Environmental Assistant

Lexington Medical Center

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed
teaching
hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare
and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction
status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best
in the Columbia Metro
area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health
delivers more than 4,000
babies each year, performs more than 34,000
surgeries annually and is
the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.Job SummaryPerforms full range of basic and specialty cleaning tasks in area of assignment to maintain a healthy, clean, safe and aesthetically pleasing environment for patients, visitors, and other staff members and in compliance with local, state and federal regulation and requirements.

Requirements

• Minimum Education:  None
• Minimum Years of Experience:  None
• Substitutable Education & Experience:  None
• Required Certifications/Licensure:  None
• Required Training: Must be able to read, understand, and carry out written guidelines, procedures and other material;
• Must be able to interpret and follow labeled direction associated with use of cleaning products and other items;
• Must be able to comprehend and carry out verbal and written instructions and requests in a manner to accomplish tasks in an appropriate and timely manner;
• Must be able to understand and use computer operations associated with review and approval of personal time, accomplishing annual on-line mandatory training and updating personal information in the hospital computer database.

Responsibilities

• Maintains an optimistic, professional, career oriented demeanor:
• Performs full range cleaning tasks in area of assignment including but not limited to:
• Carries out hospital and departmental support functions including but not limited to:
• Performs cleaning duties in any area of the hospital or associated areas such as Surgery, Patient Units, Emergency Department, Clinical Areas, Administrative Areas and Physician Practices.
• Understands population diversity and demonstrates competence when interacting with non-English speaking individuals and those of other cultures.
• Adjusts to and considers patients and guests from all age groups and those with special needs such as being hearing impaired etc. in the performance of duties.
• Attends in-service education programs and other sessions to improve cleaning knowledge and personal skills.
• Performs special job tasks such as but not limited to the following depending on area of assignment:
• Ensure Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals are discarded, stored, and managed with other compatible waste streams in containers that are properly labeled and closed prior to being shipped offsite for proper disposal. Initial RCRA training is received within 6 months of the hire date and continuing with annual RCRA training.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

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