Over a decade ago, Steward Health Care System emerged as a different kind of health care company designed to usher in a new era of wellness. One that provides our patients better, more proactive care at a sustainable cost, our providers unrivaled coordination of care, and our communities greater prosperity and stability.
As the country's largest physician-led, minority-owned, integrated health care system, our doctors can be certain that we share their interests and those of their patients. Together we are on a mission to revolutionize the way health care is delivered - creating healthier lives, thriving communities and a better world.
Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates more than 30 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
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At Steward Health Care System, we are committed to improving the health of our communities by delivering exceptional, personalized health care with dignity, compassion and respect. Our continued focus on the patient experience informs our caregivers in how to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient and family preferences, needs and values.
We dedicate ourselves in the communities we serve to delivering affordable health care to all and being responsible partners. No matter what your role, as a member of the Steward family, you are a specialist in the making every patient and family feel right at home, every co-worker a key to our success, and every referring practice, a team of prized colleagues.
In support of this, we commit ourselves to the following values:
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Excellence
Stewardship
If you are seeking a fast-paced, challenging position in an organization committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in all we do, our organization may be a good fit for you
Environmental Services Associate 1 - Housekeeping
Position Summary: Cleans and sanitizes rooms and furnishings in assigned work areas following established policies and procedures necessary to maintain a high standard of cleanliness and sanitation throughout the hospital. Other related duties as assigned
Key Responsibilities:
- Cleans and sanitizes patient rooms and other areas effectively
- Utilizes the ten step cleaning approach to deliver a clean and safe environment.
- Shower rooms are cleaned, disinfected and aesthetically maintained
- Utility rooms and hampers are cleaned, disinfected and maintained appropriately
- Water is changed after cleaning a maximum of three rooms or when water is visibly soiled
- Maintains the housekeeping cart in a clean, neat order
- Stocks up housekeeping cart for the next shift
- Insures all working equipment is cleaned and polished
- Commodes are properly cleaned and disinfected
- Paper band is placed around commode seat after cleaning to indicate cleanliness and readiness for patient utilization
- IV poles are cleaned and disinfected properly
- Patient chairs and furniture is disinfected and aesthetically cleaned
- Notifies supervisor of damaged furniture, soiled curtains or other areas that need attention
- Exercises protective equipment controls when dealing with bloodborne pathogens
- Wears protective equipment to ensure own safety when handling blood and bloody fluids
- Complies with guidelines in the handling and disposal of infectious waste
- Follows proper procedure on the cleaning and disinfecting of contaminated areas
Minimum Education Requirements: High School diploma or GED preferred. Elementary level required
Minimum Work Experience: None
Other skills and abilities: Ability to follow oral and written direction
Steward Health Care is proud to be a minority, physician owned organization. Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are at the foundation of the care we provide, the community services we support and all our employment practices. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic.
What We Do
Steward Health Care is the largest private, tax-paying physician-led health care network in the United States. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Steward operates 37 hospitals in the United States and the country of Malta that regularly receive top awards for quality and safety. The company employs approximately 42,000 health care professionals. The Steward network includes multiple urgent care centers and skilled nursing facilities, substantial behavioral health services, over 7,900 beds under management, and approximately 2.2 million full risk covered lives through the company's managed care and health insurance services.
The Steward Health Care Network includes 5,000 physicians across 800 communities who help to provide more than 12 million patient encounters per year. Steward Medical Group, the company's employed physician group, provides more than six million patient encounters per year. The Steward Hospital Group operates hospitals in Malta and nine states across the U.S., including Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah.
