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PRN (As Needed)

Days & Evenings (8:00a-4:30p, 9:00a-5:30p, 10:00a-6:30p, 11:00a-7:30p)

General Summary

Performs a variety of general cleaning tasks to maintain patient rooms, offices, hallways, and other assigned areas of the hospital.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

+ Performs a variety of general cleaning tasks to maintain offices, hallways, and other assigned areas.

+ Cleans and disinfects all fixtures, floors, mirrors, windows, doors, and walls of bathrooms.

+ Dusts furniture, woodwork, equipment and dust mops floors. Polishes and cleans fixtures in utility rooms and bathrooms.

+ Wet mops rooms, halls, stairways and public areas.

+ Cleans fixtures, tops of windows, door frames and high areas using a ladder.

+ Gathers and disposes of trash and waste materials.

+ Removes waste and soiled linens from work area and places in specified bags or containers.

+ Assists in hanging drapes and dividers and takes them down for cleaning.

+ IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Performs terminal cleaning procedures of patient rooms and prepares room for new occupant; follows isolation procedures in isolation rooms.

+ IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Receives direct supervision from professional nursing staff and Supervisor-Environmental Services.

+ IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Responds to call lights, if in immediate area.

+ IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Maintains orderliness and cleanliness of work areas and/or patient rooms.

+ IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Ensures patient rooms are stocked with appropriate items prior to patient's admission.

+ IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Communicates with patients and families to promote their comfort. Notifies the nurse or other available care team member as needed to meet a patient's request.

Common Expectations:

+ Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

+ Participates in educational programs and in-service meetings.

+ Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

+ None Required

Work Experience:

+ Less than 1 year Relevant experience. Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

+ Ability to read, write, understand and speak English at a level that enables the individual to perform the functions of the job satisfactorily.

WellSpan Health's vision is to reimagine healthcare through the delivery of comprehensive, equitable health and wellness solutions throughout our continuum of care. As an integrated delivery system focused on leading in value-based care, we encompass more than 2,300 employed providers, 250 locations, nine award-winning hospitals, home care and a behavioral health organization serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Our high-performing Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is the region's largest and one of the best in the nation. With a team 23,000 strong, WellSpan experts provide a range of services, from wellness and employer services solutions to advanced care for complex medical and behavioral conditions. Our clinically integrated network of 3,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice providers is dedicated to providing the highest quality and safety, inspiring our patients and communities to be their healthiest.

WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital

Working at WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital means being part of a vital tradition of service to our community. We maintain a challenging, energized work environment for our valued employees who exemplify our Core Values: Quality Service, Compassion, Respect, Professionalism, Integrity, Cooperation, and Creativity. Together, we commit to excellence every day as we strive to provide exceptional healthcare, accessible to all, in the safest and most compassionate atmosphere possible to build a healthy community.

North Central Pennsylvania has a bit of everything. Here, you'll find history, natural pastural beauty, outdoor recreation and bustling college towns, such as Lewisburg, Selinsgrove and Williamsport, which are all conveniently situated within 20 minutes from one another along the Susquehanna River. This area features safe communities, thriving downtowns, excellent public schools, a wide variety of affordable homes and extraordinary postsecondary education institutions, including Bucknell University, Susquehanna University, Lycoming College and Penn College. Here, everything you need is nearby. And being centrally located along Route 80 between State College and the Poconos means you're only a couple hours from Penn State games, mountain resorts in the Poconos and city adventures in Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York City.

WellSpan Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy and intention of the System to maintain consistent and equal treatment toward applicants and employees of all job classifications without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, national origin, ancestry, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic.