Environmental Services Technician - Wheaton - PRN

Sanford Health • Wheaton, MN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Services Technician at Sanford Health is responsible for maintaining a safe and sanitary environment in patient/resident rooms and assigned areas for patients/residents, visitors, and associates. This involves adhering to infection control, safety, and procedural guidelines. Key tasks include emptying waste baskets, sweeping, scrubbing, waxing, or polishing floors using various cleaning equipment. The role requires demonstrating knowledge of housekeeping processes, tools, and techniques in a healthcare setting to ensure a clean and sterile environment. The technician will clean diverse locations such as patient/resident rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas to meet health standards. They are expected to wear proper protective equipment, keep storage, equipment, and carts well-stocked and tidy, and utilize pagers and other technology as needed. Assistance in laundry areas may also be required.

Requirements

• Strong customer service, communication and interpersonal skills are required

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred
• Minimum of six months housekeeping or commercial cleaning experience preferred
• Ability to use computer and prior cleaning experience is helpful
• Knowledge of materials, equipment, cleaning methods and cleaning chemicals is helpful
• Previous custodial experience in a healthcare environment is preferred

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a safe and sanitary environment in patient/resident rooms and assigned areas for patients/residents, visitors and associates by following infection control, safety, and procedural guidelines
• Emptying waste baskets
• Sweeping, scrubbing, waxing, or polishing floors, using brooms, mops, or powered scrubbing and waxing machines
• Demonstrate knowledge of housekeeping processes, tools and techniques in a healthcare environment; ability to apply this to provide a clean and sterile environment for patients/residents and facility staff
• Cleaning patient/resident rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met
• Wearing the proper protective equipment following the appropriate guidelines
• Keeping storage, equipment and carts well-stocked, clean, and tidy
• Using pagers and other technology appropriately when needed
• Assisting in the laundry areas as appropriate

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees