Environmental Srv Aide II EWOR
Massachusetts General Hospital(MGH)

GENERAL SUMMARY/ OVERVIEW STATEMENT:

Under general supervision and following established procedures, performs a variety of tasks to maintain the cleanliness and orderliness of the Emergency room

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Occasionally helps to train new employees to perform assigned tasks.
  
• Selects materials, supplies, and equipment from designated areas. Loads supplies onto cart and transports work cart to assigned areas.
  
• Sweeps, dust mops and wet-mops hard and resilient floors of assigned areas according to procedures. May use autoscrubber or other types of powered equipment to clean or polish floors.
  
• Dry dusts, damp dusts and washes horizontal and vertical surfaces, such as walls, doors, partitions, as well as ledges, pipes, corners, and other hard-to-reach surfaces using step stools or ladders as necessary.
  
• Dusts, washes and polishes moveable and fixed furniture and equipment items such as tables, desks, file cabinets and waste receptacles as required.
  
• Cleans and polishes mirrors, stainless steel, brass, and other decorative materials as necessary. Removes graffiti.
  
• Vacuums, spot cleans carpeted floors and weather mats.
  
• Moves and arranges furniture and equipment in an orderly fashion after cleaning.
  
• Sanitizes and disinfects sinks, toilets, showers, bathtubs and other restroom fixtures and accessories. Refills dispensers as required.
  
• Strips, cleans and remakes beds/stretchers upon patient discharge / transfer according to departmental procedures.
  
• Disposes of waste and linen, including contaminated and/or pathological and chemotherapy waste according to procedures. Relines receptacles with clean bags. Transports trash and linen to designated areas. Removes full needle boxes and replaces with empty ones.
  
• Reports facility repair needs to the immediate supervisor / designated person as necessary.
  
• Returns unused supplies to designated areas and cleans and performs simple maintenance on manual and/or powered equipment.
  
• Empties and transports recycle containers. Processes recycled paper according to HIPAA regulations.
  
• Assists in disaster response drills.
  
• Removes, prepares for cleaning and re-hangs draperies, cubicle curtains and shades as required. May use ladder.
  

Qualifications
SKILLS/ABILITIES/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

• Must be able to speak, read and write English.
  
• Understand oral instructions and follow printed label instructions in English.
  
• Knowledge of cleaning techniques, materials, supply and chemical usage, and the operation of manual and power equipment.
  
• Must be able to operate heavy equipment, such as, but not limited to, buffers, vauums, autoscrubbers, wetvacs
  
• Ability to stand, walk, push, pull, bend, crouch, lift, reach and stretch throughout the work day.
  
• Push, pull, and move items weighing up to 75 pounds, occasionally lifting items weighing approximately 30 pounds.
  
• May climb and work from ladders
  
• Interpersonal skills to exchange information courteously with patients, visitors, or office staff.
  

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, and/or REGISTRATIONS (if applicable): N/A

EDUCATION: N/A

EXPERIENCE: N/A

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY (if applicable):N/A

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY (if applicable): N/A

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Occasional exposure to one or more hazardous conditions, such as infectious diseases, needle punctures, mildly toxic chemicals (acids and strong alkylines), biohazardous materials, odors, etc.
  
• Exposure to extremely unpleasant cleaning tasks.
  

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