Environmental Services Technician

CAMERON HEALTH•Angola, IN

14d•Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Services Technician maintains the hospital’s physical environment at a high level of cleanliness and sanitation to support a safe, hygienic, aesthetically pleasing setting conducive to healing. The role contributes to cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention, and the patient experience in accordance with organizational quality standards. This is a part-time, first-shift position at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola, Indiana, with an FTE of 0.6 (48 hours bi-weekly).

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent work history.
Ability to use computers and/or mobile devices effectively for daily job activities.
Ability to read and write English is preferred.

Nice To Haves

Experience in healthcare support services, environmental services, hospitality, or a related field.
Industrial floor-care experience.
Certified Health Care Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) and/or Certified Surgical Cleaning Technician (CSCT) certification.

Responsibilities

Perform daily occupied, discharge, and terminal cleans, as well as Surgery and Central Sterile disinfection cleans.
Disinfect patient-care areas, assigned equipment, and other areas of responsibility.
Apply healthcare cleaning and disinfection principles; select and use chemicals safely; handle equipment and linen; and use labor-saving products appropriately.
Follow infection-prevention practices, including cleaning and disinfection protocols, hand hygiene, standard and isolation precautions, and proper donning and doffing of personal protective equipment.
Participate in departmental performance-improvement initiatives, including efforts to improve patient experience and cleanliness metrics.
Perform specialty tasks as needed, such as setting up and dismantling conference rooms, cleaning stairwells and elevators, and hanging cubicle curtains.
Clean, disinfect, and properly stock environmental services carts and maintain supplies and equipment in an orderly condition.
Remove waste and transport it to appropriate disposal areas while following proper handling requirements for regulated medical, recycling, e-waste, universal, PHI, solid, and hazardous waste.
Complete designated daily, weekly, and monthly project-cleaning tasks and identify cleaning needs in assigned areas.
Perform spot cleaning and full carpet extraction using appropriate procedures, equipment, and chemicals.
Maintain hard-floor surfaces, perform floor finishing, and complete other detail projects.