Environmental Services (EVS) Specialist – Housekeeper | Northport Medical Center

DCH Health Care Authority•Northport, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Cleans and services building areas and patient care areas as assigned according to established procedures and schedule assignment. This role involves daily cleaning of assigned areas following specific procedures, including cleaning occupied and discharged patient rooms, washing walls, doors, ceilings, and furnishings. The specialist will also dust, damp mop, vacuum floors and carpets, collect waste, clean waste receptacles and compactor areas, handle soiled and clean linen, and move furniture. They are responsible for requesting and returning cleaning supplies and equipment, cleaning carts and equipment, and operating various cleaning machines like buffers, wringers, scrubbers, and vacuums. Additionally, the role requires reporting broken furniture or equipment immediately to supervisors and maintaining secured access to designated medication storage areas, alerting supervisors if medications are found in unsecured areas. Training new hires is also part of the responsibilities. The position adheres to DCH Standards, including performance, patient and employee satisfaction, and financial standards, as well as compliance with the Employee Handbook and DCH Behavioral Standards. Use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software, and intranet is required, along with adherence to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.

Requirements

Ability to follow/understand verbal communications and written procedures required and to verbally communicate with others.
Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
Requires wearing common protective or safety equipment.
Must be able to speak clearly and have the ability to reason and express ideas to groups of people.
Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.
Able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

High School diploma or GED is preferred.

Responsibilities

Daily cleans assigned areas following 8 step cleaning procedure or other procedures as appropriate.
Performs tasks such as; cleaning of occupied and discharged patient rooms, washing walls, doors/ door frames, ceilings, patient room furnishings, windows and if required refinish and burnish floors.
Dust \ damp mop \ vacuum floor areas as applicable, vacuums carpets, spot-cleans carpet, collect waste from all areas of hospital, routinely clean waste receptacles, clean compactor area, collect soiled linen and distribute clean linen, move furniture within facility, arrange furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning assigned area.
Requests cleaning supplies and equipment as needed and returns unused supplies to housekeeping closet, cleans carts and equipment and ensures all items are replaced in orderly manner.
Operates various types of cleaning equipment both mechanical and electrical, i.e. buffers, wringers, scrubbers, vacuums.
Reports all broken furniture or equipment repair needs immediately to supervisors – daily.
Cleans and services building areas as assigned (including medication storage areas) according to established procedures and schedule assignment.
Maintains secured access to designated medication storage areas when assigned to work in those areas and alerts nursing/clinical supervisor immediately if medications are discovered in any unlocked, unsupervised area.
Provides training for new hires and others to the units.
Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
Must adhere to the DCH Behavioral Standards including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software and intranet.
Must adhere to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.
All other duties as assigned.