Environmental Assistant

General Summary of Position

The Environmental Assistant at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center is responsible for the following:

• Cleans all assigned areas in accordance with standards of cleanliness and highest quality of cleaning excellence.
• Consistently gathers all trash.
• Polishes assigned floor surface areas by operating electric washing, scrubbing, stripping, waxing, and polishing equipment, making manual adjustments to attain optimal results.
• Performs other duties as required, such as cleaning light fixtures, wall vents, and moving furniture.
• Maintains cleaning equipment.
• Deposits refuse in specified collection areas and/or incinerator.
• Makes timely rounds and always follows universal precautions.
• Performs high dusting and low dusting of assigned areas. Uses 7 step cleaning process for all patient areas. This includes vacuuming, washing, sweeping, mopping of restrooms, beds, furniture and open areas.
• Cleans specialized areas such as isolation and surgical areas to highest standards according to sterilization procedures.
• Observes safety and infection control precautions in cleaning of assigned areas.
• Performs discharge cleaning for all patient discharges, following department procedure and policies.
• Provides services to patients and families as needed. Introduces self to patients and families. Checks in with patients before leaving the room. Answers and responds to patient requests. Greets patients and families arriving on the unit. Approach, greet and offer assistance and direction to patients, family members, physicians and others who may need help in finding their way.

This position has a hiring range of $17.5 - $28.73