Environmental Services Technician -2nd Shift

Mercyhealth Wisconsin and Illinois•Rockford, IL

2d•$15 - $22

About The Position

The Environmental Services Technician maintains cleanliness and sanitation throughout patient rooms, floors, and ancillary areas. The position performs floor care to ensure a clean, safe, and sanitary environment and prepares patient rooms by setting up beds and ensuring necessary supplies are available. The technician follows established sanitation and safety procedures to support patient comfort and infection prevention. The role includes thorough cleaning of assigned areas and surfaces, maintaining EVS closets, carts, equipment, and supplies, replenishing paper and soap products, and carrying out special projects. The technician follows isolation, infection-prevention, chemical-handling, personal-protective-equipment, lifting, and waste-handling procedures. Bed preparation includes using a bed tracking phone or pager and EPIC, responding to supervisor calls within five minutes, preparing dismissal rooms, and using a Xenex UV Light robot in specified rooms where available. DOT Certification is required to package and transport regulated medical waste.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent preferred.
Previous cleaning experience helpful.
Follow safety, sanitation, infection-prevention, chemical-handling, personal-protective-equipment, lifting, and waste-handling procedures.
Complete DOT Certification to package and transport regulated medical waste.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent.
Previous cleaning experience.

Responsibilities

Thoroughly clean assigned areas, including furniture, tile, fixtures, windows, sinks, tubs, toilets, mirrors, showers, walls, floors, elevators, stairs, door frames, ceiling vents, and carpets.
Follow organizational policies and procedures, isolation procedures, infection-prevention standards, and applicable regulations and standards.
Use the correct chemicals for different pathogens and properly mix and store chemicals at the correct dilution ratio.
Maintain the EVS closet, cart, and equipment in an orderly condition; maintain supplies; and report safety hazards or equipment needing repair to a supervisor or Facilities.
Replenish paper, soap, and hand sanitizer supplies.
Hang cubicles and drapes according to department policy.
Coordinate special projects by contacting affected departments and posting informational signs as needed.
Move furniture, supplies, and equipment while following departmental safety and lifting procedures, and seek assistance when needed.
Use appropriate personal protective equipment, including safety goggles when needed, and use wet-floor signs to block off work areas.
Make beds according to area needs, identify bed types, use the bed tracking phone or pager, place beds in EPIC, and remove them from EPIC when completed.
Respond to supervisor phone or pager calls within five minutes and report phone or pager problems; log out of EPIC.
Ensure dismissal rooms are ready for the next patient and use the Xenex UV Light robot in specified rooms where available.
Return soiled and clean unused mops to the department and place them in the proper containers or areas.
Properly handle, transport, and dispose of hazardous, infectious, sharps, confidential, recycling, regular trash, and universal waste; complete DOT Certification to package and transport regulated medical waste.