Environmental Support Associate

The Environmental Support Associate at MedStar Health in Baltimore, MD, is responsible for cleaning and maintaining patient rooms, offices, and public areas in the hospital. Duties include changing curtains, disinfecting equipment, cleaning restrooms, and performing routine cleaning tasks. The role requires basic communication skills and offers a full-time position with no prior experience necessary. The hiring range is $17.50 - $28.73.
General Summary of Position
Performs a variety of general cleaning tasks to maintain patient rooms, offices, hallways, and other assigned areas of the hospital and satellite locations. Duties may include utilizing floor care equipment, setting up for meetings, moving furniture, and hanging and removing curtains.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Changes and hangs drapes, curtains, and cubicle curtains.
• Cleans and disinfects furniture and equipment, wheelchairs, shower chairs, over-bed stands, etc.
• Cleans locker rooms, toilets, rest rooms, and washrooms; replenishes soap, towels, and toilet tissues.
• Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards and safety standards. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.
• Dusts, cleans, scrubs, disinfects, and/or polishes furniture, walls, woodwork, window sills, fans, vents, Venetian blinds, radiators, air conditioners, mirrors, lamps, tiles, equipment, and bathrooms. Cleans windows, door frames, and high areas using a ladder as needed.
• Gathers and disposes of soiled linen, trash, and waste materials and replaces trash can liners. Responds to requests for cleanup of spills and special problems.
• Maintains effective infection control through proper cleaning and sanitizing; follows specific cleaning procedures as directed. Obeys hazard warning signs.
• Maintains equipment in good working condition through proper and routine preventive maintenance. Receives and uses supplies in a proper manner. Reports hazardous or malfunctioning equipment immediately.
• Notes and reports dripping faucets, plugged drains and toilets, broken windows or frames, etc.
• Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and hospital in community outreach efforts as required, and service improvement teams.
• Performs discharge cleaning procedures of patient and resident rooms and prepares room for new occupant; follows isolation procedures in isolation rooms.
• Performs routine daily cleaning tasks including resident rooms, nursing stations, hallways, public access areas, activity and day rooms, and staff and utility rooms.
• Sets up chairs and tables for conferences, classes, and special events and folds and stores them after events. Moves, removes, and relocates furniture, furnishings, equipment, and other heavy objects as required. Moves large items in and out of storage.
• Utilizes scrubbers, buffers, mechanical floor cleaners, wet vacs, polishers, vacuums and mops to clean floors, halls, stairways, and public areas. Buffs, strips, waxes, and polishes floors. Vacuums and shampoos furniture and carpets.

Minimum Qualifications
Education
• Ability to read, write, and perform arithmetic calculations. required

Experience
• Prior work experience not required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic computer skills preferred.

This position has a hiring range of $17.5 - $28.73