Environmental Aide

• Full-Time
• On-site

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center | Main Campus | New York, USA

Position Summary
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Environmental Services Aide (Male or Female) has direct responsibility for providing a clean, friendly and safe environment for the patients and visitors of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.

• Must possess the manual ability to perform such tasks as sweeping, mopping, dusting, scrubbing, wiping, polishing and moving furniture.
• High dusts and wipes clean using germicidal solution on all vents, light fixture, ceiling tiles, doors, furniture, equipment, telephones, TV's, window sills, trash receptacles, beds and mattresses.
• Washes clean all bath tubs, sinks, showers, and toilets.
• Replenishes all supplies including soap, paper towels, and toilets as required. May also change drapery, shades, cubicle curtains, and shower curtains.
• Vacuums carpeted areas of hospital and walk-off mats at entrance areas as well as elevator tracks. Cleans all glass in hospital including mirrors and partitions.
• Collects all trash and refuse from any size container in patient rooms, utility rooms and offices.
• Bags and stores the trash at designated areas for disposal in compactor. Trash may include regulated medical waste and may change sharps containers.
• Be knowledgeable of mixing all chemicals properly such as stripper, all purpose, germicide, glass cleaner and carpet care chemicals.
• Sweeps floors with treated dust mops, cleans corners, edges and baseboards, extract and buff hard flooring surfaces as well as shampooing of carpeted areas.
• Uses automatic equipment such as buffers, auto scrubbers, and wet vacuums, to strip, scrub.
• May be assigned to other areas of the hospital. Manager has discretion to move any employee to a different assigned area due to needs of the facility.
• May be assigned to move supplies, equipment, furniture and patients in beds, throughout the hospital.
• May be called upon to clean grounds of litter and trash. During inclement weather, may be called upon for removal of snow (I.e., shoveling, salting, and snow plowing).
• Maintains and cleans all equip. in Janitors closets to sanitary condition. Must participate in all in- services, method of wk. training and all other training classes nec. for safety of oneself and facility. Employee must provide sign. for attend. Sheet.
• Performs all moving jobs within and on hospital grounds.
• Helps set up meetings and other related activities.
• Be knowledgeable of an adhere to the policies set forth in the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center administrative policies and procedures manual.
• Performs all other duties as required.

Formal Education and Job-Related Experience
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This position prefers a minimum formal education of High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of less than 6 months job-related experience.

Desired (not required) criteria include:
Prior experience in a hospital related environment. Sufficient physical strength to perform strenuous custodial activities.

Comments High School Diploma or Equivalent Preferred.

Mon - Fri with rotating weekends : 10am - 6PM

Hourly rate $26.4418 - $29.1772

High School Diploma/Equiv or better in High School Diploma.

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