EVS Technician- Kalamazoo, 1st Shift- 40 hrs/wk

Bronson Healthcare•Kalamazoo, MI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The EVS Technician works in Environmental Services at Bronson Methodist Hospital South Campus in Kalamazoo, maintaining cleanliness and infection control across patient rooms, surgical areas, public spaces, and other assigned areas. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, on first shift, with rotating weekend and holiday shifts. The technician follows the Environmental Services Department’s cleaning procedures and applicable safety, infection-control, and regulatory standards, and provides courteous service to patients, visitors, and staff. Duties include routine and detailed cleaning, handling waste and soiled linen, replenishing supplies, maintaining equipment, documenting completed work, and communicating relevant requests to clinical staff. The role may involve operating floor-care machinery and, depending on facility assignment, collecting and organizing biomedical waste and recycling. The employee may also assist with additional assigned duties, including emergencies or crisis situations.

Requirements

Ability to work independently and follow detailed instructions from supervisors.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English at or above an eighth-grade level with staff and internal and external customers.
Interpersonal skills that represent Bronson positively and professionally.
Customer-service, thoroughness, and time-management skills.
Ability to accept delegated work and negotiate task priorities.
Ability to work effectively with a team in a fast-paced environment and stay focused.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including regularly lifting bulky or moderately heavy items up to 50 pounds; pushing, pulling, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching; standing, sitting, and walking; using a stepladder at a height of four feet; and walking stairs when necessary.
Good balance and ability to work occasionally in confined and occupied spaces.
Ability to handle occasional pressure from multiple calls and inquiries and to respond to emergency or crisis situations.
Ability to use required protective clothing, which may include gloves, eye protection, face protection, and shoe covers.

Nice To Haves

Previous cleaning experience is a plus but is not required.
A Michigan driver’s license and insurability may be required for BBC assignments.

Responsibilities

Clean and sanitize occupied and unoccupied patient rooms, operating rooms, ancillary areas, public spaces, and other assigned areas according to department procedures.
Follow isolation procedures and applicable infection-control, safety, and regulatory requirements.
Perform detail cleaning of fixtures, furnishings, and other surfaces as needed.
Collect and replace sharps and black pharmacy box containers in patient-care areas.
Document assigned cleaning tasks and maintain records.
Restock supplies in assigned areas.
Communicate information and requests to registered nurses, patient care assistants, and other relevant staff.
Provide service to patients, staff, families, and visitors; direct visitors as needed.
Maintain patient and unit confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
Remove trash and soiled linen and transport them to appropriate disposal areas.
Keep work areas orderly; clean, maintain, and store equipment in assigned locations.
Coordinate cleaning activities with the department coordinator as needed.
Attend staff meetings and huddles and participate in the Bronson Management System and its problem-solving methods.
Operate mechanical floor-care equipment and other environmental services equipment as assigned.
Depending on facility assignment, collect, label, and organize biomedical waste; transport recycling and waste to appropriate locations; change privacy curtains; and inspect and maintain assigned areas.
Perform other duties as assigned, which may include using the trash compactor and emptying trash and linen chutes.