Hospital Housekeeping - 2nd Shift

Thedacare•Appleton, WI

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Services Technician maintains high standards of cleanliness throughout the facility. Cleans and disinfects assigned areas, transports and removes waste, sanitizes, stocks, and organizes assigned areas. Follows standard work processes, complies with infection prevention standards, properly mixes and stores chemicals, and uses personal protective equipment. This role involves cleaning and disinfecting patient rooms, floors, offices, conference rooms, equipment, furniture, common areas, and waiting rooms following hospital-approved infection prevention standards. The technician collaborates with multiple departments to ensure patient and department priorities are met day-to-day, resulting in the safest outcome for patients and customers. They work independently or on a team to achieve system standards, learn and use required personal protective equipment per infection prevention protocol, and understand and use proper hospital-approved chemicals and disinfectants, following dwell times. The role also requires understanding how to handle various types of waste such as regular, recycling, hazardous, chemo, regulated medical waste, pharmaceutical, and radioactive, and basic standards set by federal, state, and local regulating bodies. The technician demonstrates knowledge of and supports hospital mission, vision, values statements, standards, policies and procedures, confidentiality, corporate compliance plan, customer service standards, and ethical behavior.

Requirements

Ability to read, write, and comprehend the English language.

Nice To Haves

High School diploma or GED preferred

Responsibilities

Cleans and disinfects patient rooms, floors, offices, conference rooms, equipment, furniture, common areas, and waiting rooms following hospital-approved infection prevention standards.
Collaborates with multiple departments to ensure patient and department priorities are met day-to-day that result in the safest outcome for our patients and customers.
Works independently or on a team to achieve system standards.
Works with multiple departments to ensure patient and department priorities are met resulting in the safest outcomes.
Learns and uses required personal protective equipment per infection prevention protocol.
Understands and uses proper hospital-approved chemicals and disinfectants and follows dwell times (amount of time the chemical or disinfectant needs to stay wet on surface) for each task performed and product used.
Understands how to handle various types of waste such as regular, recycling, hazardous, chemo, regulated medical waste, pharmaceutical, and radioactive. Understands basic standards set by federal, state, and local regulating bodies.
Demonstrates knowledge of and supports hospital mission, vision, values statements, standards, policies and procedures, confidentiality, corporate compliance plan, customer service standards, and ethical behavior.