Environmental Services Area Cleaner

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Job Title

Environmental Services Area Cleaner

Location

Vero Beach

Facility

Indian River Hospital

Department

Environmental Services-Indian River Hospital

Job Code

000367

Shift

Days

Schedule

7:00am-3:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Indian River has been recognized as one of the top regional hospitals in South Florida. Indian River Hospital is in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast where it is committed to providing optimal family-centric and community-focused care. At Indian River Hospital, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.     

Cleveland Clinic’s Environmental Services Department is consistently among the highest-performing EVS teams in healthcare, and we’re looking to add an Environmental Services Area Cleaner to our team to create the comfortable and safe environment our patients have come to expect. You will be responsible for the cleaning and disinfecting of patient rooms, restrooms and various common areas assigned to your unit. Here, you will experience various opportunities to interact and make a positive impact on patients, visitors and caregivers. The Environmental Services Area Cleaner role is also a steppingstone to other careers within Environmental Services and other departments within Cleveland Clinic. 

A caregiver in this position works days from 7:00AM – 3:30PM, including every other weekend and holiday. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Clean patient rooms, ancillary areas, exam rooms, offices, waiting areas, public restrooms, discharge rooms and other assigned areas. 

• Wipe down surfaces, clean spills, empty garbage cans, clean furniture and other tasks as assigned. 

• Stock paper items and other supplies in exam rooms and restrooms. 

• Inform team leader and supervisory team when low on supplies. 

• Follow departmental policies and standard operating procedures. 

• Follow and adhere to hospital wide and departmental quality and safety requirements. 

• Complete one to three months of on-the-job training to learn departmental policies and procedures, various cleaning techniques and proper use and storage of cleaning agents and chemicals. 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• High School Diploma or GED  

• Previous environmental services experience in a hospital setting 

• Experience working in a fast-paced environment 

Physical Requirements:

• Typical physical demands require a full range of body motion.
• Duties may be performed while standing or walking for the majority of the shift.
• The ability to stoop, stretch and lift while performing duties is required.
• Requires regular handling and use of disinfectants and other cleaning agents and chemicals.
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required. 

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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