Housekeeper - Environmental Services Technician - Part Time - 7a - 3:30pm

Wellstar Health System•Douglasville, GA

About The Position

The Housekeeper - Environmental Services Technician provides support for routine, terminal, and isolation cleaning in a hospital setting. The role helps maintain compliance standards when cleaning specialty areas, including operating room suites, catheterization labs, GI labs, VARU, pharmacy compounding labs, vascular areas, and labor and delivery suites. Duties also include handling and transporting waste, recyclables, and regulated materials; using ultraviolet light devices; and replacing waste containers. The position requires customer service and interpersonal skills when interacting with staff, patients, visitors, and families. Employees receive training and authorization for duties in their assigned areas. This is a part-time, day-shift position with a stated schedule of 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The role uses Epic to support bed and patient flow and requires documentation of completed assignments. A high school diploma or GED is preferred. Some experience is preferred, and departmental training must be completed within the first 30 days of employment.

Requirements

Ability to speak fluent English and to read, write, and understand simple instructions in English.
Complete the Departmental Training Program within the first 30 days of employment.
High school diploma or GED is preferred.
Some experience is preferred.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
Some experience.

Responsibilities

Perform restroom and patient-room cleaning according to the applicable regular, terminal, or isolation cleaning protocols.
Follow infection-prevention protocols and select appropriate chemicals for cleaning tasks.
Perform routine cleaning of walls, doors, glass and windows, furniture, equipment, and floors, including dust mopping and wet mopping.
Remove and transport trash, linen, recyclables, and regulated waste according to the applicable waste-stream guidelines and protocols.
Use appropriate personal protective equipment and follow proper donning and doffing techniques.
Use proper lifting techniques.
Follow hospital and department rules, policies, procedures, and protocols for safe use of ultraviolet light equipment.
Place the correct type, size, and number of replacement liners in waste containers and tie them off properly.
Greet and support staff, patients, and visitors with a positive disposition and strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
Work on special projects and participate in performance-improvement projects as assigned or required.
Document completed daily assignments, adapt to staffing shortages, and cover other assigned areas.
Use Epic to support productive bed and patient flow, logging in and out as required.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with Wellstar policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.