Environmental Services Attendant
About The Position
This position performs cleaning tasks, moves equipment and furniture, and maintains floors to provide patients, visitors, and health sciences staff with a safe, clean environment. The role supports cleanliness, sanitation, infection control, and hazard prevention throughout patient care, public, clinical, research, laboratory, meeting, and office spaces. Work is performed under direct supervision and includes handling regular trash and biohazardous waste for disposal, as well as maintaining appropriate personal protective equipment. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., with rotating weekends. Employees are expected to maintain regular and predictable attendance, meet job expectations, follow policies, and deliver quality work in keeping with St. Jude values and principles. Performance is reviewed through spring and fall Check-In milestones and an Annual Performance Review. The job involves frequent standing, walking, hand use, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; frequent sitting and climbing or balancing; and frequently lifting or moving up to 50 pounds. The work environment may include exposure to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and noxious odors, with occasional exposure to infectious disease. Noise is usually loud. Compliance with applicable safety and health regulations is an essential function. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED preferred.
- Environmental services experience preferred.
- Understanding of environmental regulations, laws, and standards preferred.
- Basic knowledge of biohazardous and/or hazardous waste management preferred.
- Ability to understand and adapt to changing priorities and learn new approaches.
- Ability to complete tasks with limited guidance and use structured problem-solving.
- Clear written and verbal communication, timely information exchange, and attention to document clarity and accuracy.
- Ability to plan, prioritize, and organize multiple tasks, meet timelines, and respond to unexpected changes.
- Ability to stay composed under pressure and seek support or escalate issues when needed.
- Ability to troubleshoot routine issues using available supplies, tools, and materials.
- Ability to recognize hazards, follow safety procedures, take precautions, and report safety concerns.
- Ability to work cooperatively with team members, listen, and exchange feedback.
- Ability to safely collect, separate, and dispose of regular and hazardous waste; follow waste procedures and biohazard protocols; and use PPE correctly.
- Ability to stand, walk, use hands, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; frequently sit and climb or balance; and frequently lift or move up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to move around the workspace to access work surfaces, shelves, cabinets, drawers, and equipment at different heights.
Nice To Haves
- Environmental services experience.
- Understanding of environmental regulations, laws, and standards.
- Basic knowledge of biohazardous and/or hazardous waste management.
- High school diploma or GED.
Responsibilities
- Perform basic cleaning, equipment and furniture moving, and floor-care tasks under direct supervision.
- Move biohazardous waste for proper disposal and move regular trash to designated waste receptacles.
- Help maintain personal protective equipment in good condition, as appropriate based on job hazard assessments.
- Help provide patients, visitors, and health sciences staff with a safe and clean environment.
- Maintain cleanliness, sanitation, infection-control standards, and freedom from hazards.
- Clean patient care, public, clinical, research, laboratory, meeting, and office spaces.
- Perform other duties as assigned to meet department and institutional goals and objectives.
- Maintain regular and predictable attendance and meet job expectations, follow policies, and deliver quality work.
- Comply with applicable federal, state, and local safety and health regulations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
