Environmental Services Technician
About The Position
The Environmental Services Technician keeps patient rooms, patient-care areas, equipment, and other hospital spaces clean and sanitized to help protect patients, visitors, and staff from illness and injury. The role performs routine cleaning and disinfection, uses specialized equipment and techniques, handles waste appropriately, and replenishes supplies and clean linens as needed. The technician follows healthcare cleaning and infection-prevention practices, safety requirements, and patient privacy rules, and contributes to departmental performance-improvement efforts. Facility needs may also include conference-room setups, stairwell and elevator cleaning, hanging cubicle curtains, and mentoring new Environmental Services Tech I employees.
Requirements
- No requirements are listed upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- High school graduate with a general studies background and previous healthcare experience, upon hire.
- High school GED with a general studies background and previous healthcare experience, upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Complete assigned daily occupied-room and discharge/transfer cleaning and disinfection of patient-care areas, equipment, and common areas.
- Perform routine cleaning such as sweeping, mopping, and dusting, and use specialized equipment and techniques to sanitize the facility.
- Apply healthcare cleaning and disinfection principles and requirements.
- Use chemicals and equipment safely and follow facility safety requirements.
- Follow organization safety, risk-management, infection-control, and infection-prevention guidelines, including hand hygiene, standard and isolation precautions, and proper donning and doffing of PPE.
- Maintain cleaning carts, supplies, and equipment according to the Standard Work cart setup.
- Remove and transport waste to appropriate disposal areas, sorting regulated medical, recyclable, solid, and hazardous waste according to procedures and regulatory requirements.
- Refill soap and paper-towel dispensers and other supplies, and deliver clean linens as needed.
- Protect patient privacy in accordance with HIPAA requirements.
- Use critical thinking and personal accountability, and identify and use appropriate resources to follow through on and resolve problems or concerns.
- Participate in departmental performance-improvement initiatives, including efforts to improve patient experience and cleanliness metrics.
- Operate and properly maintain EVS tools and equipment used to clean and disinfect the environment.
- Perform additional facility tasks as requested, including conference-room setups, stairwell and elevator cleaning, and hanging cubicle curtains.
- May mentor new Environmental Services Tech I employees.
- Collaborate with others as part of the patient-care team.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
