Environmental Technician II

Orlando Health•Wesley Chapel, FL

About The Position

The Environmental Services Technician II executes daily duties to establish and maintain a safe, clean, healing environment. The role is responsible for daily room cleaning and timely room turnover to support patient throughput, following environmental hygiene and infection-prevention principles. The technician contributes to cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention, and customer experience in accordance with organizational quality standards.

Requirements

Two years of experience in healthcare support services, EVS, hospitality, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED preferred.

Responsibilities

Respond to common customer inquiries and complaints using designated engagement techniques.
Clean and disinfect patient rooms and ancillary areas, including bathrooms, public areas, corridors, and medication storage rooms, using appropriate chemicals and procedures.
Access and use department technology systems, including Bed Management systems.
Replenish supplies, remove biomedical waste, trash, and soiled linen, and change cubicle or window curtains as needed.
Clean patient rooms and bathrooms daily to accommodate discharges and admissions and meet cleanliness standards, using approved procedures and Bed Management systems where applicable.
Apply healthcare cleaning and disinfection principles, safe chemical-use practices, equipment-handling procedures, and labor-saving products in assigned areas.
Follow organizational safety, risk-management, and infection-control standards.
Operate a UV disinfection machine as needed or according to policy.
Participate in departmental performance-improvement initiatives, including efforts to improve customer experience and cleanliness metrics.
Follow infection-prevention practices, including cleaning and disinfection protocols, hand hygiene, standard and isolation precautions, and proper donning and doffing of PPE.
Protect patient privacy in accordance with HIPAA requirements.
Assist with onboarding Environmental Services Technician I and II employees as requested.
Report unsafe situations and submit Engineering Service Requests for repairs.
Maintain reasonably regular and punctual attendance consistent with applicable organizational policies and laws.
Comply with Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Identify and use appropriate resources to ensure problems or concerns are resolved.
Demonstrate knowledge of facility safety requirements.
Operate and properly maintain EVS tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment.
Set up and dismantle beds for cleaning according to department procedures.
Complete other tasks assigned by EVS leadership.