Environmental Service Aide

Cape Cod Healthcare•Hyannis, MA

About The Position

The Environmental Service Aide cleans, terminal-cleans, and sanitizes assigned areas according to operating procedures, using appropriate equipment, chemicals, and supplies. The aide prepares patient rooms for occupancy and enters room-ready notifications into the approved system. Work includes routine and specialized cleaning in clinical and other hospital areas, maintaining equipment and closets, removing and transporting waste and soiled linen, and moving supplies, equipment, or furniture as needed. The role performs duties independently with little or no supervision while following safety procedures and using required personal protective equipment. The position also supports meetings and functions by setting up and supplying appropriate audiovisual equipment, participates in staff meetings and in-service education, and performs other related duties as requested. The aide is expected to communicate in English well enough to understand and respond to basic verbal and written instructions, meet the physical requirements of the position, and maintain a positive, cooperative, professional demeanor with patients, families, physicians, and coworkers.

Requirements

Ability to communicate in English to understand and respond to basic verbal and written instructions.
Ability to perform the physical requirements of the position.
Maintain a positive attitude and cooperative team approach, and display a professional demeanor with patients, families, physicians, and fellow workers.
For positions in the In-Patient Psych Unit, complete Crisis Prevention Intervention Training within three months of starting the position.

Responsibilities

Clean, terminal-clean, and sanitize assigned areas in accordance with operating procedures using proper equipment, chemicals, and supplies.
Prepare patient rooms for occupancy and enter room-ready notifications into the approved system.
Maintain equipment and closets in a clean and orderly condition, and clean all equipment at the end of the shift.
Perform specialized cleaning procedures in areas such as CCU procedure rooms, nurseries, and isolation rooms.
Maintain cleanliness in kitchens, medication rooms, employee bathrooms, janitor closets, refrigerators, and microwaves.
Clean clinical equipment and items on the unit, including wheelchairs, stretchers, scales, bedside tables, and IV poles.
Report equipment problems to the charge nurse.
Set up meetings and functions and provide appropriate audiovisual equipment.
Spray-buff or high-speed burnish tile floors; spot-clean carpets; and buff carpets in corridors and rooms.
Move cleaning equipment and supplies within or between hospital buildings and move furniture as requested.
Remove general trash, medical waste, and soiled or used linen from work areas and transport them to assigned disposal areas in specified bags or containers.
Handle cleaning chemicals and solutions according to product labels and departmental procedures.
Use housekeeping equipment safely and efficiently and wear appropriate personal protective equipment according to training, signage, and product labels.
Follow departmental safety regulations, including use of wet-floor signs and caution tape and placement of electrical cords along walls.
Participate in in-service educational programs and staff meetings.
Perform other work-related duties as requested or directed.