Environmental Services Assistant

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•Fond du Lac, WI

About The Position

The Environmental Services Assistant cleans and maintains patient care areas, public and private restrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, offices, elevators, stairwells, and other facility spaces. Duties include cleaning furniture, carpets, floors, equipment, and environmental surfaces; performing scheduled terminal and project cleaning in surgical areas; and preparing rooms and units for meetings, patient dismissals, and transfers. The role also handles linens, supplies, recycling, trash, and medical and hazardous waste in accordance with established infection control procedures. The position uses mechanical and electrical cleaning equipment and appropriate chemicals and products to maintain a safe, cost-effective environment. The assistant reports equipment problems and unsafe conditions, maintains cleaning carts and service closets, and may assist with emergency spills or snow-related outdoor tasks. Work is full time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday on the evening shift from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., with no holidays. Hours may need to be adjusted to meet department needs or coverage.

Requirements

No formal education required.
No experience required.
Ability to operate cleaning equipment, including machine scrubbers, carpet cleaners, waste compactors, and balers.
Ability to follow and understand oral and written instructions and communicate with others.
Ability to work alone and understand the physical arrangements of the facilities.
Ability to perform tasks without disrupting the work of doctors, nurses, patients, visitors, and other staff.
Ability to set priorities and follow department policies and procedures.
Basic computer skills.
Excellent customer service skills.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds from the floor to a maximum height of 5 feet and carry up to 30 pounds at waist height for a reasonable distance.
Ability to push or pull up to 50 pounds with assistance from other staff and/or devices.
Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, climb stairs, reach above the shoulders, crawl, shovel, and spread salt or sand.
Ability to walk or stand for most of the shift.
Ability to wear protective clothing and work around strong germicidal solutions, cleaning chemicals, temperature changes, soiled linen, and infectious waste, including blood and body fluids.
Familiarity with policies for handling infectious and hazardous waste.
Ability to safely operate powered and non-powered cleaning equipment and ladders telescoping up to 20 feet.
Ability to operate equipment necessary for the job, including telephones, zone phones, and pagers.

Responsibilities

Clean furniture and carpets in rooms, hallways, stairs, and offices using power equipment.
Clean and maintain floor surfaces using dry and wet mops; refinish floors by machine scrubbing or stripping and applying floor finish.
Operate mechanical and electrical cleaning equipment and use chemicals and cleaning products for their intended purposes.
Clean equipment, carts, and the service closet daily.
Assist with cleaning emergency spills when requested.
Label cleaning supplies and consult Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) as necessary.
Set up rooms for meetings and deliver audiovisual equipment to rooms.
Clean patient care areas, restrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, offices, elevators, and stairwells.
Perform scheduled terminal and project cleaning in surgical areas.
Clean environmental surfaces, including ceilings, vents, walls, doors, furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, and windows.
Dust and mop floors in patient and exam rooms, corridors, stairwells, restrooms, and other facility areas.
Gather and dispose of recyclables, trash, and medical waste; collect hazardous trash according to infection control guidelines.
Sort, stock, and deliver linens; gather and prepare soiled linen for transportation.
Inventory linens, cleaning supplies, and paper supplies, and order additional supplies in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Fill and clean supply dispensers and replace cubicle drapes and window coverings.
Clean and prepare dismissal and transfer units and certain patient-care equipment; distribute non-medical supplies to designated areas.
Notify the appropriate person of safety hazards and equipment needing repair; report mechanical failures and unsafe conditions to the supervisor.
Perform other related duties as required.