Environmental Services Associate 1 – St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

Mercy Health•Youngstown, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Services Associate 1 at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital is a collective bargaining unit position with 40 scheduled weekly hours across all work shifts. This role reports to the Environmental Services Manager and is responsible for performing preventative cleaning procedures to maintain the facility in an orderly, sanitary, and attractive condition. Key duties include the safe pick up and transport of all infectious, solid, and recyclable waste from holding areas to designated disposal or storage areas, as well as transporting clean and soiled linen. The associate is expected to visibly support the mission and vision of St. Elizabeth Health Center and adhere to established Policies and Procedures.

Requirements

A level of knowledge to provide the skills necessary to read and understand signs, warning notices and work instructions and to write to complete necessary work forms.
The ability to follow oral instructions.
Physical ability to withstand frequent or prolonged lifting, standing, pushing, pulling and walking.
Physical ability to operate various pieces of equipment such as mop wringers, floor equipment, etc.
Mental ability to operate under potentially stressful or emergency situations.
Judgment in order to assess potentially unsafe situations.
Courtesy in dealing with patients, visitors and staff.
Ability to exercise proper dilution ratios of chemicals and recommend cost savings in supply usage.

Responsibilities

Performs preventative cleaning procedures necessary to maintain the facility in an orderly, sanitary and attractive condition.
Responsible for the safe pick up and transport of all infectious, solid and recyclable waste from holding areas to the incinerator, compactor or storage areas.
Transports clean and soiled linen.
Adheres to all Hospital and Departmental standards for Patient and Guest Relations.
Promotes a positive image of St. Elizabeth’s Health Center at all times.
Transports hazardous waste in a safe manner from the point of origin to approved holding areas.
Transports solid and recyclable waste in a safe manner from point of origin to approved holding areas.
Provides preventative cleaning service for occupied patient areas according to the Ten Step Interactive Cleaning Procedure.
Performs discharge cleaning of patient areas according to the Interactive Discharge Cleaning Procedure and AM Freshening Procedure.
Performs Occupied Patient Room Cleaning according to the Interactive Turndown Procedure.
Cleans, disinfects, and makes beds, cribs and isolettes.
Provides cleaning service to the OR, ED, NICU, Labor and Delivery and other special or critical patient areas both inpatient and outpatient.
Performs isolation cleaning procedures.
Performs between case, terminal and cycle cleaning procedures.
Cleans delicate patient equipment and monitors.
Provides cleaning service for restrooms, elevators, stairwells, lobbies, waiting areas and other support or ancillary areas.
Performs preventative cleaning for hard surface and carpeted areas according to the Interactive Burnishing Four Step Procedure.
Delivers clean linen to approved holding areas.
Transports soiled linen to holding areas and from holding areas to soiled dock.
Transports and relocates furniture, beds, boxes and other equipment.
Cleans wheelchairs, stretchers, IV poles, refrigerators and other general equipment.
Maintains equipment and work areas.
Responds to floods and other emergency requests.
Observes, notes and reports potential safety issues or facility improvement requests to the Engineering and Maintenance Department.
May perform infrequent patient transport duties on the night shift if required.