EVS
About The Position
The Environmental Services Technician I performs daily tasks to establish and maintain a safe, hygienic, and aesthetically pleasing care environment. The technician may interact with patients, visitors, and clinical and non-clinical staff, with communication and conduct appropriate to the demographics of patients served in assigned areas. The role supports patient throughput by completing timely room turns and terminal cleaning of assigned buildings or areas, following environmental hygiene and infection-prevention principles. In accordance with organizational quality standards, the technician contributes to cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention, and patient experience. The position is part-time at Davida Clinic in Live Oak, Texas, with an immediate hire need. No supervisory duties are assigned. Work may include occupied and discharge/transfer cleaning and disinfection of patient-care areas, assigned equipment, and common areas. The technician follows safety, risk-management, infection-control, privacy, and waste-handling requirements; maintains supplies and equipment; and may perform specialty cleaning tasks or assist with onboarding new Level I technicians. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Ability to demonstrate effective use of computers and/or mobile devices for daily job activities.
- Respectfully listen to the viewpoints and ideas of others.
- Ability to communicate openly and candidly, orally or in writing, and foster reciprocal communication with coworkers and team members.
Nice To Haves
- Certified Health Care Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) certification and/or Certified Surgical Cleaning Technician (CSCT) certification preferred.
- Experience in healthcare support services, environmental services, hospitality, or a related field preferred.
- Ability to read and write English at a 6th- to 9th-grade level preferred.
Responsibilities
- Clean and disinfect occupied and discharge/transfer patient-care areas, assigned equipment, and other assigned common areas.
- Complete timely patient room turns and terminal cleaning of assigned buildings or areas.
- Apply healthcare cleaning and disinfecting principles, use chemicals safely, handle equipment properly, and use labor-saving products as appropriate.
- Follow organizational safety, risk-management, and infection-control guidelines and standards.
- Participate in departmental performance-improvement initiatives, including efforts to improve patient experience and cleanliness metrics.
- Maintain, stock, and restock cleaning carts, supplies, and equipment in a neat and orderly fashion.
- Remove waste and transport it to the appropriate disposal area while correctly identifying regulated medical, recyclable, solid, and hazardous waste streams.
- Follow infection-prevention practices, including cleaning and disinfection protocols, hand hygiene, standard and isolation precautions, and proper donning and doffing of personal protective equipment.
- Recognize and adhere to patient privacy requirements, including HIPAA.
- Use critical thinking, demonstrate personal accountability, and identify and use appropriate resources to follow through on and resolve problems or concerns.
- Demonstrate knowledge of facility safety requirements and properly operate and maintain EVS tools and equipment.
- Perform specialty tasks as requested according to facility needs, such as cleaning stairwells and elevators or hanging cubicle curtains.
- May assist with onboarding new Level I technicians.
- Interact appropriately with patients, visitors, providers, clinical and non-clinical staff, and volunteers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
