Environmental Services Aide

Birchwood of Spring Branch -

Birchwood of Spring Branch is an Equal Employment Opportunity

PositionSummary Works with EVS team members to ensure the facility is maintained in a clean and orderly condition by following procedures in compliance with prescribed standards of cleanliness. Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. Essential Duties and Responsibilities 1. Patient area daily room cleaning 2. Patient area discharge cleaning 3. Patient area isolation cleaning 4. Disinfection and chemical use 5. Laundry processing (patientlinens) 6. Laundry processing (personals) 7. Rover / Public area cleaning 8. Office / Ancillary cleaning 9. Hard floor care 10. Carpet care 11. ALF weekly unit cleaning service 12. Handling of soiled and clean linen 13. Specialty cleaning in areas including elevators, entrances, common areas, etc. 14. Solid and bio medical waste collection, transportation and disposal of Competencies

• Thorough and quality floor care : hard surface and carpet routine care, cleaning surface, corners, edges. Project care : buffing, stripping / waxing, shampooing and extraction
• Knowledge of biomedical waste procedures;Solid waste, biomedical waste and soiled linen handling aligns with policy and regulations utilizingP.P.E and proper lifting techniques
• Thorough and timely daily and discharge room cleaning to maintain facility in clean, aseptic, appropriate manner at all times
• Maintain public areas for outstanding first impression to customers at all times
• Laundry : process bed linens, personals, equipment operation, safety and cleanliness of work area
• Laundry : solid waste, biomedical waste, and soiled linen handling per policy and regulations Birchwood Culture Birchwood is a high performance environment propelled by collaboration through our L.E.A.D. Program. The expectation for each team member is to engage in our complex and dynamic organization by adding value and support to fellow team members. WorkEnvironment This job operates in a post-acute setting. This role requires regular walking to various locations around the facility. This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. Team member is expected to adhere to facility’s no-smoking policy. Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and stooping all day. The employee must frequently lift and / or move items over 60 pounds. Position Type and Expected Hours of Work This is a position in a post-acute setting that is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Weekend and holiday shifts will be required. Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. HIPAA Team members are required to adhere to policies and procedures implementing HIPAA requirements for the privacy and security of protected health information. Team member are permitted to use and / or disclose only minimum amount ofProtected Health Information necessary to complete assigned tasks. Reports all suspected violation of company’s HIPAA policies or procedures to facility CEO.