Reference #: 9307352 The Environmental Services (EVS) Specialist aids in maintaining a high-quality standard of housekeeping. This includes performing cleaning functions in assigned areas while following assigned schedules and specific methods to provide patients, visitors, and staff with a sanitary, orderly, and safe patient care environment. EVS Specialists aid in the prevention of cross contamination, controlling bacteria, odor, and sustaining acceptable aseptic conditions. They may assist with moves, recycling, delivery of supplies, and the removal of trash and biohazard waste. The EVS Specialist may use industrial cleaning equipment. Primary Responsibilities: Daily cleaning and supplying of patient rooms, nurses#39; stations, lounges, laboratories, bathrooms, offices, and/or any other area assigned in accordance with the established procedures of the Environmental Services Department. Performs major floor cleaning and re finishing. Essential Functions: Performs cleaning functions in assigned areas following established schedules using prescribed methods. Replenishes bathroom supplies. Performs major cleaning to carpeted and non carpeted floors. Reports problems such as broken windows, hand rails, etc. to Group Leader and/or Supervisor. Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the core values of the Hospital. Educational / Training Requirements: High School Diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D). Should be familiar with, if not proficient in, the correct use of chemicals, supplies, tools, and equipment assigned. Prefer general knowledge of and background in infection control practices in a health care facility. About Jefferson Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow#39;s professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

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