Housekeeper - Environmental Services Tech - Nights- Full Time

Wellstar Health System•Austell, 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 while cleaning specialty areas such as 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. The employee is trained and authorized to perform duties in assigned areas and must interact effectively with staff, guests, patients, and their families. This is a full-time night-shift position. The employee follows infection-prevention protocols, uses appropriate chemicals and personal protective equipment, and performs restroom, patient-room, and routine facility cleaning. The role also involves documenting assignments, supporting patient and bed flow through Epic, adapting to coverage needs, and participating in teamwork and performance-improvement activities.

Requirements

Ability to speak fluent English and to read, write, and understand simple instructions in English.
Successfully complete the Departmental Training Program within the first 30 days of employment.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED is preferred.
Some experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Clean restrooms and patient rooms, following protocols for routine, terminal, and isolation cleaning as applicable.
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 according to waste-stream guidelines for solid, biohazard, chemotherapy, pharmaceutical, and other waste.
Use appropriate personal protective equipment and 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.
Select and replace appropriate waste-container liners and tie them off as required.
Greet and support staff, patients, visitors, and patient families with a positive disposition and strong customer service.
Work with special project teams and complete projects 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 productive flow of beds and patients, logging in and out as required.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with WellStar policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.