Environmental Services Specialist - Part Time / Various Shifts Available

Kingman Healthcare•Kingman, AZ

About The Position

The Environmental Services Specialist performs assigned environmental services duties in support of KHI’s vision to be among the kindest, highest quality health systems in the country. The role cleans, disinfects, and sanitizes patient rooms, bathrooms, clinical and public areas, work areas, equipment, and high-touch surfaces, following KHI policies, department procedures, infection prevention standards, and applicable regulatory requirements. The employee resets assigned spaces to provide a safe, clean, organized, and welcoming environment for patients, visitors, staff, and other customers. The position follows standard and applicable transmission-based precautions, practices proper hand hygiene, uses appropriate personal protective equipment, and follows safety procedures when handling waste, soiled linen, chemicals, equipment, blood, body fluids, and other potentially infectious materials. It also involves using cleaning, disinfecting, and laundry products safely; monitoring assigned areas for cleanliness, supply needs, damage, equipment issues, spills, and other risks; reporting concerns; and completing assigned records accurately and promptly. Additional duties may include collecting and disposing of trash, soiled materials, medical waste, and biohazard waste; operating and maintaining environmental services, laundry, and floor-care equipment; performing routine floor and wall care; maintaining clean linen and supply levels; handling and transporting clean and soiled linen to prevent contamination; and keeping laundry, linen, storage, supply, cart, and equipment areas clean, sanitary, organized, and safe. The employee participates in meetings, training, competency reviews, and process-improvement efforts, adapts to changing assignments and priorities, and performs other duties as assigned. This part-time position offers various shifts; shift details are discussed during the interview. Travel to other KHI campuses and medical buildings may be required.

Requirements

Able to communicate well with a variety of customers.
Able to read and write sufficiently to respond appropriately during emergencies and complete required competencies.
Able to follow written and verbal instructions.
Able to manage multiple priorities in a positive and productive manner.
Able to use good judgment and seek guidance when needed.
Able to work safely around patients, visitors, staff, chemicals, equipment, waste, and soiled materials.
Designated drivers must have a valid U.S. driver’s license and be at least 21 years old.
Able to perform physical work that may include standing, walking, bending, stooping, reaching, pulling, pushing, and lifting up to 20 pounds; occasional lifting up to 50 pounds; and occasional pulling or pushing of carts weighing up to 100 pounds.
Able to operate commercial cleaning, laundry, and floor-care equipment.
Able to climb approved safety ladders for high cleaning, curtain changes, or similarly assigned duties.
Able to work with routine potential exposure to blood, body fluids, tissues, soiled linen, contaminated surfaces, cleaning chemicals including formaldehyde, disinfectants, chemotherapy-related exposure risks, and other potentially infectious materials.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in commercial cleaning, healthcare environmental services, laundry services, floor care, or a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

Clean, disinfect, and sanitize assigned patient rooms, bathrooms, clinical areas, public areas, work areas, equipment, and high-touch surfaces using approved products and procedures.
Reset assigned areas after cleaning to maintain a safe, clean, organized, and welcoming environment.
Follow standard precautions, applicable transmission-based precautions, and proper hand hygiene practices.
Wear appropriate personal protective equipment and follow safety procedures when handling waste, soiled linen, chemicals, equipment, blood, body fluids, and other potentially infectious materials.
Use cleaning chemicals, disinfectants, and laundry-related products according to manufacturer instructions, safety data sheets, KHI policies, and department procedures.
Monitor assigned areas for cleanliness, safety concerns, supply needs, damaged surfaces, equipment issues, spills, and other environmental risks, and report concerns to the appropriate leader.
Complete required documentation, logs, delivery records, cleaning records, and other assigned records accurately and timely.
Participate in department meetings, training, competency reviews, and process-improvement efforts; adapt to changes in workload, assignments, priorities, and patient-care needs.
Collect, remove, and dispose of trash, soiled materials, medical waste, and biohazard waste according to applicable guidelines.
Operate and maintain assigned environmental services, laundry, and floor-care equipment, carts, and related tools safely and efficiently.
Perform routine floor and wall care, including cleaning, disinfecting, maintaining, and restoring assigned surfaces.
Maintain adequate supplies of clean linen, laundry, and related materials throughout assigned areas.
Handle, store, transport when designated, and deliver clean and soiled linen in ways that help prevent contamination and exposure to infectious materials.
Maintain laundry areas, linen storage areas, supply closets, carts, and equipment in a clean, sanitary, organized, and safe condition.
Perform other duties as assigned to support the department and organization.