Environmental Services Assistant

Advocate Health•Oshkosh, WI

1d•$20 - $30

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 and refinishing floors, furniture, carpets, environmental surfaces, and equipment, as well as performing scheduled terminal and project cleaning in surgical areas. The role also handles linens, cleaning supplies, recyclables, trash, and medical and hazardous waste; prepares dismissal and transfer units; and distributes non-medical supplies. The assistant may set up meeting rooms and deliver audio-visual equipment, and reports safety hazards, mechanical failures, and equipment needing repair. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, with a Monday–Friday evening schedule from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. There are no holidays scheduled, though hours may need to be adjusted to meet department needs or provide coverage. No formal education or prior experience is required. The role requires safe use of cleaning equipment and chemicals, following instructions and department procedures, working independently, and providing customer service. Physical duties include lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling, bending, kneeling, climbing, reaching, crawling, and walking or standing for most of the shift. Work may involve outdoor weather exposure and contact with cleaning chemicals, soiled linens, and infectious or hazardous waste.

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 doctors, nurses, patients, the public, or 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, and crawl to complete tasks.
Ability to shovel and spread salt or sand on snow and work in outdoor temperatures and weather conditions as necessary.
Ability to walk or stand for the majority of the shift.
Ability to wear protective clothing and work around germicidal solutions, cleaning chemicals, temperature changes, soiled linen, and infectious waste; familiarity with policies for handling infectious and hazardous waste.
Ability to safely operate power and non-power 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 with dry and wet mops; refinish floors using machine scrubbing and/or stripping and applying floor finish.
Operate mechanical and electrical cleaning equipment; clean equipment, carts, and the service closet daily.
Notify the appropriate person of safety hazards and equipment needing repair; report mechanical failures or unsafe conditions to the supervisor.
Assist with cleaning emergency spills as requested.
Use chemicals, cleaning products, and equipment for their intended purposes; ensure supplies are labeled and consult Material Safety Data Sheets as needed.
Set up rooms for meetings and deliver audio-visual equipment to rooms.
Clean patient care areas, restrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, offices, elevators, and stairwells, including scheduled terminal and project cleaning in surgical areas.
Clean environmental surfaces such as ceilings, vents, walls, doors, furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, and windows; dust and mop floors throughout the facility.
Gather and dispose of recyclables, trash, and medical waste, including hazardous trash in accordance with infection-control guidelines.
Sort, stock, and deliver linens; prepare soiled linen for transportation; inventory linens and supplies and order additional items in a timely, cost-effective manner.
Fill and clean supply dispensers and replace cubicle drapes and window coverings.
Clean and prepare dismissal and transfer units and certain equipment used in patient care; distribute non-medical supplies to designated areas.