Environmental Services Aide

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •High school graduate or General Equivalency Diploma (GED)
• •1-3 years related experience and/or training
• •Equivalent combination of education and experience
• •Ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing
• •Basic knowledge of a variety of cleaning techniques performed in a commercial setting
• •Basic knowledge of commercial housekeeping equipment and its usage
• •Basic Mathematical concepts for proper measuring of cleaning agents
• •Basic computer knowledge
• •Dependable, reliable with good attendance
• •Ability to work with others, at all levels within the organization
• •Collaborate effectively
• •Above-average interpersonal skills
• •Problem-solving skills
• •Written and oral communication skills
• •Team player to all departments
• •Confidential of sensitive data
• •Respectful of all other staff members
• •Considerate of other people's time
• •Accountable for work output
• •Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance
• •Ability to walk, bend, twist, and lift with the dexterity to perform manual skills required of the job
• •Ability to perform/demonstrate proper lifting technique practices
• •Ability to wear gloves for skin protection for an extended period of time
• •Willingness to work beyond normal working hours
• •Willingness to work in other positions temporarily when necessary
• •Ability to function independently
• •Personal integrity
• •Flexibility
• •Ability to work effectively with other personnel, clients and support agencies
• •Ability to work effectively with all other staff, patients and residents
• •Ability to read color coded labels
• •Ability to stand or walk for duration of shift
• •Ability to climb up and down from ladders
• •Ability to stoops, crouches, bends, scrubbing motions with hands and arms for an extended period of time
• •Ability to reach with hands and arms
• •Ability to twist
• •Ability to perform repetitive motion
• •Ability to stand, walk, sits, talks, hears, smells, sees
• •Ability to maintain regulatory requirements
• •Ability to complete annual education requirements if applicable
• •Ability to wear identification while on duty
• •Ability to attend annual evaluation and participate actively in this process
• •Ability to report to work on time and as scheduled
• •Ability to complete work in designated time
• •Ability to attend all meetings as appropriate
• •Ability to exhibit the mission, ethics and goals of Modoc Medical Center in the performance of job duties
• •Ability to maintain a culture of high safety standards and quality
• •Ability to demonstrate the strictest of confidentiality for compliance with and adherence to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• •Ability to respect diversity of each individual's values, cultures, spiritual beliefs, and other socio-economic issues
• •Ability to be sensitive to the daily lives of our Patients and Residents
• •Ability to demonstrate the strictest of confidentiality for compliance with and adherence to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for their privacy and safe keeping
• •Ability to effectively interact with patients and health team members while maintaining quality standards
• •Ability to introduce self to patients, families and visitors
• •Ability to demonstrate the knowledge and assessment skills necessary to communicate, educate, and provide a therapeutic and safe environment for age-specific groups served
• •Ability to maintain and ensure age-specific precautions at all times
• •Ability to demonstrate organizational ability and time management
• •Ability to produce deliverable products on time, within budget with minimal direction
• •Ability to compile and organize data using Microsoft Office Applications
• •Ability to make appropriate recommendations or conclusions, given the data obtained
• •Ability to maintain an organized set of records
• •Ability to deliver records immediately upon request
• •Ability to communicate appropriately, respectfully, and clearly to directors, managers, and coworkers
• •Ability to accept direction as provided without questioning authority, within the chain of command
• •Ability to perform all assigned tasks accurately
• •Ability to take direction from others to include those employees of other departments with which he/she works on a temporary basis in accordance with the chain of command
• •Ability to effectively use office machines in the performance of job functions
• •Ability to answer phone calls, assist public, and forwards appropriately if necessary in a professional and friendly manner
• •Ability to demonstrate a professional behavior, both when on duty and as a representative of the hospital outside of normal work hours
• •Ability to demonstrate a positive working relationship with patients, visitors and facility staff
• •Ability to respectfully interact with managers and supervisors
• •Ability to function independently
• •Ability to have personal integrity
• •Ability to have flexibility
• •Ability to work effectively with other personnel, clients and support agencies
• •Ability to function independently
• •Ability to have personal integrity
• •Ability to have flexibility
• •Ability to work effectively with all other staff, patients and residents
• •Ability to handle hazardous waste appropriately
• •Ability to thoroughly understand and follow the approved Infection Control Policies and Procedures
• •Ability to monitor cleaning equipment and report irregularities and malfunctions to Supervisor
• •Ability to use housekeeping supplies appropriately and effectively
• •Ability to monitor supplies and report inventory levels to Supervisor
• •Ability to prepare Requisition Forms for the ordering of supplies and forwards to Supervisor for approval
• •Ability to replenish towels, linens, restroom/bathrooms supplies in all areas of facility as needed
• •Ability to move furniture and equipment in the scope of the job duties
• •Ability to read and understand Operation Manuals, Policy Procedure Manuals, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) Manual, and other departmental manuals
• •Ability to remain knowledgeable on the proper usage of the procedures and equipment usage
• •Ability to continuously demonstrate a culture of high safety standards and quality during the entire course of this job
• •Ability to assist in the orientation of new personnel in the Environmental Services/Housekeeping Department
• •Ability to perform all aspects of duties and responsibilities in a manner that optimizes patient safety
• •Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• •Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations
• •Ability to effectively interact with patients and health team members while maintaining quality standards
• •Ability to always introduce self to patients, families and visitors
• •Ability to demonstrate the knowledge and assessment skills necessary to communicate, educate, and provide a therapeutic and safe environment for age-specific groups served
• •Ability to maintain and ensure age-specific precautions at all times
• •Ability to respect diversity of each individual's values, cultures, spiritual beliefs, and other socio-economic issues in addressing the needs of the patients and visitors within the scope of this job
• •Ability to be sensitive to the daily lives of our Patients and Residents
• •Ability to demonstrate the strictest of confidentiality for compliance with and adherence to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for their privacy and safe keeping