Environmental Services Assistant
Core
Cleans furniture, carpets, floors, and environmental surfaces in a surgery center using power equipment and chemicals; handles linens, medical waste, and room setup.
Role type
environmental services assistant
Builds
clean patient care areas, public spaces, and surgical zones for doctors, nurses, and patients
Domain
healthcare facility operations
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
operation of mechanical and electrical cleaning equipment, handling hazardous and infectious waste, inventory management of linens and supplies, physical lifting and maneuvering
Preferred skills
basic computer skills, customer service
Technologies
machine scrubbers, carpet cleaners, waste compactors, balers, telephones, zone phones, pagers
Responsibilities
clean floors and surfaces using mops and power equipment, operate cleaning machinery, sort and stock linens, collect and dispose of medical and hazardous waste, set up meeting rooms with AV equipment, report safety hazards or equipment failures
Seniority
entry-level, hands-on IC