Environmental Services Aide

Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California. With more than 5,000 employees, Kaweah Health provides state-of-the-art medicine and high-quality preventive services in our acute care hospital, specialized health centers and clinics. Our eight-campus healthcare district has 613 beds and offers comprehensive health services across a broad continuum of care.

It takes a special person to work for Kaweah Health. We serve a region where the needs are great, which makes the rewards even greater.

Every day, we care for people facing unique challenges and in need of healing. Throughout it all, our focus is to make a difference, and we do - in the health of our patients, our loved ones, and our community.

Benefits Eligible

Full-Time Benefit Eligible

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Department

8440 Environmental Svcs-KHMC

The Environmental Services Aide performs routine cleaning tasks for an assigned area according to established hospital policies and procedures.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience

Preferred: Prior related experience

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Able to read/write to be able to follow written instructions and communicate with others as needed.

Testing

Must pass the Physical Capacity Exam (PCE). This exam includes a 50-pound lifting requirement.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential

Cleans and disinfects all patient, public and employee areas of the Kaweah Health according to assignment.

Performs high and low dusting, cleans basins, tubs, toilets, showers, window, walls, doors. Cleans all furnishings and equipment.

Cleans and replaces cubicle/window curtains and blinds. Ensures that supply dispensers are clean and well stocked. Cleans all equipment and takes to proper area for storage or pick-up.

Cleans entrances, patios, and stairways and public restrooms daily according to assignment. Scrubs surfaces as needed.

Cleans and makes beds.

Maintains all hard floor surfaces, dust/wet mop daily. Cleans baseboards and corners daily. If applicable: buffs all floors on a rotating basis, strips and waxes floors as needed.

Maintains carpeted floors, vacuuming and cleaning edges and corners daily. If applicable: shampoos and extracts carpets as needed.

Cleans furniture. Maintains upholstered furniture, vacuum/shampoo as needed.

Maintains chemical dispensing system, stocks supplies in assigned areas.

Removes trash/biohazard waste/cardboard on a daily basis. Cleans trash carts as needed.

May set up meeting rooms/equipment as assigned.

Addendum (essential for specific dept)

BRODERICK ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR:

Assists patients to the bathroom and attends toileting as needed. Records refrigerator temperatures daily, defrosts refrigerators weekly.

Stocks rooms for incoming surgical patients at the time of cleaning. Offer patients movies, CD's, food and drinks after checking with diet order. Clears dishes and record intake as needed.

Scrubs showers. Participates in team building exercises and change projects.

Additional

Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and services appropriate to the population served on the assigned unit or work area.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Pay Range

$20.00 -$30.00

If you want to use your talents alongside people who face each day with courage and purpose, in an environment that empowers you to do your absolute best, this is where you belong.