Senior Environmental Services Aide, Environmental Services, Full Time (Limited Terms), Evening

MarinHealth Medical Center•Bon Air, CA

About The Position

Performs hard-floor and carpet-care tasks in patient-care and ancillary areas, or service-call cleaning in specialized hospital areas, following established techniques and standards. The role involves frequent heavy lifting of trash and linen, and may include primary responsibility for managing biohazardous waste. Work must comply with department policies and procedures and maintain cleanliness and sanitation standards established by Marin County, the California Department of Public Health, and The Joint Commission. The position performs scheduled cycle cleaning and special projects, uses floor-care equipment and chemicals safely, cleans floors, carpets, stairways, entrances, elevators, windows, and other surfaces, and removes trash, biohazardous waste, and soiled linen. Duties may also include linen-room operations, cleaning patient rooms and treatment areas, moving furniture and equipment, restocking supplies, and inspecting completed work for quality and regulatory compliance. The role is not a patient-care position and does not provide access to protected health information. This is a full-time, limited-term position with 40 scheduled hours per week and an eight-hour evening shift. Compensation is listed at $32.08–$39.94. Integrative Agitation Management (IAMTAC) certification is required within 30 days of hire. MarinHealth requires measles, mumps, varicella, and annual influenza immunizations as a condition of employment; COVID-19 vaccination/booster is strongly recommended, with medical or religious exemptions considered consistent with applicable law.

Requirements

Ability to understand and follow verbal and written instructions.
Ability to organize work tasks and complete them in a timely manner.
Ability to physically handle workload requirements, including heavy lifting and pushing/pulling tasks.
Ability to work cooperatively with supervisory personnel and other employees.
Flexible attitude toward varied job tasks and work assignments.
Integrative Agitation Management (IAMTAC) required within 30 days of hire.
Measles, mumps, varicella, and annual influenza immunizations are required as a condition of employment, subject to applicable exemptions.

Nice To Haves

High school education or equivalent.
At least six months of experience in an acute-care hospital, skilled nursing or rehabilitation facility, or medical clinic.
Alternatively, 12 months of experience as a janitor in an office building or commercial complex, or as a hotel housekeeper.
Floor-care experience and/or documented ability to physically handle heavy lifting and pushing/pulling tasks.

Responsibilities

Perform scheduled cycle cleaning and non-scheduled projects according to department policy and procedure.
Use heavy cleaning equipment safely, including high-speed floor buffers, scrubbing machines, carpet extractors, and large-area vacuums.
Strip and refinish hard-surface floors; shampoo and extract carpets; spot-clean carpets.
Clean stairways, exits, entrances, and elevators according to departmental procedures.
Use cleaning products and floor-care chemicals safely, including preparing products for use.
Remove trash, including biohazardous waste, and soiled linen from intermediate storage areas to designated holding areas and the trash compactor.
Perform specialized cleaning throughout the facility through Service Call assignments.
Frequently lift heavy trash and linen bags and push or pull furniture and equipment.
Wash windows using the prescribed squeegee method; change drapes and cubicle curtains; clean window blinds; and wash ceilings, walls, and interior windows as specified.
For designated linen-room assignments, distribute clean linen and scrub apparel, exchange carts, stock linen carts and shelves, fill orders, maintain hypoallergenic linen supplies, fold or refold linen, remove clean linen from bulk transport carts, sort damaged linen, sweep the linen room, maintain clean/soiled separation, count and record returns, and operate washers and dryers as needed.
Dust mop and wet mop floors; vacuum carpets; and perform routine cleaning in assigned work areas.
Set up and take down conference rooms, meeting rooms, offices, and patient rooms; move and realign beds and furniture as needed.
Spot-clean walls, windows, and doors; dust surfaces; and polish metal surfaces and fixtures.
Restock paper products and other supplies; empty, clean, and reline waste receptacles; and collect trash and soiled linen from work areas.
Disinfect fixtures, beds, furnishings, and surfaces using hospital-approved registered disinfectants and approved procedures.
Perform routine daily and terminal cleaning of patient rooms and treatment areas, including trash and linen removal, dusting, spot-cleaning, disinfecting, bed preparation, floor cleaning, and visual inspection.
Keep cleaning tools, equipment, and Environmental Services storage areas clean and organized.
Inspect and evaluate completed work for quality standards and maintain compliance with The Joint Commission, Title 22, and other regulatory agencies.
Follow hospital service standards and behaviors and perform other departmental tasks as assigned.