**Description**

*Position at CRISTA Senior Living* **This is a Full Time Position**

**Shift: Monday- Friday 12:00pm-8:30pm**

**Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Retirement plan.

$500.00 sign on bonus

$17.50 per hour**

**GENERAL SUMMARY:** The Environmental Specialist I will maintain a safe and clean environment for the residents, their families, and the CRISTA employees that we serve. This position will perform routine duties including: cleaning, disposing of trash and providing supplies. This is an entry level position.

**ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES: Responsibilities, Accountabilities, and Competencies; May not include all duties of this job**

1. Daily clean, disinfect, empty trash, and provide supplies to patient rooms,

resident apartments, common areas, restrooms, Environmental Specialist closets and equipment in compliance with procedures and instructions given by the Environmental Supervisor.

2. Properly clean up human waste and other body fluids.

3. Handle various cleaning chemicals in a safe and effective manner.

4. Monitor assigned areas and clean, disinfect and clear area of unsafe or broken materials.

5. Report unsafe, unclean, or broken materials that you are unable to clear to the Environmental Supervisor.

6. Properly use and take care of equipment.

7. Attend meetings, classes and receive training as assigned by the Environmental Supervisor.

8. Follow Residents Rights policies at all times.

9. Follow procedures outlined in the employees handbook.

10. Use ladders in a safe manner, when required.

11. Perform other related duties as assigned.

**SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:** None

**ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:** Any Equivalent Combination of Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education and Experience

**Christian Commitment:** Must have a genuine relationship with Christ

**Other Considerations:**

* Come to work as scheduled and demonstrate dependability and punctuality.

* Read, write, communicate in and interpret English at a functional level (i.e.:

* read and comprehend usage instructions for cleaning products, verbally

* communicate with clarity, understand and explain information to our residents).

* Interact with a wide variety of people, particularly the elderly and their family members.

* Ability to solve problems and work independently.

* Ability to handle multiple priorities at the same time and able to determine (when faced with more than one thing to do at a time) what is more important.