ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE AIDE I - Waltham Evenings 20 hoursweek
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE AIDE I - Waltham Evenings 20 hoursweek
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Job Description
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.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 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 wetmops 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 hardtoreach 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.
SKILLS/ABILITIES/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED: 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.
WORKING CONDITIONS: 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.
Massachusetts General Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills perspectives and ideas we choose to lead. Applications fromprotected veterans and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged.Employment Type
Part-Time
