Environmental Service Technician

Advocate Health • Burlington, VT

42d • $20 - $30 • Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Service Technician is responsible for cleaning furniture and carpets, maintaining floor surfaces, and refinishing floors using various cleaning equipment. They operate mechanical and electrical cleaning equipment, identify and report safety hazards and equipment needing repair, and maintain cleanliness of equipment, carts, and service closets. This role also involves assisting with emergency spill cleanups, using chemicals and cleaning products safely and effectively, and ensuring all cleaning supplies are properly labeled. Additionally, the technician sets up rooms for meetings, delivers audio-visual equipment, cleans various patient care areas, public/private restrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, offices, elevators, and stairwells, and performs scheduled terminal and project cleaning in surgical areas. They clean all environmental surfaces, including ceilings, vents, walls, doors, furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, and windows, and dust/mop floors in patient and exam rooms, corridors, stairwells, restrooms, and other facility areas. The role includes gathering and disposing of recyclables, trash, and medical waste, collecting hazardous trash according to infection control guidelines, sorting, stocking, and delivering linens, and gathering/preparing soiled linen for transportation. Inventory management of linens, cleaning supplies, and paper supplies, ordering additional items, filling and cleaning supply dispensers, and replacing cubicle drapes and window coverings are also key responsibilities. The technician cleans and prepares dismissal and transfer units and certain patient care equipment, distributes non-medical supplies, and reports any mechanical failures or unsafe conditions to the supervisor.

Requirements

• Ability to operate various types of cleaning equipment, including machine scrubbers, carpet cleaners, waste compactors, balers, etc.
• Ability to follow and understand oral and written instructions and communicate with others.
• Ability to work alone and to understand the physical arrangements of the facilities.
• Performs tasks without disrupting operations of the doctors, nurses, patients, public, and other staff.
• Ability to set priorities, be aware of and follow department policies and procedures in all situations.
• Basic computer skills.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• No Formal Education.
• No experience required.
• None Required (Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification).

Responsibilities

• Cleans furniture and carpets in rooms, hallways, stairs, and offices using power equipment.
• Cleans and maintains floor surfaces with dry and wet mops.
• Refinishes floors, including machine scrubbing and/or stripping floors and applies floor finish.
• Operates various types of cleaning equipment, both mechanical and electrical.
• Notifies appropriate person of safety hazards and of equipment needing repair.
• Cleans equipment, cart, and service closet daily.
• Assists in cleaning emergency spills as requested.
• Uses chemicals, cleaning products and equipment for their intended purpose to maintain a safe, cost-effective environment.
• Ensures all cleaning supplies are labeled and references Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) as necessary.
• Sets up rooms for meetings and delivers audio visual equipment to the rooms.
• Cleans patient care areas, public/private restrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, offices, elevators, and stairwells.
• Performs scheduled terminal and project cleaning in surgical areas.
• Cleans all environmental surfaces including ceilings and vents, walls, doors, furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, and windows.
• Dusts and mops floors in patient and exam rooms, corridors, stairwells, restrooms, and other areas of the facility.
• Gathers and disposes recyclables, trash, and medical waste.
• Collects hazardous trash following established infection control guidelines.
• Sorts, stocks and delivers linens.
• Gathers and prepares soiled linen for transportation.
• Inventories linens, cleaning supplies and paper supplies and orders additional in a timely and cost effective manner.
• Fills and cleans supply dispensers.
• Replaces cubicle drapes and window coverings.
• Cleans and prepares dismissal and transfer units and certain equipment used in the care of patients and distributes non-medical supplies to specific areas.
• Reports any mechanical failures or unsafe conditions to the supervisor.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Generous retirement offerings
• Programs that invest in your career development
• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed