Environmental Service Aide I

Under general supervision and
following established procedures, performs a variety of tasks to maintain the
cleanliness and orderliness of assigned areas. Including but not inclusive of
the following areas: Offices, laboratories, public areas, outpatient areas and
support areas.

• Occasionally helps to train new employees to perform assigned tasks.

• Selects materials, supplies, and equipment from designated areas. Loads supplies onto cart and transports work
  cart to assigned areas.

• Sweeps, dust mops and wet-mops hard and resilient floors of assigned
  areas according to procedures. May use
  autoscrubber or other types of powered equipment to clean or polish floors.

• Dry dusts, damp dusts and washes horizontal and vertical surfaces, such
  as walls, doors, partitions, as well as ledges, pipes, corners, and other
  hard-to-reach surfaces using step stools or ladders as necessary.

• Dusts, washes and polishes moveable and fixed furniture and equipment
  items such as tables, desks, file cabinets and waste receptacles as required.

• Cleans and polishes mirrors, stainless steel, brass, and other
  decorative materials as necessary. Removes graffiti.

• Vacuums, spot cleans carpeted floors and weather mats.

• Moves and arranges furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after
  cleaning.

• Sanitizes and disinfects sinks, toilets, showers, bathtubs and other
  restroom 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 pathological
  and chemotherapy waste according to procedures.
  Relines receptacles with clean bags.
  Transports trash and linen to designated areas. Removes full needle
  boxes and replaces with empty ones.

• Reports facility repair needs to the immediate supervisor.

• Returns unused supplies to designated areas and cleans and performs
  simple maintenance on manual and/or powered equipment.

• Empties and transports recycle containers. Processes recycled paper according to HIPAA
  regulations.

• Assists in disaster response drills.

• 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.

• 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.

• Interpersonal skills to exchange information courteously with patients, visitors, or office staff.

• 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.

• Intermittent exposure to extremely unpleasant cleaning tasks.

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