Housekeeping/Environmental Services Associate – UPMC East

Have you always wanted to get your healthcare career started? Are you interested in a position that offers terrific benefits and opportunities to grow? Do you enjoy working “hands on” in a team environment? Then you may be a perfect fit for our role in the Environmental Services Department at UPMC East.

UPMC East is looking to hire fulltime Environmental Services Associates to work various shifts. This position will also have rotating weekend and holiday responsibility.

Apply today to see where your career will go!

Purpose:

Clean all aspects of assigned areas, including patient rooms, public areas, offices and equipment, to meet Hospital and Department standards in order to promote the quality of care rendered in the environment. Move equipment, furniture, boxes, etc. and remove and hang blinds and curtains.

Responsibilities:

Make beds, following established cleaning procedures in all patient discharge rooms and on-call rooms as assigned.

Inspect and ensure that all assigned areas are properly cleaned and in good repair, report problems to the supervisor.

Replenish paper towels, toilet paper, and soap in all locations of assigned areas to assure adequate supply.

Clean all assigned areas, including patient rooms, public areas, toilets, procedure rooms, offices and equipment, following established procedures.

Maintain assigned equipment in clean, working condition, reporting problems and suggestions to the supervisor.

Remove trash from all assigned areas.

Follow all safety and sanitation regulations.

Move equipment, furniture, boxes, wash walls, spot carpets, etc. as assigned.

Ability to follow written and verbal instructions in order to successfully complete housekeeping duties.

Ability to use housekeeping equipment.

May in the course of duties be in rooms where medications are stored. No contact with medications is allowed.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

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UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran