Environmental Service Worker IV - Patchogue

1155283_RR Job ID: _RR · NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center—an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility—as well as a modern a ...

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1155283_RR Job ID: _RR

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island.

The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center—an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility—as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women's imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery.

Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries.

The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices.

For more information, go to NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk, and interact with us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Environmental Service Worker IV - Part Time, Days - Environmental Srvcs -7:00AM- 3:00PM Alternating Days, 15 hours Per Week.

In this role, the successful candidate serves a diverse population of patients, including those with special needs, at all stages of the life cycle.

Environmental Service Worker IV demonstrates the ability to deal effectively with various age groups of patients, visitors and staff in order to provide required duties.

The unique physical and psychosocial needs of patients relative to age-specific requirements are considered in the provision of ESW IV duties.

Communication skills must be demonstrated through age-specific interactions that enhance customer satisfaction.

Job Responsibilities

Preparation and Planning

Ability to prioritize work assignments.
Communicate with ES Manager/Supervisor.
Communicate progress of assigned duties to ES Manager/Supervisor including completion of assignment.
At beginning of shift, communicate with ES Manager/Supervisors regarding the day's agenda and goals.
At end of shift communicates to ES Manager/Supervisors any assignments not completed.

General Floor Maintenance

Dry mops/damp mops assigned areas.
Ability to operate floor buffing equipment.
Operates automatic scrubbing machine.
Is Familiar and demonstrates the ability to make decisions on what products needed to complete assignment on time.
Ensures floor is free of debris.
Keeps corners and baseboards clean in assigned areas.
Cleans up all blood and body fluids.

Equipment and Supplies

Obtains equipment and supplies in an efficient manner
Ensures all equipment is safe and in proper working condition
Has knowledge of all chemicals and their proper usage
Is knowledgeable of equipment used for moving heavy objects and uses it safely.
Breaks down equipment at the end of shift.
Places equipment in proper storage area.
Notifies Environmental Supervisor of the equipment in need of repair.
Floor Refinishing
Familiar with chemicals used in floor refinishing and their proper usage.
Is knowledgeable and demonstrates the proper procedure to shower scrub, strip and refinish floors.
Consistently uses wet floor signs while floor refinishing in a safe manner
Carpet Care/Curtain Care
Familiar with chemicals used in the carpet cleaning and their proper usage.
Has knowledge of all equipment used in carpet cleaning processes.
Inspects and washes curtains as assigned by Environmental Supervisor.
Interfaces with Nurse Manager on areas that need curtains cleaned.
Removes curtains for cleaning.
Replaces curtains after cleaning.
Can operate washer and dryer safely and according to manufacturer instruction.
Projects
Moves and relocates offices when needed.
Sets up conference rooms as directed by Environmental Support Supervisor.
Willingly changes hours to ensure the completion of duties with minimal interruptions to hospital services.
Cross-trained to perform schedules of all ESW I,ESW II, ESW III workers excluding management.
Performs specialized cleaning as required by Assignment to the area worked.
Cleans up all blood and body fluids on all surfaces.
Trash Removal
Empties all trashcans.
Cleans receptacles.
Identifies and corrects safety hazards (i.e. spills, etc.)
Replaces liners.
Transports all trash to waste staging area consistently throughout the day.
Operates equipment following all safety policies and procedures.
Cleans immediate area surrounding trashcans.
Separates cardboard, red-bag, black-bag, recycling and places in appropriate receptacles.
Demonstrates safety while pulling carts throughout the Medical Center.
Customer Service
Utilizes AIDET with each patient, visitor and staff encounter.
Promotes and projects the hospitals service standards in their daily job tasks.
Promotes a positive patient experience during all patient encounters.
Demonstrate competencies related to the 7-step room cleaning procedure.
Provides consistent work performance and meets productivity standards.

Minimum Qualifications

To qualify you must have a High school diploma or equivalency in order to follow written work assignments & maintain records

Approximately one to three months experience to gain knowledge of cleaning procedures and power equipment use and maintenance.

Continued education through appropriate seminars, workshops, participation in departmental meetings, inservices & attention to NYULH-Suffolk memorandum.

Good interpersonal skills demonstrable in interactions with staff, administrators, patients and visitors.

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk provides its staff with far more than just a place to work.

Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.

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NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements.

The salary range for the role is $ $26.46 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need.

The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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