Senior Environmental Services Attendant

Northwell; Village of Port Jefferson (NY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Environmental Services is seeking a dedicated team member to guide cleaning duties and ensure adherence to policies and JCAHO/regulatory requirements. The role focuses on supervising cleaning functions, maintaining tools and equipment, and coordinating the safe handling and disposal of waste across multiple areas of a healthcare facility.

The position requires a relevant associate degree or equivalent experience, plus 3–5 years in a similar setting.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience, required.

Responsibilities

• Guides all cleaning functions following established procedures in a timely fashion; guides the usage of properly labeled cleaning supplies for each job as instructed.
• Guides the maintenance of tools and equipment in good condition, uses supplies economically; cleans beds, blinds, ceilings, light fixtures, sinks, toilets, bathtubs, showers, walls, windows, wall tiles, ceiling and wall vents, televisions, etc.
• Ensures that draperies and cubicle curtains are washed and hanged; ensures furniture and metal are washed and polished.
• Ensures that walkways and outside perimeter of facility are swept, mopped, scrubbed, and vacuumed.
• Ensures that liquid soap, paper towels and toilet tissue are replenished, furniture is moved from one area in facility to another; ensures furniture is moved to outside storage facility, clean linen carts are distributed; soiled linen is picked up and delivered to linen department.
• Ensures garbage is collected; garbage is transported to designated area and disposes non–infectious waste appropriately.
• Deposits red bags-infectious waste, in holding cart in cautious manner; transports red-bag garbage to Sani-Pak area and inserts into Sani-Pak; operates Sani-Pak receptacle.
• Ensures all furniture is moved and replaces same after carpet installations, in preparation to strip, seal or wax floors or when a department is relocating; moves all of the aforementioned as necessary for the smooth and efficient flow of any required work to be performed and replaces same.
• Sets up and breaks down tables, chairs, lecture podiums, etc. according to specifications; removes trash before setting up next function/meeting.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Education

Associate’s Degree

Job description

Job Description

Guides cleaning duties as well as other tasks performed by the Environmental Services Department. Adheres to departmental policies and procedures and JCAHO/regulatory agency requirements.

Job Responsibility

• Guides all cleaning functions following established procedures in a timely fashion; guides the usage of properly labeled cleaning supplies for each job as instructed.
• Guides the maintenance of tools and equipment in good condition, uses supplies economically; cleans beds, blinds, ceilings, light fixtures, sinks, toilets, bathtubs, showers, walls, windows, wall tiles, ceiling and wall vents, televisions, etc. following established procedures.
• Ensures that draperies and cubicle curtains are washed and hanged ; ensures furniture and metal are washed and polished.
• Ensures that walkways and outside perimeter of facility (where currently applicable) are swept, mopped, scrubbed, and vacuumed.
• Ensures that liquid soap, paper towels and toilet tissue are replenished, furniture is moved from one area in facility to another (where currently applicable), ensures furniture is moved to outside storage facility, clean linen carts are distributed; soiled linen is picked up and delivered to linen department.
• Ensures garbage is collected; garbage is transported to designated area and disposes non–infectious waste appropriately.
• Deposits red bags-infectious waste, in holding cart in cautious manner; transports red-bag garbage to Sani-Pak area and inserts into Sani-Pak; operates Sani-Pak receptacle.
• Ensures all furniture is moved and replaces same after carpet installations, in preparation to strip, seal or wax floors or when a department is relocating (where currently applicable); moves all of the aforementioned as necessary for the smooth and efficient flow of any required work to be performed and replaces same.
• Sets up and breaks down tables, chairs, lecture podiums, etc. according to specifications; removes trash before setting up next function/meeting.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Associate’s Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience, required.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member’s base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).