Housekeeper - Environmental Services Tech - PRN as needed - Days

Wellstar Health System•Douglasville, GA

About The Position

The Housekeeper provides support for regular, terminal, and isolation cleaning and helps maintain compliance standards while cleaning hospital specialty areas, including operating room suites, cath labs, GI labs, VARU, pharmacy compounding labs, vascular areas, and labor and delivery suites. The role includes handling and transporting waste, recyclables, and regulated materials; using ultraviolet light devices; and replacing containers for sharps, pharmacy waste, biohazard waste, and chemotherapy waste. 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

Some experience is preferred.
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.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
Some experience.

Responsibilities

Clean restrooms and patient rooms according to the applicable cleaning protocols, 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 and wet mopping.
Remove and handle trash and linen according to waste-stream guidelines for solid, biohazard, chemotherapy, pharmaceutical, and other waste.
Use appropriate personal protective equipment and follow correct donning and doffing techniques.
Use proper lifting techniques.
Comply with hospital and department rules, policies, and procedures.
Use ultraviolet light equipment safely and according to protocol.
Replace waste-container liners with the proper type, size, and number, and tie them off as required.
Greet and support staff, patients, and visitors with a positive disposition and strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrate behaviors that support World Class Service.
Work on special projects or with special project teams as assigned by a supervisor.
Participate in performance improvement projects as required.
Document completed daily assignments and adjust to staffing shortages by covering other assigned areas.
Use Epic to support the flow of beds and patients, logging in and out as required.
Perform other assigned duties and comply with WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.