Environmental Service Worker Evening shift

Job Summary

Performs routine housekeeping activities to maintain a clean, safe and habitable environment according to departmental standards.

• Cleans Patient Rooms after Discharge.
• Picks up and discards trash and soiled linens.
• Damp-wipes waste baskets and linen hampers.
• Performs high dusting activities to ensure that vents, bed lights, televisions, high ledges, and other high areas are free from dirt and dust.
• Cleans and sanitizes bathrooms using appropriate chemicals and cleaning equipment.
• Restocks toilet tissue, paper towels, and soap as needed; replaces shower curtains as needed.
• Spot cleans soiled areas; places sanitary strips across toilet seat.
• Damp-wipes telephones, the on-call button cords, bedside tables, over‑bed tables, chairs, bed rails, head and foot boards, and all other furniture in the room daily.
• Damp‑wipes doorknobs, light switches, window sills, pictures, and other horizontal surfaces daily; spot cleans walls as needed; may clean windows.
• Strips, damp‑wipes, and remakes beds upon patient discharge; may cycle‑clean rooms (including cleaning ceiling, walls, bathroom tiles, etc.) as assigned by Supervisor.
• May use mess kits on hazardous spills.
• Dry mops patient room floor, including bathroom floor; prepares cleaning solution with Hospital Approved Disinfectant; wet mops patient room floor, including bathroom floor daily.
• In administrative offices and at Nursing Stations, damp‑wipes office furniture, computer terminals, telephones, file cabinets, etc.; dry mops floors and/or vacuums carpets daily.
• Moves furniture as needed to dust and clean floors and carpets; may strip and refinish floors on a periodic basis; may buff and shine floors daily; shampoos and spot cleans carpets as assigned by Supervisor; sweeps, wet mops, dry mops, and buffs floors in hallways and stairways as assigned by Supervisor.
• Organizes the supplies in housekeeping closets daily; damp‑wipes walls periodically; wet mops floors daily; scrubs sink daily.
• In cooperation with Group Leaders and Supervisors, ensures that equipment and supplies are always available and in proper working condition; uses equipment and supplies as outlined by manufacturer guidelines.
• Picks up E.S.D. cart at the start of each shift; uses safety glasses, gloves, and other personal protective equipment as needed; cleans equipment after each use; restocks supplies on the cart daily; replaces vacuum bags and filters as needed; returns soiled mops to the E.V.S. supply room for cleaning.
• Demonstrates appropriate work, personal, and safety habits in the performance of duties; uses safety glasses, gloves and other personal protective equipment as needed; changes gloves as appropriate and washes hands after each use; recognizes hazardous situations and responds appropriately; changes cleaning water every three rooms; cleans and restocks carts for the next shift; takes responsibility for cleaning and organizing housekeeping closets.
• Is courteous and helpful to patients, visitors, and other personnel; greets patients upon entering their rooms; continually acts as "customer service agent" on behalf of the Hospital; recognizes when the patient is in need of clinical assistance and responds by calling for a direct health care worker; leaves behind "Welcome to Newton-Wellesley Hospital" cards after cleaning each room.
• May be required to assist in moving and discarding heavy office furniture.

• High school diploma preferred or equivalent experience
• Sufficient physical strength and stamina
• On‑the‑job training
• Ability to communicate verbally and make self understood
• Ability to problem‑solve
• Ability to get along with others and confront issues appropriately

Additional Job Description

Onsite

2014 Washington Street

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Per Diem

Evening (United States of America)

$17.71 - $21.51/Hourly

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