Environmental Services Technician - Main Environmental Services - Full Time - 2nd Shift

The Christ Hospital Health Network•Norwood, OH

About The Position

The Environmental Services Technician provides a clean, safe, sanitary, and appealing environment at The Christ Hospital. The role performs the duties of an Environmental Services Tech II, including patient-room cleaning and discharge cleaning, routine floor care, floor stripping and refinishing, carpet spotting and cleaning, trash hauling, and other tasks such as meeting setup and recycling. The technician promotes patient safety, provides customer service to patients, visitors, and staff, follows hospital confidentiality policies and applicable federal regulations, and completes required annual safety and confidentiality testing. The position is full-time on the second shift.

Requirements

Two years of experience, including floor care.
Basic reading, writing, and math skills.
Basic healthcare housekeeping customer service skills.
Ability to use the floor equipment specified in the duties and responsibilities.
High school diploma or GED preferred.
Knowledge of computers preferred, but not required.
CHEST certification within one year preferred, but not required.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
Knowledge of computers.
CHEST certification within one year.

Responsibilities

Promote patient safety and clean patient rooms and discharge rooms as required.
Provide customer service to patients, visitors, and staff.
Follow ESI chemical and procedure requirements.
Perform routine floor maintenance, including dust mopping, wet mopping, and spot mopping hard-surface corridors.
Use and maintain floor machines, Boost technology, auto-scrubbers, and automatic burnishers.
Prepare floors for refinishing by stripping and scrubbing surfaces; detail edges, corners, areas behind doors, and cove base; determine when surfaces are ready and apply the appropriate number of finish coats.
Clean equipment and dispose of unused products safely according to department policy.
Spot and clean carpets using appropriate techniques and chemicals; use vacuum sweepers, cleaners, floor machines, and extractors.
Learn trash-removal areas and routes and push trash gondolas, keeping them covered during transit whether empty or full.
Learn to use a steam autoclave and shredder for bio trash; read graphs and record weights and temperatures.
Follow required PPE, department procedures, and safety protocols.
Follow hospital policy and federal regulations regarding patient confidentiality and complete annual safety and confidentiality testing.
Learn to use MS Office Outlook for email and take and pass required annual Stat Tests.
Perform other tasks as required, including meeting setup and recycling.