Housekeeping Patient Associate - Environmental Services (Evenings)

Tanner Health

Posted 4 months ago

Full Time

Carrollton, Georgia

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

Perform daily cleaning and supplying of patient rooms, nursing stations, and other facility areas according to Environmental Services procedures. Assist patients and guests to ensure customer satisfaction while collaborating with other departments to complete assignments.

Qualifications

You have the ability to read and write, with grammar school education or above, to follow directives and understand basic cleaning procedures. You can demonstrate the correct use of chemicals, supplies, and tools after a brief training period, and you are comfortable working independently and as part of a team to ensure patient satisfaction.

Must Have Skills for ATS

cleaning

chemical handling

supply management

equipment maintenance

Job Description

$1,000 Sign On Bonus - External Hires Only

To perform daily cleaning and supplying of patient rooms, nursing stations, lounges, lavatories, bathrooms, offices, and any other areas assigned by the standard procedures of Environmental Services. Assists patients, family members, and guests in the facility any way within our means to assure customer satisfaction. Work as a team with our department and other departments to complete assignments and assist as necessary. May be asked to establish procedures under general supervision.

Education

Ability to read and write

Qualifications

*Must be able to read and write to be able to follow directives; grammar school or above.

*Must, after brief training, be able to demonstrate correct use of chemicals, supplies, and tools assigned.

*One week to three months on-the-job training.

*Previous experience in a medical facility is desirable, but not required.

QualificationsArea of Responsibilities
*Daily cleaning of assigned areas, dusting, mopping, vacuuming, wiping, etc.
*Job requires contact with others teamwork and ability to obtain cooperation.
*Perform any additional assigned tasks in a timely manner.
*Plan and prioritize work schedule daily.
*Take an active role in customer satisfaction.
*Assist in any emergency spill observed or upon request.
*Maintain assigned equipment and set-up area for cleanliness and safety.
*Observe and report any deficiencies of equipment, furniture, and fixtures.
*Participate in any non-medical emergency codes that may be called within the hospital.
*Unloads and distributes linen as needed.
*Work isn't subject to direct verification errors can include lost or wasted materials damage and neglect to equipment delay in work.

Compliance Statement
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.

Education
Ability to read and write

Experience
No prior work experience required

Licenses & Certifications
*NONE REQUIRED

Supervision
* Employee must be able to work independently, with minimal direct supervision.

Qualifications
*Must be able to read and write to be able to follow directives; grammar school or above.
*Must, after brief training, be able to demonstrate correct use of chemicals, supplies, and tools assigned.
*One week to three months on-the-job training.
*Previous experience in a medical facility is desirable, but not required.

Definitions
*To perform daily cleaning and supplying of patient rooms, nursing stations, lounges, lavatories, bathrooms, offices and any other areas assigned in accordance with the standard procedures of Environmental Services. Assists patients, family members and guests in the facility any way within our means to assure customer satisfaction. Work as a team with our department and other departments to complete assignments and assist as necessary. May be asked to establish procedures under general supervision.

Contact With Others
Performance of job requires contact with others where team work is essential, requiring tact in order to obtain cooperation. Contacts may be outside of the organization also.

Effect Of Error
Probable errors may be serious and involve losses such as improper costs, overpayment, waste of material, damage to equipment, and delay in processing work. Effect usually confined within the organization. Most of work not subject to direct verification or check. Regularly works with some confidential data such as account, salaries, patient medical records, which if disclosed might have adverse internal or external effects.

Supervisory Responsibility
Exercises no supervision, work direction, or instruction of other employees or students

Mental Demands
Routine duties using one or more of several established procedures within a prescribed practice under general supervision. Involves minor decisions many of which are repetitive.

Physical Effort
Moderate physical effort - Lifts, carries, or handles lightweight (1 to 25 lbs.) materials or equipment for about half of the day. Very occasional physical effort with medium weight objects (25- 60 lbs.). Office or laboratory work requires close visual effort and concentration more than half of day. Works in reaching or strained positions for less than half of day.

Working Conditions
Moderate - (About 50% of the day) Involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature/weather extremes/occupational risk. Limited probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical/bio-hazardous materials.

Working Conditions Aspects For Immunizations
*Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles)


Physical Aspects

Continually (at least once per day)
*Visual
*Speaking
*Standing
*Walking
*Lifting up To 25 lbs.

Frequently (at least 3 times a week)
*Bending
*Hearing
*Reaching -- above shoulder
*Reaching -- below shoulder
*Color Vision
*Balancing
*Handling -- seizing, holding, grasping
*Carrying

Occasionally (at least once a month)
*Running - In response To an emergency
*Lifting 25 To 60 lbs.
*Kneeling
*Squatting
*Smelling
*Driving -- Class C vehicles
*N95 Respirator usage (PPE)
*Pushing/Pulling -- up To 25 lbs.

Tanner Health

Tanner Health is a non-profit regional healthcare provider serving west Georgia and east Alabama. Tanner facilities include the 201-bed acute care Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton, the 40-bed acute care Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica, the 25-bed critical access Higgins General Hospital in Bremen, the 15-bed Tanner Medical Center/East Alabama in Wedowee and the 92-bed behavioral health facility Willowbrooke at Tanner. Other Tanner services include Tanner Cancer Care, Tanner Heart Care, Tanner Urgent Care, Tanner Women’s Care, Tanner Occupational Health, Tanner Center for Sleep Disorders, Tanner Advanced Wound Center, Tanner Pain Management Center, Tanner Diagnostic Imaging, Tanner Home Health, Tanner Hospice Care and more. Tanner also operates Tanner Medical Group, one of metro Atlanta’s largest multi-specialty physician groups, consisting of 30 physician practices with specialties in cardiology and interventional cardiology, family medicine, general surgery and breast surgical oncology, infectious diseases, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, plastic and reconstructive surgery, psychiatry, radiation oncology and vascular surgery. Tanner employs more than 4,500 people and offers a medical staff of more than 300 physicians representing 34 unique medical specialties practicing throughout west Georgia and east Alabama.
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