Environmental Aide I - Atlantic Health System

Atlantic Health System is seeking a Part-Time Environmental Aide I (Housekeeping) at Newton Medical Center to work 11:00PM-7:00AM, including rotating weekends. 

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

• Checks EVS cart, ensuring proper chemical supplies are stocked with all bottles properly labeled and dated.
• Cleans and sanitizes floor, walls, patient rooms (including bathrooms), public bathrooms and offices.
• Makes sure that paper supplies are stocked sufficiently in all bathrooms.
• Removes trash, bring soiled linens to soiled linen room, disperse clean linens to patient areas to clean linen storage rooms and areas.
• Must demonstrate proficiency in personal, patient and team member safety regarding blood borne pathogens, needle stick prevention, fire safety, bed tracking and discharge communication, hospital codes, lock out-tag out procedures, hand washing, patient satisfaction, OSHA regulations, maintaining records and reports necessary for regulatory compliance.
• Must be able to be on feet for most of the shift.
• Must have a positive attitude, strong work ethic, willingness and capability to learn new tasks regularly, get along with co-workers and represent the organization in a positive light on a daily basis.
• Basic computer and electronic technology usage for email and application navigation.

Requirements:

• HS diploma or GED equivalent required or will obtain within 2 years of employment.
• To provide a safe environment to our patients, we require that all candidates must be able to read, write and speak English.
• Ability to apply elementary math functions and to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to work well under time constraints. 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to extreme cold and extreme heat and stands for long periods of time, bends, lifts, pushes and pulls up to 50 lbs.

Relevant Experience:

• Previous housekeeping experience in a hospital/healthcare environment preferred.
• Previous floor-care experience preferred.

Since 1932, Newton Medical Center has been providing care to the people of Sussex and warren counties in New Jersey, Pike County in Pennsylvania and southern Orange County in New York. We are home to the Center for Breast Health, the only one of its kind in Sussex County, addressing all of a woman’s breast health needs with state-of-the-art technology, resources, education, support and follow-up care. Newton Medical Center recently achieved the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Pathway to Excellence designation and is one of a select few health care facilities in New Jersey accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in all three echocardiography procedures: adult transthoracic, adult transesophogeal and adult stress.Atlantic Health System’s Environmental Service Department ensures the cleanest and safest health care environment for all team members, patients and visitors. Environmental Services is responsible for the cleaning and disinfection of common areas, outpatient areas, procedural areas, and patient rooms, including bathrooms, furniture, carpet/hard surface floors, vents, electronics and patient equipment. The team uses sanitizing processes of the highest quality required by multiple regulatory agencies. Often referred to as ‘the first line of defense against infection,’ the Environmental Service Department collaborates with the Atlantic Health SystemInfection Preventionand Quality Departments to ensure that there is consistent alignment at all sites.