Environmental Services Aide I

Founded in 1887, Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a 318-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in downtown Los Angeles. The hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II trauma center, the Los Angeles Center for Womens Health, obstetrics and pediatric services, and comprehensive cardiac and surgical services. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health, one of the nations five largest health care systems. Visit here https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/californiahospital for more information.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

As our Environmental Services Aide, you'll clean and maintain assigned areas of the hospital in a sanitary, orderly, and attractive condition to promote a clean and healthy environment for all employees, patients, and guests in accordance with departmental standards.

Every day you will adhere to proper disposal techniques for biohazard materials, including bodily fluids or sharp objects. You will apply specialized cleaning techniques to designated rooms and equipment, replenish supplies such as soap, paper towels, and tissues, and deliver clean linens to patient rooms.

You will be successful in this role if you consistently maintain high standards of cleanliness and infection control while following safety protocols and departmental guidelines. Success also depends on reliability, attention to detail, flexibility to take on additional tasks, timely reporting of maintenance issues, and a proactive approach to responding to emergencies and supporting a safe, healthy environment for patients and staff.

• Provides daily patient room cleaning, including trash removal, high and low dusting, dust mopping, mopping, bathroom cleaning and replenishing dispensers.
• Provides discharge patient room cleaning including trash removal, sanitizing furniture, high and low dusting, wall washing, the stripping, cleaning and making of the bed and replenishing supplies.
• Cleans common areas and provides routine corridor cleaning in assigned area.
• Follows the hospital and department policies and procedures to perform cleaning of support areas (offices, supply areas, nurses' stations, waiting areas, utility rooms, etc.)
• Maintains adequate supplies for standard precautions and properly utilizes isolation techniques. Maintains adequate supplies for standard precautions and properly utilizes isolation techniques.
• Handles biohazardous waste properly including the changing of sharps containers.

Required

• Ability to read, write, comprehend and communicate in English.
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to interact effectively with patients, customers and associates in a way that exhibits superior integrated customer service and teamwork.
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy while directing co-workers.
• Ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks effectively and efficiently Excellent organization and problem solving skills.
• Ability to operate all types of housekeeping equipment (vacuum cleaners, floor machines, carpet extractors, auto-scrubbers, pressure / steam cleaning machines, etc.
• Fire Safety card within 90 days of hire

Preferred

• High School Graduate or GED
• Previous experience in health care environmental services