Environmental Service Worker -Heavy

Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida•Westchester, FL

About The Position

The Environmental Service Worker - Heavy maintains floors and performs cleaning and linen-handling duties throughout the medical center. The position strips, waxes, and maintains tile floors; cleans corners and baseboards during floor stripping; and maintains janitor closets and equipment. The worker also cleans assigned areas such as service corridors, waiting rooms, and stairways, and accepts special cleaning assignments. The role includes collecting waste and soiled linens throughout the hospital, handling biomedical waste according to Infection Control policies and procedures, and transporting soiled linen to the designated area using universal precautions and covered carts. The worker assists the laundry provider with loading and unloading clean and soiled linen carts and follows hand-washing procedures and infection-control guidelines. The worker uses chemicals and supplies appropriately, demonstrates knowledge of hard-surface floor care and carpet care, and reports equipment malfunctions or service problems to a supervisor. The position also involves attending scheduled staff meetings and development programs and reporting available time to the coordinator to assist others as needed.

Requirements

Floor care, linen, industrial or hotel, or health care facility experience.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED preferred.

Responsibilities

Strip, wax, and maintain tile floors throughout the medical center.
Clean corners and baseboards when stripping floors.
Keep janitor closets clean and return equipment to its proper location.
Use chemicals correctly and at appropriate dilution, and use supplies economically.
Perform hard-surface floor and carpet care, including dusting, damp mopping, and burnishing or buffing as needed.
Accept and promptly and thoroughly complete special cleaning assignments.
Attend scheduled monthly department staff meetings and staff development programs, and remain responsible for information communicated at meetings.
Use time efficiently to complete assigned projects and report available time to the coordinator; assist others as required.
Report equipment malfunctions and service problems to the supervisor.
Clean service corridors, waiting rooms, stairways, and other assigned areas.
Collect waste and soiled linens from hospital areas and handle biomedical waste according to Infection Control policies and procedures.
Transport soiled linen directly to the soiled linen area using universal precautions and keeping it covered.
Follow infection-control guidelines and wash hands after removing gloves and before handling clean linen.
Assist the laundry provider with loading and unloading clean and soiled linen carts.