Support Service Aide

Description:

What you’ll do

• Maintain patient care areas and equipment by performing duties such as cleaning patient care equipment, reporting items in need of repair and delivering to service department; moving equipment from patient rooms and hallways such as parent and patient beds/cribs, IV pumps, commodes and wheelchairs to and from storage.
• Ensure patient care areas, procedure rooms, bedsides, unit rooms, hallways and other designated areas are clean and maintained by performing duties such as making all sleep surfaces and emptying garbage, sharps and linen containers.
• Stock and maintain supplies and equipment in nursing and patient care areas by drawing stock from department supply/utility rooms.
• Ensure that extraneous equipment and supplies are removed from bedsides and stored appropriately (including returning items to designated owners).
• Order and pick up supplies such as requisitions, mail, store items and unit specific laundry from various areas throughout the hospitals and ensures adequate amount of linen is on hand.
• Assist with moving equipment, supplies, etc., as needed.
• As required, strip and clean all counter tops, shelves, drawers, etc.