Join Cleveland Clinic’s Indian River Hospital, ranked among the top 35 in Florida with over 2,000 employees to provide the finest care any hospital has to offer. Cleveland Clinic's Indian River Hospital has been combining world-class clinical expertise with compassion and technological advances for the past 88 years.

We are looking for an Environmental Services Area Cleaner to join our Environmental Services Department, one of the consistently highest performing teams in healthcare. Within this role, you will assist in creating a sanitary, comfortable, and safe environment for patients while enhancing the appearance of the facility. You will be responsible for the cleaning and disinfecting of patient rooms, restrooms, and various common areas assigned to your unit. Other duties include timely completion of discharge and other assorted cleaning requests, establishing rapport with patients, and working alongside fellow caregivers from other departments.

The ideal future caregiver is someone who:

• Can work under minimal supervision.
• Actively responds to requests
• Has strong detail orientation and communication skills.
• Works well in a close-knit, teambuilding environment.
• Provides compassion and empathy in a patient-centered environment.

Opportunities to interact and make a positive impact on patients, visitors, and caregivers, and significant opportunities for vertical growth within a large department (Team Lead, Supervisor, Manager), are just a few reasons this role would matter most to the right future caregiver.

Cleveland Clinic provides what matters most: career growth, delivering world-class care to our patients, continuous learning, exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers many long-term career paths. Join us and experience a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand-in-hand.

Responsibilities:

• Cleans patient rooms, ancillary areas, exam rooms, offices, waiting areas, public restrooms, discharge rooms and other assigned areas.
• Stocks paper items and other supplies in patient rooms, exam rooms and restroom as necessary.
• Follows scripting, policies and procedures on patient isolation and all Environmental Services technical and procedural standard operating procedures.
• Follows and adheres to all hospital wide and departmental safety requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• High School Diploma/General Educational Development (GED) preferred.

Certifications:

• None required.

Complexity of Work:

• Requires attention to detail, ability to follow directions and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment.

Work Experience:

• Requires one to three months on-the-job training to learn departmental policies and procedures, various cleaning techniques, proper use and storage of cleaning agents and chemicals.

Physical Requirements:

• Typical physical demands require a full range of body motion.
• Duties may be performed while standing or walking for the majority of the shift.
• The ability to stoop, stretch and lift while performing duties is required.
• Requires regular handling and use of disinfectants and other cleaning agents and chemicals.
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.