BHCC HOUSEKEEPING - Environmental Tech

Legacy Behavioral Health•Valdosta, GA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Tech works in the Behavioral Health Crisis Center in Valdosta, Georgia, maintaining environmental and infection control standards in accordance with established guidelines, policies, and procedures. The role performs general cleaning tasks in patient areas, offices, hallways, and other assigned areas across the organization. The position is supervised by the Director of Nursing. The employee must be physically and emotionally fit to work in a stressful environment, meet deadlines, and handle routine and crisis situations. Duties may involve varying work hours, monitoring, educational or crisis-handling activities, and travel to off-campus locations in the organization’s service area or use of a personal vehicle. The work environment may include potential health hazards, extended time at computer terminals, and traumatic situations involving psychiatric and/or deceased patients.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED is preferred.
Ability to comprehend a Safety Data Sheet is required.
A current driver’s license with no more than 5 points is required.
Must be physically and emotionally fit to work in a stressful environment, meet deadlines, and deal with routine and crisis situations.
Must be able to perform intermittent physical activity, including standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching.
Must be able to talk and hear regularly and have close, distance, and peripheral vision and depth perception, with corrective lenses if needed.

Nice To Haves

Prior housekeeping experience in a healthcare setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain environmental and infection control standards according to established guidelines, policies, and procedures.
Perform general cleaning tasks in patient areas, offices, hallways, and other assigned facility areas.
Provide monitoring, educational activities, and/or crisis handling as required.
Travel to off-campus locations as required.