Environmental Services Technician

Housekeeping Aid

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Performs floor maintenance and wall washing.
• Cleans doors, doorframes, baseboard corners and edges and stairwells.
• Utilizes pressure washers and heavy industrial powered and battery operated equipment for the above tasks.
• Adjusts, cleans, and performs minor maintenance on this equipment and changes attachments for their proper use.
• Empties trash/wastebaskets and replaces liners.
• Transports general refuse, regulated medical waste, and recycling to central collection areas.
• Cleans rest rooms, bathrooms, and shower rooms, ensuring they are cleaned and meet acceptable standards.
• Replenishes supplies of paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and soap in all areas where dispensers are located.
• Moves and arranges furniture, patient wardrobes, beds, etc. in the assigned area to accomplish cleaning tasks.
• Provides bed-making services in patient care areas and OD rooms; cleans mattresses, springs, and bedframes; and cleans bedside stands, over bed lights, blood pressure cuffs, bed tables, etc.
• Removes bags of soiled textiles from patient rooms and transports to the designated soiled room in each ward area.
• Loads and unloads clean textiles from bulk carts.
• Restocks clean textile closets, cabinets, shelves, carts, and participates in inventory management activities.
• Defrosts and cleans patient care refrigerators and ice machines in nourishment kitchen areas; cleans stainless steel on storage instrument cabinets and counters, elevators in lobbies, wards, diet-kitchens and nurse utility rooms; and cleans ashtrays, smoke stands, sand urns in designated smoke areas and water fountains.
• Provides interim cleaning of windows and window ledges from the inside, cleans glass door and other glass surfaces; and replaces curtains and cleans blinds.
• Cleans and/or replaces needle boxes.
• Cleans specific non-critical Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) in inpatient and clinical areas of the medical center.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 1:00 pm - 9:30 pm, as well as rotating shifts on weekends. Work schedule subject to change based on agency needs.

Position Description Title/PD#: Housekeeping Aid/PD99909A

Physical Requirements: You may be asked to participate in a pre-employment evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation.