Environmental Service Associate - 40hr

Connecticut Children's Medical Center•Hartford, CT

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs environmental service functions in departments and common and public areas of the hospital. Responsibilities include ensuring the cleanliness of offices, public areas, stairwells, elevators, corridors, and call rooms. The role involves collecting trash, recyclables, and medical waste, exchanging sharps boxes, and policing grounds for debris. Additional duties include vacuuming and shampooing carpets, stripping, waxing, and buffing hard floors, and performing general operational maintenance on equipment such as changing vacuum belts and bags, checking electrical cords, and replacing light bulbs. The associate will identify maintenance needs and report deficiencies, perform discharge cleaning of patient and family sleep rooms, attend department/hospital in-service orientations and meetings, and respond to non-routine situations. The role also includes delivering food items, safely using chemicals and cleaning agents according to MSDS guidelines, and maintaining established policies and procedures. Furniture moving, conference room set-ups, and other related duties are also part of the role. The associate must demonstrate knowledge of age-related differences and needs of patients across different age groups and apply them to practice, exhibit cultural sensitivity, and support the mission, values, and goals of the organization.

Requirements

Must successfully complete the required training program within the defined working test period.
Willing to interact with co-workers in a team atmosphere in order to help find a better way to perform job.
Displays polite, spirit-of-service attitude towards customers and co-workers.
Maintains friendly, efficient and responsive attitude toward customer’s students while performing job duties.
Ability to read, follow instructions and be proficient in the English language (written and verbal).
Must have the ability to communicate effectively with customers and co-workers.

Nice To Haves

High school graduate or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs duties to ensure the cleanliness of offices, public areas, stairwells, elevators and corridors and call rooms.
Collects trash, recyclables, medical waste, exchanges sharps boxes and leaves in central location.
Collects trash outside and disposes of it properly.
Polices grounds for debris.
Assists with snow removal as needed.
Vacuums and shampoos carpets and strips, waxes, buffs hard floors in all general areas.
Performs general operational maintenance duties to equipment, i.e.: changes vacuum belts and bags, checks electrical cords for cuts, replaces light bulbs, etc.
Identifies maintenance needs and reports deficiencies to the Resource Center.
Performs discharge cleaning of patient and family sleep rooms as necessary.
Attends all department/hospital in-service orientation and other meetings as required.
Responds to all non-routine situations as paged.
Delivers any food items from kitchen to appropriate destination.
Complies with Aramark Best Practices when performing all cleaning tasks.
Complies with all requirements of Federal, State and local regulations and guidelines.
Safely uses chemicals and cleaning agents.
Follows MSDS guidelines and precautions.
Maintains established ARAMARK and CCMC policies, procedures and objectives for quality job duties.
Moves furniture and performs conference room set-ups.
Performs other related duties as required.
Demonstrates knowledge of the age-related differences and needs of patients in appropriate, specific populations from neonate through adolescence and applies them to practice.
Demonstrates cultural sensitivity in all interactions with patients/families.
Demonstrates support for the mission, values and goals of the organization through behaviors that are consistent with the CCMC STANDARDS.