Environmental Aide

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center•, NY

3d•$29•Onsite

About The Position

Environmental Services Aide (Male or Female) has direct responsibility for providing a clean, friendly and safe environment for the patients and visitors of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent
Less than 6 months of job-related experience

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in a hospital related environment
Sufficient physical strength to perform strenuous custodial activities

Responsibilities

Sweeping, mopping, dusting, scrubbing, wiping, polishing and moving furniture.
High dusts and wipes clean using germicidal solution on all vents, light fixture, ceiling tiles, doors, furniture, equipment, telephones, TV's, windowsills, trash receptacles, beds and mattresses.
Washes clean all bath tubs, sinks, showers, and toilets.
Replenishes all supplies including soap, paper towels, and toilets as required. May also change drapery, shades, cubicle curtains, and shower curtains.
Vacuums carpeted areas of hospital and walk-off mats at entrance areas as well as elevator tracks. Cleans all glass in hospital including mirrors and partitions.
Collects all trash and refuse from any size container in patient rooms, utility rooms and offices.
Bags and stores the trash at designated areas for disposal in compactor. Trash may include regulated medical waste and may change sharps containers.
Mixing all chemicals properly such as stripper, all purpose, germicide, glass cleaner and carpet care chemicals.
Sweeps floors with treated dust mops, cleans corners, edges and baseboards, extract and buff hard flooring surfaces as well as shampooing of carpeted areas.
Uses automatic equipment such as buffers, auto scrubbers, and wet vacuums, to strip, scrub.
May be assigned to other areas of the hospital. Manager has discretion to move any employee to a different assigned area due to needs of the facility.
May be assigned to move supplies, equipment, furniture and patients in beds, throughout the hospital.
May be called upon to clean grounds of litter and trash. During inclement weather, may be called upon for removal of snow (I.e., shoveling, salting, and snow plowing).
Maintains and cleans all equip. in Janitors closets to sanitary condition.
Participates in all in-services, method of wk. training and all other training classes nec. for safety of oneself and facility. Employee must provide sign. for attend. Sheet.
Performs all moving jobs within and on hospital grounds.
Helps set up meetings and other related activities.
Adheres to the policies set forth in the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center administrative policies and procedures manual.
Performs all other duties as required.