Environmental Service Worker - Part -Time

Episcopal SeniorLife Communities • Rochester, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Services Worker is responsible to maintain a clean, sanitary, comfortable and tidy environment for residents and staff at Episcopal Church Home. This role involves a variety of cleaning and maintenance tasks to ensure a high quality of living for residents and a safe working environment for staff.

Requirements

• Six months’ environmental services experience preferred, preferably in a health care setting.
• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent or willingness and ability to learn procedures necessary for position.
• Ability to receive and give written and oral directions.
• Ability to interact courteously and tactfully with staff, residents, family members, visitors, vendors and the general public.
• Performing duties of this job requires prolonged walking and standing.
• Must be able to regularly lift 30 pounds and occasional lift 50 pounds without assistance
• Ability to sit, talk, and hear is required.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee may be exposed to temperature fluctuations.
• This position will be required to provide direct care or have access to resident property or belongings.
• The work is performed within established guidelines, and requires periodic supervision.
• The employee exercises some initiative and independent judgment to effectively perform the essential job duties of this position.
• May assist in training new staff.
• Shall be fully acquainted with all safety policies and procedures of Episcopal SeniorLife Communities.
• Takes an active role in all fire drills during the shift and/or emergencies for internal and external disasters as monitored by supervisor and incident manager.
• Must comply with facility in-service requirements.
• Maintain confidentiality of all information related to the organization, residents, participants, family and staff, that may be encountered, either formally or informally, during the normal course of business. This includes medical and treatment records, financial and human resources information.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness in all resident rooms
• Collect all resident and office trash and clean trash cans as needed
• Clean all bathroom fixtures, commodes and floors; stock paper supplies in resident rooms according to departmental procedure.
• Dust and polish all surfaces and furniture according to departmental procedure
• Mop or vacuum resident room flooring according to departmental procedure
• Maintain organization of all resident furniture and belongings according to departmental procedure
• Clean surfaces of desks, tables, cabinets, sinks and floors in kitchenettes and utility rooms according to departmental procedure
• Deep clean resident room as scheduled by departmental procedure.
• Vacuum lobby, lounges, offices, and hallways and resident dining areas
• Maintain cleanliness of elevator walls and floors
• Assist in the transfer and/or discharge of residents
• Pack resident belongings in boxes, label all boxes and furniture and move to designated location (room or storage) the scheduled day of transfer/discharge
• Assist new resident in moving belongings into new room the scheduled day of admission
• Assist in the set-up/take-down of special functions
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment to include housekeeping closet and cart
• Properly dilute and use all chemicals daily in accordance with departmental procedures.
• Maintain label on all dispenser bottles for all chemicals daily in accordance with departmental policy
• Wear appropriate protective clothing/devices whenever performing tasks requiring the handling of infectious waste and/or blood/body fluids according to facility policy and as observed by supervisor
• Monitor inventory of supplies such as paper towels, soap, toilet paper
• Report any hazardous conditions or equipment malfunctions to supervisor
• Attend all staff meetings and departmental in-services
• Perform cleaning and maintenance of all floors: tile and carpet
• Strips and waxes floors according to schedule
• Buffs floors
• Cleans lights, sprinklers, and vents
• Carpet cleaning with extractor

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED