's rooms, bathrooms, furniture and other areas of the facility in a timely manner.
• Deliver linen and remove trash from assigned areas.
• Sweep and mop patient's rooms.
• Maintain adequate stock of materials, supplies and chemicals on cleaning cart and in janitor's closet.
• Consistently perform daily floor care procedure.
• Ensure equipment is kept clean and polished - carts, tanks and buckets are emptied and rinsed at shift end.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned which are according to hospital policies & procedures.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Skills

Good communication

Customer service

Teamwork

Adaptability

Patient focus

Education

High School diploma / GED

Job description

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking an Environmental Services Aide to clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, and common areas in a fast-paced hospital setting.

You will deliver linen, remove trash, mop floors, maintain supplies, and ensure equipment is clean and properly stored. The role emphasizes teamwork, strong communication, and a patient-focused approach.

Previous environmental service experience is preferred; a High School diploma or GED is acceptable.