Environmental Assistant
About The Position
Gundersen St. Elizabeth's in Wabasha as a variety of full-time, part-time and casual (on-call) Environmental Assistant positions in our Environmental Services Department! We are looking for individuals with a passion for providing the best environment for the people we serve. Gundersen Saint Elizabeth's makes great customer service a top priority to ensure a safe and appealing facility. The Environmental Assistant is responsible for providing all cleaning services and indirect patient care. The Environmental Assistants are responsible to maintain all facilities in a neat, clean, safe, and sanitary environment by disinfecting. mopping, vacuuming, dusting and wiping surfaces, fixtures, and furnishings.
Requirements
- No education required
- No experience required
Nice To Haves
- High School Diploma or equivalency
- 1 year Healthcare Environmental Services experience
Responsibilities
- Works collaboratively with health care team members to provide waste disposal and cleaning services to ensure facilities are well maintained by planning, prioritizing, and organizing services while providing excellent customer service. Meeting Department Quality Standards.
- Works with Environmental Services supervisor on controlling cost, planning, scheduling, and system changes in order to maintain an efficient, cost effective department.
- Work with department management to establish department and professional goals
- Demonstrates dependability, problem solving, team building skills, organizational skills, and effective use of time by setting priorities to complete delegated work in accordance with Competency Based Orientation and unit guidelines.
- Reports all incidents, maintenance, housekeeping, and painting issues to Environmental Services supervisor.
- Completes annual required compliance training, and all mandatory education
- Provides indirect patient care by cleaning and making patient beds on discharge, stocking of PPE baskets, and general cleaning of all rooms. Ordering, Stocking and rotation of cleaning supplies
- Follows safety guidelines related to body mechanics, use of hazardous materials, and personal protective equipment. Maintains a safe work environment.
- Adheres to regular and predictable attendance.
- Performs other job related responsibilities as approved by Environmental Services management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
