Environmental Assistant

at  Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg

Requisition ID: 374538
Position Number: 20077188
Posting End Date: February 4, 2025
City: West St. Paul
Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Site: Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg
Department / Unit: MC Environmental Services-Laundry
Job Stream: Clinical Support
Union: CUPE
Anticipated Start Date: 02/07/2025

POSITION OVERVIEW

This position is changed with the cleanliness of the facility and includes high dusting, damp dusting, dust mopping, wet and dry mopping, vacuuming and carpet cleaning, floor stripping and refinishing, waste handling.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of one-year experience as a housekeeping cleaner in an institutional, commercial or healthcare facility will be considered. Training will be provided.

EDUCATION (DEGREE/DIPLOMA/CERTIFICATE)

• Grade 12 or equivalent.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Working knowledge of applicable sanitation and safety standards related to the department.
• Observe all aspects of resident safety at all times.
• Ability to learn and apply proper body mechanics, being able to bend, stoop, kneel, stretch over and under furnishings and building fixtures.
• Ability to work from and climb stepladders.
• Maintain a high standard of service and cleanliness.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate in English; both orally and in writing.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• May involve exposure to disease, toxic materials, noise, allergens, blood, feces, body fluids, etc.
• May encounter aggressive and/or agitated individuals.
• Performing physical activities that require considerate use of arms and legs and moving of body, such as bending, lifting, balancing, walking and stooping.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.
Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process