Saint Claire Regional Medical Center

The Environmental Services Assistant promotes positive patient outcomes by ensuring a sterile environment for patients and staff to help prevent the spread of disease and infection.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Performs assigned tasks according to policies and procedures related to the organization’s environment.
• Uses appropriate solutions, chemicals, materials, and equipment in assigned areas.
• Demonstrates consideration for the safety of self and others in performing assigned tasks and disposing of waste products properly.

Environmental Services Assistant Trainer Duties/Responsibilities:

• Interfaces with department leaders to ensure successful organizational and departmental orientation.
• Trains and oversees training of new hires to ensure a consistent onboarding process.
• Maintains training materials.
• Performs observations of employees to ensure training programs and other procedures are being followed, including proper use of chemicals.
• Tracks and ensures all employees' annual competencies are up to date.
• Educates employees on updates to policies and procedures related to duties.

Education:

High school graduate or equivalent preferred.

Experience:

Experience in a health care facility environmental services preferred.

Licensure/Certification:

None

Physical/Work Requirements:

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is required to communicate effectively. Specific vision abilities this job requires include close vision for reading and computer work. The employee must lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds.

The work environment described here is representative of those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee works in an area with good lighting and climate control. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.