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About the Role
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is seeking a Waste Management Specialist to follow established hospital procedures for handling, containment, and disposal of solid and infectious waste. This role will be located at our Main Campus Location.
Responsibilities
- Accurately scan, segregate, package, and transport various types of regulated medical waste.
- Safely use equipment such as tuggers and scintillators during waste transport and screening.
- Collaborate with departments like Radiation Safety for specialized waste handling.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized waste management environment.
- Support overall hygiene and safety standards through daily sanitation tasks.
- Ensure all waste is properly tagged and labeled per regulatory standards.
- Clean and disinfect waste management bins, room floors and walls; disinfect facility mops and ensure waste areas remain free of debris.
- Organize and prioritize waste bins and equipment for efficient processing and removal; maintain a tidy, hazard-free workspace.
- Proper and safe removal of linen, cardboard, recycling, RMW and Chemo waste.
Requirements
- Ability to read, write, and understand basic instructions.
- Comfortable working in a physically demanding, safety-sensitive environment.
- Willingness to handle regulated medical and pathological waste.
- Attention to detail and adherence to regulatory guidelines.
- Report to Supervisor, Environmental Services.
Skills
- Waste management
- Scanning
- Segregation
- Packaging
- Transport
- Equipment operation (tuggers, scintillators)
- Collaboration
- Sanitation
- Tagging and labeling
- Cleaning and disinfection
- Organization
- Prioritization
- Hazard-free workspace maintenance
Location
- 1275 York Ave (Main Campus)
Work Type
- Day shift
- Full-time
Salary/Compensations
- $23.49 - $32.46
Benefits
- Benefit information available via helpful link.
About the Company
- The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life.
- Specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages.
- Basic research done at Sloan Kettering Institute informs scientists across MSK.
- Scientists collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research.
- MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians.
- Service is at the heart of what MSK does.
- MSK takes pride in delivering outstanding customer service and providing a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for patients.
Equal Opportunity
- MSK is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment.
- All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.
- Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
- Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job.
- Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.