Environmental Services Technician
About The Position
The Environmental Services Technician keeps patient rooms, patient-care areas, equipment, and common areas clean and disinfected to protect patients, visitors, and staff from illness and injury. The role performs routine and specialized cleaning using appropriate healthcare cleaning and disinfection principles, safe chemical practices, and properly maintained equipment. It includes handling waste streams and biohazard materials according to established procedures and regulatory requirements, replenishing supplies, and delivering clean linens. The technician follows infection-prevention, safety, risk-management, and patient-privacy requirements, and contributes to departmental improvement initiatives focused on patient experience and cleanliness. Facility needs may also include setting up conference rooms, cleaning stairwells and elevators, hanging cubicle curtains, and mentoring new Environmental Services Tech I employees. The position works collaboratively as part of the patient-care team.
Requirements
- No requirements upon hire.
- Thoroughness and commitment to safety.
- Ability to operate and properly maintain environmental-services tools and equipment.
- Ability to collaborate as part of the patient-care team.
Nice To Haves
- High school graduate with general studies and previous healthcare experience, upon hire; or GED with general studies and previous healthcare experience, upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Complete assigned daily occupied-room and discharge/transfer cleaning and disinfection of patient-care areas, equipment, and other common areas.
- Apply healthcare cleaning and disinfection principles and requirements, and use chemicals and equipment safely.
- Follow organizational safety, risk-management, and infection-control guidelines and promote a culture of safety.
- Participate in departmental performance-improvement initiatives, including efforts to improve patient experience and cleanliness metrics.
- Maintain cleaning carts, supplies, and equipment according to the Standard Work cart setup.
- Remove and transport waste to appropriate disposal areas, using the proper waste stream procedures for regulated medical, recyclable, solid, and hazardous waste.
- Follow infection-prevention practices, including cleaning and disinfection protocols, hand hygiene, standard and isolation precautions, and proper donning and doffing of personal protective equipment.
- Protect patient privacy and comply with HIPAA requirements.
- Use critical thinking, demonstrate personal accountability, and identify and use appropriate resources to resolve problems or concerns.
- Demonstrate knowledge of facility safety requirements.
- Operate and properly maintain environmental-services tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment.
- Perform other facility tasks as needed, such as conference room setups, cleaning stairwells and elevators, and hanging cubicle curtains.
- May mentor new Environmental Services Tech I employees.
- Collaborate with others as part of the patient-care team.
- Perform routine cleaning such as sweeping, mopping, and dusting; use specialized equipment and techniques to sanitize the facility.
- Dispose of biohazard materials, including bodily fluids and sharp objects, using proper techniques.
- Refill soap and paper-towel dispensers and other supplies, and deliver clean linens.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
