What are the responsibilities and job description for the Facility Associate @ Villa Marie Claire position at Holy Name Medical Center?
Description
Facility Associate
Welcome to Holy Name, a medical center where innovation is not just a goal — it's a commitment. Here, medical excellence thrives, allowing hope to reign supreme and leaving no room for fear. At our hospital, every patient is cared for with undivided attention — because healing every soul is our sole focus.
Holy Name is New Jersey's only independent Catholic health system, comprising a 361-bed acute care hospital, a renowned cancer center, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a residential hospice, a prestigious nursing school, and an extensive physician network. Healing at Holy Name goes beyond medicine and technology – it is infused with faith, conviction, compassion, and a commitment to educating the next generation of healthcare professionals through graduate medical education, a Pharmacy Residency Program, and our Institute for Simulation Learning. Our mission to provide care for the body, mind, and soul spans education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and overall wellness. This is at the core of who we are and what we do, and we've done it this way across generations, every single day, for nearly 100 years. Every innovation, medical breakthrough, and groundbreaking treatment is powered by some of the best minds in medicine, ensuring nothing is left on the table or the road to recovery.
A Brief Overview
The Facility Associates role is responsible for providing onsite facility services and day to day maintenance for external grounds and internal facilities infrastructure at the Villa Marie Claire. This role functions as support to all facility staff and needs to ensure the environment is maintained with the highest quality standards.
What you will do
- Maintains the grounds and gardens surrounding the Villa Marie Claire as directed
- Operates vehicles and powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chain saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, pruning saws, etc.
- Maintains facility equipment such as beds, furniture, kitchen equipment, sterilizers, nurse call system, HVAC systems, domestic water, sanitary and utility distribution systems.
- Assists electrician, plumber, carpenter and HVAC mechanics as needed.
- Maintains or repairs tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools
- Assists in snow removal as needed.
- Follows planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.
- Oversees plant maintenance and assists with planting seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs and applies mulch for protection, using gardening tools
- Inspects and evaluates the physical condition of the facility. Recommends projects, painting, improvements or repairs to improve appearance and efficiency.
- Makes recommendations concerning facility improvements and necessary repairs to improve overall operations and patient and visitor experience.
- Installs and maintains all aspects of grounds and facility infrastructure
- Performs visual inspection rounds covering each assigned area to observe staff at work and to ensure correct procedures are adhered to and that safety rules are observed.
- Understands and is able to execute role in fire and disaster drills and situations
- Performs preventative maintenance on all mechanical equipment as directed in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.
- Performs additional responsibilities as needed to support various team functions
Education Qualifications
Experience Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Holy Name is a mission-driven facility whose quality standards and philosophy are rooted in the principles of its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Those principles are exercised daily by the Medical Center's dedicated and talented team of physicians, nurses, allied health employees, and a wide variety of non-clinical administrative and operational staff members. Holy Name is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
