Environmental Services Associate
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**UPMC Horizon is currently hiring Environmental Services Associates to join their team!****We are looking for a candidate who is a team-player, yet independent, has a positive attitude, and is dedicated to working and learning a variety of different skills. This position consists of all 3 shifts,including, but not limited to: weekends, off shifts, and a rotation of holidays. This position also has a career ladder in place!**Have you always wanted to get your healthcare career started? Are you interested in a position that offers terrific benefits and opportunities to grow? Do you enjoy working hands on in a team environment? Then you may be a perfect fit for our role in the Environmental Services Department at UPMC Horizon.UPMC Horizon - Shenango Valley is a full-service community hospital located in Farrell, currently hiring Environmental Services Associates to join and support our Environmental Services Team. This job provides applicants with the perfect opportunity to help one another, but also patients to ensure a comfortable and clean environment. Teamwork is an essential part of this duty to ensure that you live up to the UPMC values daily. Weekend and holiday work is required. This role requires no on-call duties. Occasional travel to UPMC Horizon - Greenville may be required.**Purpose:**Clean all aspects of assigned areas, including patient rooms, public areas, offices and equipment, to meet Hospital and Department standards in order to promote the quality of care rendered in the environment. Move equipment, furniture, boxes, etc. and remove and hang blinds and curtains.**Responsibilities:**+ Make beds, following established cleaning procedures in all patient discharge rooms and on-call rooms as assigned.+ Inspect and ensure that all assigned areas are properly cleaned and in good repair, report problems to the supervisor.+ Replenish paper towels, toilet paper, and soap in all locations of assigned areas to assure adequate supply.+ Clean all assigned areas, including patient rooms, public areas, toilets, procedure rooms, offices and equipment, following established procedures.+ Maintain assigned equipment in clean, working condition, reporting problems and suggestions to the supervisor.+ Remove trash from all assigned areas.+ Follow all safety and sanitation regulations.+ Move equipment, furniture, boxes, wash walls, spot carpets, etc. as assigned.+ Access to areas where medications, syringes or sharps may be stored is necessary and permitted in order to perform routine tasks as delineated in the employee's job description.Ability to follow written and verbal instructions in order to successfully complete housekeeping duties. Ability to use housekeeping equipment. May in the course of duties be in rooms where medications are stored. No contact with medications is allowed.**Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:**+ Act 34+ **UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran**Individuals hired into this role must comply with UPMC's COVID vaccination requirements upon beginning employment with UPMC. Refer to the COVID-19 Vaccination Information section at the top of this page to learn more.