Environmental Services Specialist

Full-Time | Monday – Friday | 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Role Summary

As an Environmental Services Specialist, you play a vital role in maintaining a clean, safe, and sanitary hospital environment for patients, visitors, and staff. Your work directly supports infection prevention, patient safety, and the overall patient experience across the hospital.

If you take pride in creating safe, welcoming environments and want to make a meaningful impact every day, this is an opportunity to serve in a mission-driven healthcare setting.

What You’ll Do

• Perform routine cleaning of all internal hospital areas including patient rooms, nursing units, offices, clinical areas, waiting areas, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairwells, and building exterior areas to ensure a clean, neat, and sanitary environment according to established performance standards.
• Timely replenish or replace expendable supplies such as soap, toilet tissue, and paper towels.
• Operate mechanical equipment such as buffers (high and low speed), automatic scrubbers, pressure washers, vacuum cleaners, shampooers, extractors, burnishers, steam machines, baseboard machines, and restroom cleaning machines; use equipment properly and maintain assigned equipment in good safe working order.
• Empty trash containers in assigned areas, replace liners, and clean the exterior of trash containers with a damp cloth.
• Transport trash and hazardous waste to appropriate disposal areas.
• Wear complete uniform as provided and maintain good hygiene.
• Observe safety precautions and follow established safety procedures for performing work and using equipment and cleaning supplies; report safety hazards according to policies and procedures and to Supervisor or designee.
• Note any required repairs (painting, plumbing, carpentry, or electrical) and report needed repairs to Supervisor or designee.
• Maintain patient confidentiality; adhere to federal law, the Howard University Health Science Compliance Program, the Howard University Code of Ethics, and the Health Sciences Standards of Conduct.
• Attend annual and periodic mandatory Compliance training, including HIPAA Privacy training; participate in activities that promote adherence to federal healthcare program requirements and performance improvement activities.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.).
• May be required to lift up to 75 pounds.
• Possible exposure to hospital-related hazards including but not limited to chemical and radiological materials, heavy lifting, machinery, electrical equipment, temperature extremes, weather conditions, bloodborne pathogens (BBP), and infectious agents.

About Howard University Hospital

With over 150 years of caring for our community and each other in the Washington DC area, Howard University Hospital has a world-renowned reputation for high-quality, patient-centric care. Howard University Hospital is the nation’s only teaching hospital located on the campus of a Historically Black University and has created a superior learning environment, with groundbreaking research and positive patient outcomes.

What We Offer

• Work-life balance.
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise.
• Part-time benefits offered (where applicable).

Pay + Schedule

• Pay Range: $17.00 – $27.20 per hour
• FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
• Schedule: Full-Time | Monday – Friday | 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Compliance Statements

COVID-19 Vaccination
Howard University Hospital requires all external applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. External applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination and, if offered, may elect to be vaccinated at a designated Howard University Hospital location.

Howard University Hospital is an equal opportunity employer.

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