Environmental Services Aide II
Company: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Location: Boston
Posted on: May 29, 2023
Job Description:
Under general supervision andfollowing established procedures,
performs a variety of tasks to maintain thecleanliness and
orderliness of assigned areas. -Including but not inclusive of the
following areas: Emergency room,S.D.C.U, Operating Rooms, Cath Lab,
inpatient rooms, P.A.C.U., Dialysis, EPLab, Endoscopy, Morgue, Gray
2 PR Rooms, Wellman 6 OR, Yawkey 8 Infusion andoperation float.
-PRINCIPALDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Occasionally helps to train new employees to perform assigned
tasks.
- Selects materials, supplies, and equipment from designated
areas. Loads supplies onto cart and transports workcart to assigned
areas.
- Sweeps, dust mops and wet-mops hard and resilient floors of
assignedareas according to procedures. May useautoscrubber or other
types of powered equipment to clean or polish floors.
- Dry dusts, damp dusts and washes horizontal and vertical
surfaces, suchas walls, doors, partitions, as well as ledges,
pipes, corners, and otherhard-to-reach surfaces using step stools
or ladders as necessary.
- Dusts, washes and polishes moveable and fixed furniture and
equipmentitems such as tables, desks, file cabinets and waste
receptacles as required.
- Cleans and polishes mirrors, stainless steel, brass, and
otherdecorative materials as necessary. Removes graffiti.
- Vacuums, spot cleans carpeted floors and weather mats.
- Moves and arranges furniture and equipment in an orderly
fashion aftercleaning.
- Sanitizes and disinfects sinks, toilets, showers, bathtubs and
otherrestroom fixtures and accessories. -Refills dispensers as
required.
- Strips, cleans and remakes beds/stretchers upon patient
discharge /transfer according to departmental procedures.
- Disposes of waste and linen, including contaminated and/or
pathologicaland chemotherapy waste according to procedures.
-Relines receptacles with clean bags. -Transports trash and linen
to designated areas. Removes full needleboxes and replaces with
empty ones.
- Reports facility repair needs to the immediate supervisor /
designatedperson as necessary.
- Returns unused supplies to designated areas and cleans and
performssimple maintenance on manual and/or powered equipment.
- Empties and transports recycle containers. Processes recycled
paper according to HIPAAregulations.
- Removes, prepares for cleaning and re-hangs draperies, cubicle
curtainsand shades as required. May use
ladder.SKILLS/ABILITIES/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED
- Must be able to speak, read and write English.
- Understand oral instructions and follow printed label
instructions in English.
- Knowledge of cleaning techniques, materials, supply and
chemical usage, and the operation of manual and power
equipment.
- Must be able to operate heavy equipment, such as, but not
limited to, buffers, vauums, autoscrubbers, wetvacs
- Ability to stand, walk, push, pull, bend, crouch, lift, reach
and stretch throughout the work day.
- Push, pull, and move items weighing up to 75 pounds,
occasionally lifting items weighing approximately 30 pounds.
- May climb and work from ladders
- Interpersonal skills to exchange information courteously with
patients, visitors, or office staff.WORKING CONDITIONS
- Occasional exposure to one or more hazardous conditions, such
as low level radiation, infectious diseases, needle punctures,
mildly toxic chemicals (acids and strong alkylines), biohazardous
materials, odors, etc.
- Exposure to extremely unpleasant cleaning tasks. Primary
Location Work Locations MGH Main Campus Job
EnviroServ/HouseKeep/Transport - Other Organization Massachusetts
General Hospital(MGH) Schedule Part-time Standard Hours 20 Shift
Day Job Posted Shift Description Part-time position 20 Hours /
Monday to Friday at 10:00am to 2:00pm. Employee Status Regular
Recruiting Department MGH Environmental Services
Keywords: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston , Environmental Services Aide II, Other , Boston, Massachusetts
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