Description
The Environmental Assistant Floor/Special Project Team employee will clean and sanitize rooms and furnishings in assigned work areas following established policies and procedures.
Schedule: Evenings 3p-11:30p; rotating weekends and holidays
Qualifications
Minimum Education
High School Diploma or GED (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
2 years Cleaning/housekeeping experience (Preferred)
2 years Floor care/special project experience (Preferred)
Functional Accountabilities
Floor Care
- Use vacuum to clean carpets; use carpet extractor or bonnet buff to perform spot removal or clean carpets.
- Use brooms, mops, buffers to sweep, dry/wet mop, scrub, strip and refinish, sanitize and disinfect hard surface floors.
- Report damaged carpets and floors and situations where stain removal can not be done.
- Mix, use and dispose of floor care chemicals according to directions.
- Clean and properly store floor equipment; operate cleaning equipment according to instructions; replace belts, bags and make other minor equipment repairs; report other mechanical failures to supervisor.
Personal and Patient Safety
- Wear personal protective equipment according to hospital guidelines, follow universal precautions.
- Use appropriate cleaning materials.
- Report unsafe conditions in assigned work areas.
- Observe isolation procedures.
Room Set-up and Tear Down
- Move furniture and equipment as directed, use good body mechanics
- Perform room set-up and tear-down as directed for special events.
Other Duties
- Complete project report of completed tasks during shift
- Attend weekly/monthly and annual mandatory departmental training sessions.
- Use pallet jack to move boxes from loading dock to stock supply room.
Non-Essential Function
- Arrive and depart work on time.
- Report to work on scheduled days with no excessive absenteeism.
- Leave for meal break and return on time.
- Report to work in uniform.
- Uniform is clean and free of debris or odor.
- Entire uniform is worn daily.
Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Organizational Commitment/Identification
- Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
Teamwork/Communication
- Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
- Partner with all team members to achieve goals
- Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions
Performance Improvement/Problem-solving
- Contribute to a positive work environment
- Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
- Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
- Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
Cost Management/Financial Responsibility
- Use resources efficiently
- Search for less costly ways of doing things
Safety
- Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
- Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
- Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
- Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
- Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
- Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance
