Environmental Services Technician Associate - Main Environmental Services - Full Time – 1st Shift

The Christ Hospital Health Network•Norwood, OH

About The Position

The Environmental Services Technician Associate provides a clean, safe, sanitary, and appealing environment at The Christ Hospital. The role cleans and sanitizes patient rooms and other hospital areas, supports infection prevention and patient safety, and interacts with patients, visitors, and staff in a service-oriented manner. The technician follows hospital policies and confidentiality requirements, uses basic computer systems for email and bed tracking, and completes other tasks as required.

Requirements

Basic reading, writing, and math skills.
Ability to learn MS Office Outlook for email.
Ability to take and pass required annual Stat Tests.
Ability to learn the NaviCare system for bed tracking.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
One year of work experience.
Basic customer service skills.
CHEST certification within one year.

Responsibilities

Clean patient areas daily using approved germicides, cleaning chemicals, and department procedures.
Use wet-floor signs or other caution alerts when slippery or hazardous conditions may exist.
Follow infection-control procedures, including proper handwashing, aseptic technique, general precautions, and use of appropriate PPE in patient areas.
Work with other hospital staff to support a positive hospital experience.
Follow department policies regarding equipment placement and the condition and cleanliness of closets.
Clean non-patient areas, including nurses’ stations, offices, public waiting rooms, restrooms, and other ancillary areas.
Terminally clean patient rooms after discharge to prepare them for new admissions.
Interact daily with patients, visitors, and staff while promoting a service-oriented attitude.
Ensure rooms are cleaned daily to patients’ satisfaction and use scripting to ask whether anything else can be done for the patient.
Leave a daily housekeeper’s note in each room that includes the housekeeper’s name and department phone number.
Leave a tent card with the technician’s name and a hospital packet in every patient room after discharge cleaning.
Follow hospital policy and federal regulations regarding patient confidentiality.
Complete annual safety and confidentiality testing and required annual Stat Tests.
Learn to use MS Office Outlook for email and NaviCare to log into and out of bed tracking.
Perform other tasks as required.