Environmental Services Aide I

Environmental Services Aide

The Environmental Services Aide is responsible for performing duties to provide a clean, sanitary, and pleasant environment to a high standard to enhance quality patient care.

Essential Functions:

• Maintain assigned areas set forth by supervisor and/or manager.
• This includes the cleaning of all floors, offices, clinical and non-clinical spaces, halls, common areas (including stairs), rest room facilities, doorways, and entrances immediately outside of assigned area.
• Sweep, scrub, refinish, polish and strip floors using brooms and mops and power.
• Scrub swing machine and floor machines.
• Clean carpets, to include vacuuming, shampooing, deodorizing, and disinfecting.
• Strip and remake beds; bundle soiled linen; clean guest/patient rooms, bathrooms, dust and sanitize flat surfaces; empty trash; vacuum, sweep, dry mop, and wet mop rooms, hallways, stairways, and other public areas; wash walls; move linens to and from drop-off locations.
• Assist with moving furnishings/contents as required to complete assigned tasks.
• Keep equipment and workspace neat, clean and safe. (Storage areas, EVS closets...etc.).
• Performs minor maintenance as required.
• Locks/unlocks doors and does security rounds.
• Perform other duties as required and/or assigned.
• Always follows Infection prevention protocols and standards.

Qualifications:

Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent required.

Experience: Experience in environmental services or housekeeping preferred 0-1 year preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to follow oral and written instructions required.
• Experience in environmental services or housekeeping preferred.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and high-quality customer service skills required.
• Knowledge of various waste streams; Biological, Hazardous, General, Sharps and Recycling waste streams and their respective collection points.
• Knowledge of departmental Fire Management Plan.
• Responds to fire alarms and assist Fire Department as required.

Additional Job Details (if applicable):

Remote Type: Onsite

Work Location: One Hospital Road

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Employee Type: Regular

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

Pay Range: $19.24 - $39.81/Hourly

EEO Statement:

1550 Martha's Vineyard Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources.