Housekeeper - Environmental Services Technician - Full Time - Days

Wellstar Health System•Marietta, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeper - Environmental Services Technician provides support for routine, terminal, and isolation cleaning and helps maintain compliance standards in hospital 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 other regulated materials; using ultraviolet light devices; and replacing waste containers. Employees are trained and authorized to perform duties in their assigned areas. The role requires effective customer service and interpersonal skills when interacting with staff, guests, patients, and families. The position performs restroom and patient-room cleaning according to applicable protocols, follows infection-prevention procedures, selects appropriate cleaning chemicals, and carries out routine cleaning and floor-care tasks. It also requires proper waste handling, consistent use of personal protective equipment and safe lifting techniques, and compliance with hospital and departmental rules. The employee documents completed assignments, adjusts to staffing needs and covers other areas, uses Epic to support bed and patient flow, participates in assigned projects and performance improvement work, and performs other duties as assigned. The role must comply with WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
Some experience.

Responsibilities

Perform routine, terminal, and isolation cleaning of restrooms and patient rooms according to the applicable cleaning protocol.
Clean and maintain walls, doors, glass and windows, furniture, equipment, and floors, including dust mopping and wet mopping.
Follow infection-prevention protocols and select appropriate chemicals for cleaning tasks.
Remove and transport waste, linen, recyclables, and regulated materials according to waste-stream guidelines.
Use personal protective equipment and proper donning and doffing techniques; apply safe lifting techniques.
Use ultraviolet light equipment according to safety protocols.
Replace waste-container liners with the correct type, size, and number, and tie them off as required.
Change, remove, and replace sharps, pharmacy waste, biohazard, and chemotherapy waste containers.
Provide courteous, positive customer service to staff, patients, visitors, and families.
Work on special projects and participate in performance improvement projects as assigned.
Document completed daily assignments, adjust to staff shortages, and cover other assigned areas.
Use Epic and log in and out as required to support productive bed and patient flow.
Comply with hospital and department policies, procedures, standards of work, and code of conduct.
Perform other duties as assigned.