ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN

The Christ Hospital Health Network•Cincinnati, OH

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About The Position

Provides a clean, safe, sanitary, and appealing environment at The Christ Hospital. The role performs patient-room cleaning and discharge cleaning, routine floor care, floor stripping and refinishing, carpet spotting and cleaning, trash hauling, and other tasks such as meeting setups and recycling. The technician follows department safety procedures, uses chemicals and equipment appropriately, protects patient confidentiality, and provides customer service to patients, visitors, and staff.

Requirements

Two years of experience, including floor care, required.
Basic reading, writing, and math skills required.
Basic healthcare housekeeping customer service skills required.
Experience using floor equipment described in the duties and responsibilities required.
High school diploma or GED preferred.
Knowledge of computers preferred, but not required.
CHEST certification within one year preferred, but not required.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
Knowledge of computers.
CHEST certification within one year.

Responsibilities

Promote patient safety and clean patient rooms and discharge areas as required.
Know and follow procedures for ESI chemicals.
Provide excellent customer service to patients, visitors, and staff.
Perform routine floor maintenance, including dust mopping, wet mopping, and spot mopping hard-surface corridors; use and maintain floor machines, Boost technology, auto-scrubbers, and automatic burnishers.
Prepare floors for refinishing by stripping and scrubbing, detail edges and corners, behind doors, and cove base, determine when floors are ready for finish, and apply the appropriate number of finish coats.
Clean equipment and safely dispose of unused products according to department policy; follow safety protocols during floor care and carpet cleaning.
Clean carpet surfaces using appropriate spotting techniques, chemicals, and equipment; use vacuum sweepers, cleaners, floor machines, and extractors.
Learn trash-removal areas and routes and push gondolas of trash; keep gondolas covered during transit, whether empty or full.
Learn to use a steam autoclave and shredder for bio trash, read graphs, and record weights and temperatures.
Follow department procedures for personal protective equipment and safety.
Follow hospital policy and federal regulations regarding patient confidentiality and complete annual Safety and Confidentiality testing.
Learn to use MS Office Outlook for email and take and pass required annual Stat Tests.
Perform other tasks as required, including meeting setups and recycling.