Environmental Technician

TOUCHETTE•Cahokia, IL

2d•$17 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Technician performs daily housekeeping duties to establish and maintain a safe, hygienic, and aesthetically pleasing care environment in the hospital. The role follows safety, organizational, and departmental procedures and policies, performs housekeeping using established methods, and follows directives from Environmental Services leadership. The technician receives assignments from the department office, gathers necessary equipment and supplies, and cleans patient rooms and other hospital areas, including offices, restrooms, janitor closets, storerooms, exam rooms, delivery rooms, operating rooms, and clinics. Duties include dusting, sanitizing, wiping and cleaning furniture and surfaces, checkout room cleaning, spot cleaning walls and windows, polishing metal surfaces, vacuuming, sweeping and mopping, cleaning carpets, responding to emergency spills, replenishing supplies, and entering bed-tracking and other required information into the computer. The technician learns and applies the principles of regular discharge cleaning with a 30-minute turnaround and terminal cleaning with a 55-minute turnaround. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Knowledge of hospital cleaning techniques, including dusting, wet mopping, sanitizing, vacuuming, restroom cleaning, and trash removal.
Ability to apply common sense to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
Ability to understand and carry out oral and written common-sense instructions.
Able to stand for 4 to 8 hours.
Able to frequently lift, push, or pull up to 50 pounds and transport heavy linen carts.
Able to use all floor-care equipment.
Able to stand in extreme temperatures.
Able to meet the physical demands of medium work, including standing; using hands to finger, handle, or feel; reaching; and stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED equivalent preferred.
One to six months of experience in a healthcare setting preferred.
Training in housekeeping areas such as patient-room, office, and restroom cleaning.

Responsibilities

Follow safety, organizational, and departmental procedures and policies.
Perform housekeeping functions using established methods and follow directives from Environmental Services leadership.
Report to the department office to receive an assignment, collect necessary equipment and supplies, and proceed to the work area.
Clean patient rooms, offices, restrooms, janitor closets, storerooms, exam rooms, delivery rooms, operating rooms, and clinics using approved cleaning methods.
High-dust and low-dust horizontal surfaces; sanitize and spot-clean horizontal surfaces; and damp-wipe and clean furniture.
Perform checkout room cleaning.
Spot-clean walls and windows and polish metal surfaces.
Vacuum carpets and sweep or mop patient rooms and other areas; spot-clean carpet as assigned.
Assist with cleaning emergency spills, whether observed or upon request.
Use chemicals and supplies correctly and replenish supplies.
Enter bed-tracking and other required information into the computer daily or as needed.
Learn and apply regular discharge cleaning principles with a 30-minute turnaround and terminal cleaning principles with a 55-minute turnaround.
Perform other duties as assigned.