Housekeeper-EVS Tech- Evenings - Full Time - 6p-2:30 am

Wellstar Health System•Marietta, GA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Housekeeper – Environmental Services Technician provides support for routine, terminal, and isolation cleaning while maintaining compliance standards in 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 waste, recyclables, and regulated materials; using ultraviolet light devices; and changing, removing, and replacing sharps, pharmacy waste, bio-hazard, and chemotherapy containers. The employee is trained and authorized to perform duties in assigned areas and interacts with staff, guests, patients, and families. The position is full-time, on the evening shift from 6:00 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. It requires customer service and interpersonal skills, compliance with infection prevention and safety protocols, and completion of the departmental training program within the first 30 days of employment.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED is preferred.
Some experience is preferred.
Ability to speak fluent English and to read, write, and understand simple instructions in English.
Must complete the Departmental Training Program during the first 30 days of employment.
Customer service and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with staff, guests, patients, and their families.
Ability to follow cleaning, infection prevention, waste handling, and safety protocols.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
Some experience.

Responsibilities

Clean restrooms and patient rooms according to protocols for 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 trash and linen in accordance with waste-stream guidelines for solid, bio-hazard, chemotherapy, pharmaceutical, and other waste.
Use appropriate personal protective equipment and proper 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.
Place the correct type, size, and number of replacement liners in waste containers and tie them off as required.
Greet and support staff, patients, and visitors with a positive disposition and provide customer service.
Work with special project teams and on projects assigned by a supervisor.
Participate in performance improvement projects as required.
Document completed daily assignments and adjust to staff shortages by covering other assigned areas.
Use the Epic system to support 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.