Environmental Technician at Lake Mary Hospital

Orlando Health•Lake Mary, FL

16h•Onsite

About The Position

The NEW Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital represents Orlando Health’s continued commitment to the Seminole County community, which we have proudly served for 40 years. As a comprehensive acute care facility, the hospital offers a full scope of medical and surgical services, including cardiovascular, general surgery, orthopedics, and women’s services with labor and delivery, alongside a future NICU. Opening with 124 beds, the 455,000 square foot hospital will be able to expand to up to 240 beds. State-of-the-art facilities include operating rooms, catheterization labs, interventional radiology, a vascular lab, an ICU and a full-service emergency department. For labor and delivery, the hospital features six private suites thoughtfully designed to make you feel at home while providing exceptional medical care. Each suite includes a hydrotherapy tub for laboring, shower, recliner, adjustable bed with a squat bar, wireless and waterproof heart rate monitors for mom and baby, a smart board that integrates patient and nurse information from Epic, WiFi, and televisions. These modern amenities ensure a comfortable and supportive environment for every patient. Features include: Center for Women and Babies Six state-of-the-art operating rooms Three catheterization labs with a dedicated interventional radiology and vascular lab Comprehensive cardiovascular care 16 ICU beds Observation unit Imaging Lab Orlando Health Scripts pharmacy Dining and café Chapel

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED preferred.
DOT (Department of Transportation) Certification within the first 90 days.
Three (3) or more years exp. in Health care support services and/or environmental services, hospitality, or related field to include one (1) or more years’ experience as a porter or warehouse worker experience.

Nice To Haves

Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST), preferred.
Linen Helper Software or similar software.

Responsibilities

Executing the daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, clean, and healing environment.
Transporting regular waste, soiled linen, weighing and recording clean linen, bio-hazardous waste, recycling waste.
Maintenance of trash containers.
Performing routine manual tasks inside hospital and operate trash dumpsters, scales, and package bio-waste for shipping.
Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers.
Transports regular waste, bio-hazardous waste, and recycling waste to the designated collection location and prepared for transporting according per Department of Transportation and Department of Health standards.
Maintains a clean and safe environment around the linen room, dumpster/bio-trailers area, and/or designated areas that will leave area clean and litter-free.
Empties trash containers and cleans them so they are free from spills and marks.
Operates outside cleaning equipment, such as, but not limited to, pressure washer, leaf blower, Billy Goat and cart washing machine.
Takes a proactive approach to maintaining the identified patient and non-patient areas that need attention to be compliant with all mandated and regulatory agency requirements.
Maintains work area in a safe manner by utilizing appropriate safety systems to protect patients, customers, and team members.
Cleaning and disinfecting of patient rooms, and ancillary areas, to include, but not limited to, bathrooms, public areas, corridors, medication storage rooms as directed and any other areas that may require attention using designated and appropriate chemicals and cleaning procedures.
Maintains equipment in a clean and functional condition.
Keeps work areas orderly, clean, and safe.
Works independently to complete tasks as assigned.
Responds to common inquiries from units/departments for linen request.
Delivers clean linen to user areas on established and changing par levels.
Uses handheld computer (if applicable) or manual system to credit and debit clean linen to user areas.
Record telephone requests for linen on the Telephone Log.
Picks up soiled linen from user areas and delivers to the holding area for Laundry pick up.
Weighs and records clean and reject linen when delivered and soiled linen at pick up.
Records the Laundry truck lock tag number to Weight Log for both clean and soiled linen.
Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.