Environmental Services Technician -PRN

Parkland Health • Parkland, FL

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About The Position

Provides environmental services to PHHS units and departments and internal and external customers, including some critical care areas. Ensures sanitation, cleanliness, and safety in a timely manner and promotes harmonious relationships with all contacts. The role cleans assigned areas to provide an optimal clean, sanitary, and safe environment for hospital and Parkland customers. Duties may include sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, collecting trash, cleaning bed areas, buffing floors, and detailing. The technician may also respond to and use the bed-tracking system to ensure rooms are cleaned promptly after patient discharge and are available for newly assigned patients.

The role works harmoniously with patients, visitors, hospital and Parkland employees, and managers to promote customer service and satisfaction in alignment with departmental, hospital, and Parkland missions and objectives. It also requires maintaining and properly using environmental services materials, equipment, and supplies, and notifying a supervisor when supplies, maintenance, or repairs are needed.

The technician identifies opportunities to improve work processes and customer satisfaction, makes recommendations to a supervisor, and implements and monitors results as appropriate. The role keeps current with developments and trends in the field and applicable rules, regulations, policies, laws, and guidelines, and integrates relevant knowledge into work practices. It also supports effective internal controls and seeks advice as needed to ensure proper understanding of applicable requirements.

Requirements

• Must be able to follow oral and written directions.
• Must be able to demonstrate sanitation techniques and use of cleaning materials, or learn the department’s techniques and use of cleaning materials within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Clean assigned areas to provide a clean, sanitary, and safe environment; duties may include sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, collecting trash, cleaning bed areas, buffing floors, and detailing.
• Respond to and use the bed-tracking system, as applicable, to ensure rooms are promptly cleaned after patient discharge and available for newly assigned patients.
• Work harmoniously with patients, visitors, hospital and Parkland employees, and managers to promote customer service and satisfaction.
• Maintain, properly use, and care for environmental services materials, equipment, and supplies.
• Notify a supervisor when supply requisitions, maintenance, or repairs are needed.
• Identify opportunities to improve work processes and customer satisfaction; recommend improvements and implement and monitor results as appropriate.
• Stay abreast of developments and trends in the field and integrate relevant knowledge into work practices.
• Maintain knowledge of applicable rules, regulations, policies, laws, and guidelines; support effective internal controls and seek guidance as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed