EVS Assistant FT 2nd shift
About The Position
The EVS Assistant cleans and maintains patient care and other facility areas, including surgical areas, restrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, offices, elevators, and stairwells. Duties include cleaning environmental surfaces and floors, replacing cubicle and window coverings, handling recyclables, trash, medical waste, and soiled linens, and preparing dismissal and transfer units and certain patient-care equipment. The role also stocks and distributes linens and supplies, maintains dispensers and housekeeping closets, monitors supply inventories, and reports mechanical failures or unsafe conditions. This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position on second shift, scheduled from 2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., with every other weekend and rotating holidays. No formal education or prior experience is required. The position involves working independently, following oral and written instructions and department procedures, providing customer service, and carrying out cleaning duties without disrupting facility operations.
Requirements
- No formal education required.
- No experience required.
- 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, the public, 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 35 pounds from the floor to a maximum height of 5 feet, carry up to 20 pounds at waist height for a reasonable distance, and push or pull with 50 pounds of force.
- Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, reach above the shoulders, crawl, and push, pull, or drag equipment such as hospital beds; ability to lift items weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to stand and walk for most of the shift.
- Ability to wear protective clothing and work around 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 operate vacuum cleaners, mopping equipment, a buffer or burnisher, an automatic scrubber, a stepladder up to six feet, and other cleaning tools.
- Ability to operate job-related equipment, including telephones, zone phones, and pagers.
Responsibilities
- Clean patient care areas, surgical areas, public and private restrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, offices, elevators, and stairwells.
- Clean environmental surfaces, including ceilings, vents, walls, doors, furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, and windows.
- Assist with emergency spill cleanup as requested.
- Dust and damp-mop floors in patient and exam rooms, corridors, stairwells, restrooms, and other facility areas.
- Replace cubicle and window coverings.
- Gather and dispose of recyclables, trash, and medical waste; collect hazardous trash according to infection-control guidelines.
- Sort, stock, and deliver linens, and gather and prepare soiled linen for transportation.
- Clean and prepare dismissal and transfer units and certain equipment used in patient care.
- Distribute non-medical supplies to designated areas.
- Fill and clean supply dispensers.
- Inventory linens, cleaning supplies, and paper supplies, and order additional supplies in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Keep the housekeeping closet organized and clean.
- Report mechanical failures and unsafe conditions to the supervisor.
Benefits
- Paid time off programs.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
- Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
- Educational Assistance Program.
- Potential shift or on-call premium pay, where applicable.
- Incentive pay for select positions.
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.
- Career development programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
