EVS/Housekeeping Aide (PASC) - Nextaff : Job Details

Environmental Services Aid (EVS)Location: Pascagoula, MSPay: Starts at $12.00 hour to $15.00 based on shift, experience, and positionShift: Now hiring for Day and Swing shiftPosition Overview:

• Maintains environmental and infection control standards within established policies and procedures.
• Performs a variety of general cleaning and linen tasks to maintain patient rooms, and other assigned areas.
• Performs tasks for the laundry/linen division of the department.
• Restock linen carts and assemble linen packs.
• Ensures the linen is delivered and the correct amount has been received.
• DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job.
• Management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Education:

• High school graduate or equivalent preferred.

Experience:

• Six (6) months housekeeping experience working in a healthcare facility preferred.

Physical Demands:

• Stands, turns, bends, stoops, lifts, climbs, and uses many physical motions in performing day-to-day activities.
• Must be able to stand for extended periods of time and do a great deal of walking without experiencing undue fatigue.
• Must be able to handle objects and tools; regularly moves or lifts to 25 lbs.
• May be exposed to communicable disease or radiation, chemical products, and hazardous/infectious waste.
• Work involves being able to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels, with or without correction.
• Ability to communicate, speak, and enunciate to express/exchange ideas and detailed information in person and on the telephone.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Requires color perception to read measurements; detect dust, debris, etc.; distinguish trash container colors indicating hazardous waste, etc.

Mental Demands:

• Must demonstrate keen mental faculties/assessment and decision-making abilities.
• Requires superior communication/speaking/enunciation skills to receive/give information in person and by telephone.
• Must possess emotional stability conducive to dealing with high stress levels.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Special Demands:

• Must possess superior customer service skills and professional etiquette.
• Must possess ability to use a computer MS Outlook (must be keyboard proficient) and other office technology (i.e., telephone, fax, etc.).