Environmental Service Professional I - PM Shift - Traverse City

Munson Healthcare•Traverse City, MI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Environmental Services is a front-line infection-prevention function that helps provide a safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff. The role follows organizational policies and procedures and applies cleaning, disinfection, and quality-assurance principles to reduce harmful pathogens. The employee is trained to independently perform general cleans and dismissal cleans. The position includes disinfecting assigned areas, preparing patient rooms for new admissions, maintaining cleaning carts and supplies, removing trash, recycling, confidential information and soiled linen, replacing sharps containers, and transporting furniture, equipment, clean linen, and supplies. Employees must operate and properly maintain the environmental-services tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment, and follow department, hospital, and regulatory guidelines. The work involves standing and walking for much of the day and may require bending, stretching, climbing ladders, lifting, pulling, and pushing. Protective equipment such as gloves, goggles, a face shield, a gown, a mask, and a hardhat must be worn when the situation warrants.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED is preferred.
Six months of hospital environmental-services or housekeeping experience is preferred.
Must receive required measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccination or have lab-confirmed immunity; must receive an annual flu vaccine or have an approved medical or religious exemption.

Nice To Haves

High School Diploma or GED.
Six months of hospital environmental service/housekeeping experience.

Responsibilities

Disinfect and clean assigned areas according to Environmental Services procedures intended to control microorganism growth.
Prepare patient rooms for new admissions by staging them in an aesthetically pleasing way.
Keep cleaning carts, supplies, and equipment neat and orderly, including stocking and restocking carts.
Remove trash, recycling, confidential information, and soiled linen from floors using a utility cart.
Replace sharps containers in patient rooms, procedure rooms, and soiled utility rooms.
Transport furniture, equipment, clean linen, and supplies.
Operate and properly maintain the environmental-services tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment.
Follow department, hospital, and regulatory agency guidelines and wear required protective equipment.