Environmental Services Worker

Responsibilities

• Dust, mop, sanitize, and vacuum resident households and employee work spaces.
• Clean windows, blinds, and rearrange furniture for residents.
• Clean resident bathrooms including showers.
• Vacuum vents on walls and ceilings.
• Clean public areas.
• Complete unit cleans for new residents and deep cleans as assigned.
• Adhere to infection control policies and wear personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Stock utility room or cart with housekeeping supplies daily as needed.
• Treat carpet stains and report to maintenance; perform carpet cleaning using disinfectants and PPE.
• Empty garbage bins collected from chutes and dump into compactor outside.
• Provide Nursing Assistants with chemicals needed for cleaning tubs, wheelchairs, spills, etc., when housekeeping staff is not available.
• Occasionally perform laundry duties: gather and deliver full linen carts, restock, and unload clean linen carts for the next day.
• Push residents in wheelchairs when asked to be transported inside the building.
• Be courteous, considerate, and cooperative when communicating with guests, team members, clinical support personnel, and client personnel.
• Perform other work as required or assigned.

• Experience:
  
  General Housekeeping Experience Preferred.
• Knowledge of cleaning/sanitizing techniques and the chemicals required.
• Infection control standards and hazard communication methods, including proper donning and doffing of PPE.
• Basic computer usage.
• Ability to operate and use mops, brooms, janitorial equipment, vacuums, carpet cleaners, floor scrubbers, and chemical dispensers.
• Prioritize tasks so that all job functions can be completed daily.
• Remain flexible and change or add to workload.
• Work with and understand the needs of other facility departments with residents.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions and assignments.
• Communicate effectively with residents, staff, and guests.
• Remain professional and courteous at all times.
• Maintain confidentiality requirements.
• Keep up in a fast‑paced environment.
• Work respectfully in a diverse and inclusive environment.

The successful candidate must comply with the Center for Medicare & Medicaid regulations and Brookside Care Center's mandatory vaccination policy in healthcare facilities. Proof of vaccination will be required as a condition of employment unless an individual obtains an approved medical or religious exemption.

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position involves heavy physical demands:

• Lift 50 pounds from floor to waist and 32 pounds from waist to shoulder.
• Push/pull up to 70 horizontal force pounds for long distances.
• Frequent/repetitive standing, walking, twisting, bending, kneeling, sustained kneeling, squatting, pushing/pulling, stooping, and overhead reaching.

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