Housekeeper - ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TECH - Days -

Wellstar Health System•Marietta, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeper (Environmental Services Technician) provides cleaning and environmental services in a hospital, including regular, terminal, and isolation cleaning. The role helps maintain compliance standards in specialty areas such as operating rooms, catheterization labs, GI labs, VARU, pharmacy compounding labs, vascular areas, and labor and delivery suites. Additional duties include handling regulated waste and recyclables, using ultraviolet light equipment, and replacing waste containers. Employees are trained and authorized to perform duties in their assigned areas. Strong customer service and interpersonal skills are needed to interact with staff, guests, patients, and families.

Requirements

Ability to speak fluent English and 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.
Customer-service and interpersonal skills for interacting with staff, patients, visitors, guests, and families.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
Some experience.

Responsibilities

Clean restrooms and patient rooms according to the applicable cleaning protocol, including regular, terminal, and isolation cleaning.
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, wet mopping, and cleaning corners, edges, base coves, and kick plates.
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, and procedures.
Use ultraviolet light equipment safely and according to protocol.
Place the appropriate 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 provide effective customer service.
Work with special project teams and participate in performance-improvement projects as assigned or required.
Document completed daily assignments, adjust to staffing shortages, and cover other assigned areas.
Use Epic to support the productive flow of beds and patients, logging in and out as required.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.