Lead Associate Environmental Services

City/State:

Cornwall, New York

Department:

Environmental Services

Bargaining Unit:

1199

Work Days:

MON-FRI, ALTERNATING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS

Scheduled Hours:

3 PM-11 PM

Scheduled Daily Hours:

7.5 HOURS

Hourly Rate/Range:

21.36

Sign-On Bonus:

N/A

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Job Summary

Performs cleaning functions in assigned areas to maintain a sanitary, attractive and orderly condition and assumes charge responsibilities in the absence of the Supervisor.

Essential Functions

• Recognizes the importance of patient/staff safety precautions as it relates to their specific department/area of responsibility. Consistently utilizes precautions and follows appropriate procedures to enhance patient/staff safety in their daily operations. Identifies and reports any potentially dangerous situations to their manager which could cause medical error/patient or staff harm. Immediately takes action, where appropriate, to minimize the risk of injury. Where appropriate to staff member’s responsibilities, reports errors, when these occur, to their supervisor and on an occurrence report. Participates, when appropriate, in Root Cause Analyses and/or other efforts to reduce risk of medical error/patient or staff harm.
• Participates in performance/customer service improvement; actively assists in improving performance based on results obtained from customer satisfaction/PI activities. Recognizes systems approach to PI. Where appropriate, participates in Performance Improvement activities including team membership. Identifies processes that need improvement.
• Cleans and disinfects patient care, ancillary and public areas.
• Performs patient room discharge and transfer cleaning procedures.
• Cleans and disinfects patient, staff and public restrooms.
• Cleans and disinfects beds, furniture and floors.
• Spot cleans and washes walls.
• Spot cleans and washes windows (inside).
• Scours, disinfects and polishes sinks, toilets, tubs, showers, mirrors and similar
• fixtures.
• Gathers and dispenses solid, recycling and bio-hazardous waste materials.
• Assembles linen carts and delivers clean linen to patient care areas.
• Gathers and dispenses soiled linen.
• Polishes all wood and metal furniture.
• Cleans light fixtures.
• Arranges furniture and equipment in a neat and orderly fashion.
• Damp mop spills as needed.
• Sweeps and mops stairwells.
• Operates floor and carpet care equipment, including but not limited to buffers,
• burnishers, extractors and auto scrubbers.
• Moves all types of furniture and equipment within the hospital as well as outbuildings.
• Exchanges soiled cubicle curtains and window draperies with clean replacements as
• necessary.
• Cleans equipment and returns it to designated area after use.
• Distributes Patient Satisfaction Surveys and Patient Information Booklets during
• discharge and transfer procedures.
• Assists Supervisor in monitoring of daily assignments for completion and accuracy.
• Oversees daily departmental operations in the absence of the Supervisor.
• Assists with department orientation and training of new Env. Svc. employees.
• Performs other related duties as requested and assigned.

Qualifications

• High School or equivalent Required
• Two (2) to Three (3) years experience as an environmental services worker or supervisory experience Required
• Able to follow written directions and record information using high school level literacy skills
• Visual and auditory acuity. Ability to read, write and communicate in English.

Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.