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Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and make a lasting, meaningful impact on patient care. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.      

Cleveland Clinic’s Environmental Services Department is consistently ranked among the highest-performing EVS teams in healthcare. As an Environmental Services Area Cleaner on our team, you will help create the comfortable and safe environment our patients have come to expect. This role is a steppingstone to other careers within Environmental Services (Team Lead, Supervisor and Manager) and departments within Cleveland Clinic. 

A caregiver in this position works part-time, Monday–Friday position with scheduled hours of 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The caregiver will also work every third weekend and two holidays per year. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Clean patient rooms, ancillary areas, exam rooms, offices, waiting areas, public restrooms, discharge rooms and other assigned areas. 

• Stock paper items and other supplies in patient rooms, exam rooms and restrooms. 

• Follow scripting, policies and procedures on patient isolation and all Environmental Services technical and procedural standard operating procedures. 

• Follow and adhere to all hospital-wide and departmental safety requirements. 

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

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:   

• One to three months of on-the-job training to learn departmental policies and procedures, cleaning techniques, patient hospitality practices, and the proper use and storage of cleaning agents and chemicals. 

• Demonstrate attention to detail, follows directions, and works effectively with minimal supervision 

• Can communicate clearly, courteously, and compassionately 

• Work effectively in a fast-paced cleaning environment 

• Demonstrate flexibility in adapting to changing work assignments 

Preferred Qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• High school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) credential 

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full body motion, including ability to perform work while lifting, bending, stooping, crouching, squatting, and reaching.
• Requires continuous walking and standing on hard surfaces.
• Requires regular handling and use of disinfectants and other cleaning agents and chemicals.
• Light work – Exerting 11 to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follow standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required,

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster. 

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.