Environmental Services Technician

Advocate Health•Green Bay, WI

19d•$20 - $30

About The Position

The Environmental Services Technician cleans and maintains patient care areas and other facility spaces, including public and private restrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, offices, elevators, stairwells, and surgical areas. Duties include cleaning furniture, carpets, floors, and environmental surfaces; performing scheduled terminal and project cleaning; and preparing dismissal and transfer units and certain patient-care equipment. The technician also manages linens, supplies, recyclables, trash, and medical and hazardous waste in accordance with infection-control procedures. The role uses mechanical and electrical cleaning equipment and appropriate chemicals and supplies, maintains equipment and service areas, reports safety hazards and equipment failures, and assists with emergency spills. Additional duties include setting up meeting rooms, delivering audiovisual equipment, distributing non-medical supplies, and replacing cubicle drapes and window coverings. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, with a Monday–Friday schedule from 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., every third weekend, and holidays.

Requirements

No formal education required.
No experience required.
Ability to operate cleaning equipment, including machine scrubbers, carpet cleaners, waste compactors, and balers.
Ability to follow and understand oral and written instructions and communicate with others.
Ability to work alone and understand the physical arrangements of the facilities.
Ability to perform tasks without disrupting the operations of doctors, nurses, patients, the public, and other staff.
Ability to set priorities and follow department policies and procedures.
Basic computer skills.
Excellent customer service skills.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds from the floor to a maximum height of 5 feet and carry up to 30 pounds at waist height for a reasonable distance.
Ability to push or pull up to 50 pounds with assistance from staff and/or devices.
Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, climb stairs, reach above the shoulders, crawl, shovel, and spread salt or sand on snow.
Ability to walk or stand for most of the shift.
Ability to wear protective clothing and work around germicidal solutions, cleaning chemicals, temperature changes, soiled linen, and infectious waste, including blood and body fluids; must be familiar with policies for handling infectious and hazardous waste.
Ability to safely operate power and non-power cleaning equipment and ladders telescoping up to 20 feet.
Ability to operate equipment necessary for the job, including telephones, zone phones, and pagers.
No licensure, registration, or certification required.

Responsibilities

Clean furniture and carpets in rooms, hallways, stairs, and offices using power equipment.
Clean and maintain floor surfaces using dry and wet mops; refinish floors by machine scrubbing and/or stripping and applying floor finish.
Operate mechanical and electrical cleaning equipment; clean equipment, carts, and service closets daily.
Notify the appropriate person of safety hazards and equipment needing repair; report mechanical failures or unsafe conditions to the supervisor.
Assist with cleaning emergency spills as requested.
Use chemicals, cleaning products, and equipment for their intended purposes; ensure supplies are labeled and consult Material Safety Data Sheets as needed.
Set up rooms for meetings and deliver audiovisual equipment.
Clean patient care areas, restrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, offices, elevators, and stairwells; perform scheduled terminal and project cleaning in surgical areas.
Clean environmental surfaces, including ceilings, vents, walls, doors, furniture, beds, bathroom fixtures, and windows; dust and mop floors throughout the facility.
Gather and dispose of recyclables, trash, and medical waste; collect hazardous trash according to infection-control guidelines.
Sort, stock, and deliver linens; gather and prepare soiled linen for transportation.
Inventory linens, cleaning supplies, and paper supplies and order additional supplies in a timely and cost-effective manner; fill and clean supply dispensers.
Replace cubicle drapes and window coverings.
Clean and prepare dismissal and transfer units and certain equipment used in patient care; distribute non-medical supplies to designated areas.
Perform other related duties as required.

Benefits

Paid Time Off programs.
Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
Educational Assistance Program.
Premium pay may be available for shifts, on-call work, and other qualifying circumstances.
Incentive pay for select positions.
Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.
Career development programs.