Job Description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Environmental Services/Housekeeping - 1st and 2nd shift

Location

Akron

Facility

Akron General Medical Center

Department

Job Code

AK9905

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

Schedule

7:00am-3:30pm/3:00pm-11:30pmExceptional care is a team effort. Even if you’ve never considered healthcare as a next step, you’ll find there are many paths to creating a career at Cleveland Clinic centered on what matters most to you.

Our Environmental Services Department is consistently among the highest performing Environmental Services teams in healthcare, and we’re looking to add an Environmental Services Area Cleaner to our team to create a comfortable and safe environment our patients have come to expect. This position is responsible for the cleaning and disinfecting of patient rooms, restrooms, and various common areas assigned to your unit. Other duties include timely completion of discharge and other assorted cleaning requests, establishing rapport with patients, and working alongside fellow caregivers from other departments. The ideal candidate is comfortable working independently, responsive to changing and pressing requests, proactive in identifying and attending to needs of assigned area, communicates well with others, comfortable working as part of a team, and empathetic towards patients, visitors, and caregivers.

Opportunities to interact and make a positive impact on patients, visitors, and caregivers, and significant opportunities for vertical growth within a large department (Team Lead, Supervisor, Manager), are just a few reasons this role would matter most to the right candidate.

Cleveland Clinic invests in our caregivers, technologies, and processes because working together is how we all learn and grow. Join us, and you’ll experience the difference of a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand in hand.

Full time and Part time roles

1st, 2nd shift

• Cleans patient rooms, utility rooms, nourishment rooms, conference rooms, offices, corridors, stairways, locker rooms and rest rooms throughout the Medical Center.
• Cleans toilets, urinals, sinks, lockers and replenishes supplies.
• Collects all types of trash or needles and disposes of it in a manner appropriate for area.
• High dusts ceilings, ceiling vents, TV's, light fixtures, doors, walls, wall hangings and any flat surface.
• Washes or spot washes assigned walls, cabinets, elevators, counters, desks, and windows as required.
• Cleans floors, carpets, floods and body fluids throughout the Medical Center.
• Cleans, uses and maintains equipment, vacuums, buffers, cleaning cart, buckets/wringers, sweeping tools and mops.
• Reports malfunctioning equipment, unsafe conditions and broken items to immediate supervisor.
• Transports and moves furniture/equipment when needed or as required.
• Cleans and disinfects beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, IV poles and any other items considered part of a patient room. Strips and makes beds throughout the Medical Center.
• Other duties as assigned

Education:

• High School Diploma/General Education Development (GED) preferred.

Certifications:

• If determined to be uninsurable under hospital plan, will not be permitted to drive a company vehicle.

Complexity of Work:

• Ability to communicate effectively, follow written and/or oral instructions; ability to use care and attention in the use of equipment.

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Work Experience:

• Interest aptitude and ability for housekeeping work as demonstrated by previous experience or the ability to learn.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods

• Ability to be mobile for extended periods of time

• Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment

• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information

• Ability to move/transport equipment weighing up to 10 pounds (lbs.)

• Ability to move/transport carts weighing up to or more than 100 pounds (lbs.)

• Ability to move/transport items weighing up to 50 pounds (lbs.)

• Ability to inspect equipment

• Ability to clean, operate cleaning equipment and use cleaning products

• May come into contact with communicable diseases and/or body fluids

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.