Environmental Services Tech-Columbia County-FT Evening

Wellstar Health System•Magnolia, AR

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About The Position

The Environmental Services Tech provides support for regular, terminal, and isolation cleaning and helps maintain compliance standards when cleaning hospital specialty areas, including operating room suites, catheterization labs, GI labs, VARU, pharmacy compounding labs, vascular areas, and labor and delivery suites. Duties also include handling and transporting waste, recyclables, and regulated materials; using ultraviolet light devices; and replacing sharps, pharmacy waste, bio-hazard, and chemotherapy waste containers. The role requires customer-service and interpersonal skills when interacting with staff, guests, patients, and families. Employees receive training and authorization for duties in their assigned areas. The position performs restroom and patient-room cleaning according to the applicable protocols, follows infection-prevention procedures, selects appropriate cleaning chemicals, and carries out routine cleaning of surfaces, equipment, and floors. It also involves proper waste and linen removal, use of personal protective equipment and safe lifting techniques, and compliance with hospital and department policies. The employee documents completed assignments, adjusts to staffing needs, covers assigned areas, uses Epic to support bed and patient flow, and participates in special projects and performance-improvement efforts as assigned.

Requirements

Ability to speak fluent English and read, write, and understand simple instructions in English.
Complete the Departmental Training Program during the first 30 days of employment.
High school diploma or GED is preferred.
Some experience is preferred.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
Some experience.

Responsibilities

Clean restrooms and patient rooms, following protocols for regular, terminal, and isolation cleaning.
Follow infection-prevention protocols and select appropriate chemicals for cleaning tasks.
Perform routine cleaning and maintenance of walls, doors, glass and windows, furniture, equipment, and floors.
Remove trash and linen according to waste-stream guidelines for each waste type.
Use appropriate personal protective equipment and correct donning and doffing techniques.
Use proper lifting techniques.
Follow hospital and department rules, policies, and procedures.
Use ultraviolet light equipment safely and according to protocol.
Place the appropriate type, size, and number of replacement liners in waste containers and tie them off properly.
Greet and support staff, patients, and visitors with a positive disposition and strong customer-service and interpersonal skills.
Work on special projects and participate in performance-improvement projects as assigned.
Document completed daily assignments, adjust to staffing shortages, and cover other assigned areas.
Use Epic as required to support the productive flow of beds and patients, including logging in and out.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.