Environ Assistant Floor​/Special Project Team

Overview

Job Description - Environ Assistant Floor/Special Project Team, Days )

Environ Assistant Floor/Special Project Team, Days - (  )

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.

• Floor Care:
  Use vacuum to clean carpets; use carpet extractor or bonnet buff to perform spot removal or clean carpets.
• Floor Care:
  Use brooms, mops, buffers to sweep, dry/wet mop, scrub, strip and refinish, sanitize and disinfect hard surface floors.
• Floor Care:
  Report damaged carpets and floors and situations where stain removal can not be done.
• Floor Care:
  Mix, use and dispose of floor care chemicals according to directions.
• Floor Care:
  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.
• Personal and Patient Safety:
  Use appropriate cleaning materials.
• Personal and Patient Safety:
  Report unsafe conditions in assigned work areas.
• Personal and Patient Safety:
  Observe isolation procedures.

• Room Set-up and Tear Down:
  Move furniture and equipment as directed, use good body mechanics.
• Room Set-up and Tear Down:
  Perform room set-up and tear-down as directed for special events.

• Other Duties:
  Complete project report of completed tasks during shift.
• Other Duties:
  Attend weekly/monthly and annual mandatory departmental training sessions.
• Other Duties:
  Use pallet jack to move boxes from loading dock to stock supply room.
• Other Duties:
  Arrive and depart work on time.
• Other Duties:
  Report to work on scheduled days with no excessive absenteeism.
• Other Duties:
  Leave for meal break and return on time.
• Other Duties:
  Report to work in uniform.
• Other Duties:
  Uniform is clean and free of debris or odor.
• Other Duties:
  Entire uniform is worn daily.

• 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

• Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
• Partner with all team members to achieve goals
• Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions
• 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
• Use resources efficiently
• Search for less costly ways of doing things
• 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 take 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

Primary

Location:

District of Columbia-Washington

Work Locations: CN Hospital (Main Campus) 111 Michigan Avenue NW Washington 20010

Organization:
Operations

Position Status: R (Regular) - FT - Full-Time

Shift: Day

Job Posting:
Jan 27, 2026, 9:24:34 PM

Full-Time Salary Range: 37648 - 73673.6

Note:

Children s National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here:
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Please note that it is the policy of Children s National Hospital to ensure a “drug-free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children s National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.