Environmental Assistant (Full-time)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Gundersen Tri-County Hospital and Clinics is seeking a full time Environmental Assistant (housekeeper) to join the team. In this position, you will maintain the facility to be neat, clean, safe and sanitary. This is your opportunity to be a part of a growing health system focusing on staff, patients, and the communities we serve!

What you will do:

• Work 40 hours/week

• 8-hour & 10-hour shifts (5am-1:30pm, 8am-4:30pm, and 6am-4:30pm), Monday-Friday, Every 3rd-4th weekend and
  rotating holidays and call

• Work at the Whitehall Hospital, Independence and Blair Clinics.

• Disinfect, mop, vacuum, dust, wipe surfaces and furnishings

• Generous benefits, including our top-rated retirement plan
• Wage starts at $15.40/hour + more for experience!
• $1.00 shift differential for hours worked between 3pm-11pm

• High School Diploma and 1 year of Healthcare Environment Services experience desired, but not required

Gundersen Health System (becoming Emplify Health) is healthcare for neighbors, by neighbors. While we call La Crosse home, our system has 7 hospitals and 66 clinics in neighboring communities. Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care combined with the right amount of love. We call it Love + Medicine and it's who we are.

Job Profile Summary

The Environmental Assistant is responsible for providing all cleaning services and indirect patient care. The Environmental Assistants are responsible to maintain all facilities in a neat, clean, safe, and sanitary environment by disinfecting. mopping, vacuuming, dusting, and wiping surfaces, fixtures, and furnishings.

Job Description

Major Responsibilities:

• Works collaboratively with health care team members to provide waste disposal and cleaning services to ensure facilities are well maintained by planning, prioritizing, and organizing services while providing excellent customer service. Meeting Department Quality Standards.
• Works with Environmental Services supervisor on controlling cost, planning, scheduling, and system changes in order to maintain an efficient, cost-effective department.
• Work with department management to establish department and professional goals Demonstrates dependability, problem solving, team building skills, organizational skills, and effective use of time by setting priorities to complete delegated work in accordance with Competency Based Orientation and unit guidelines.
• Reports all incidents, maintenance, housekeeping, and painting issues to Environmental Services supervisor.
• Completes annual required compliance training, and all mandatory education Provides indirect patient care by cleaning, stocking of PPE baskets, and general cleaning of all rooms. Ordering, stocking and rotation of cleaning supplies
• Follows safety guidelines related to body mechanics, use of hazardous materials, and personal protective equipment. Maintains a safe work environment.
• Adheres to regular and predictable attendance.
• Performs other job-related responsibilities as approved by Environmental Services management.

Education and Learning:

REQUIRED

No education required

DESIRED

High School Diploma or equivalency

Work Experience:

REQUIRED No experience required.

DESIRED

1 year Healthcare Environmental Services experience

Age Specific Population Served:

Nonage Specific (N/A)

OSHA Category:

Category I - All Employees in this job title have a reasonably anticipated risk of occupational exposure to blood and/or other potentially infectious materials.

Environmental Conditions:

Exposed to infectious diseases. Subject to hazards.

Physical Requirements/Demands Of The Position:

Walking/Standing Continually (67-100% or 8 hours)

Stooping/Bending Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Squatting Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Kneeling/Half Kneel Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Climbing Stair Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours)

Climbing Ladder Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours)

Reaching - Shoulder Level Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Reaching - Below Shoulder Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Reaching - Above Shoulder Occasionally (6-33% or 3 hours)

Repetitive Actions - Pinch Forces Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Pounds of force 25-50 Repetitive Actions - Grip Forces Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Pounds of force 25-50 Lifting - Floor to Waist Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Number of lbs 0-25

Lifting - Waist to Overhead Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours)

Number of lbs 0-25 Lifting - Other Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Number of lbs 0-25 Push/Pull (Static Force)

Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Number of lbs 0-25

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