Housekeeper - Environmental Services Technician - Full Time - Day

Wellstar Health System•Marietta, GA

About The Position

The Housekeeper (Environmental Services Technician) provides support for regular, terminal, and isolation cleaning, including work in hospital specialty areas such as operating room suites, catheterization labs, GI labs, VARU, pharmacy compounding labs, vascular areas, and labor and delivery suites. The role includes 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 position requires following cleaning and infection-prevention protocols, using appropriate chemicals and personal protective equipment, maintaining safe work practices, and complying with hospital and department policies. Housekeepers interact with staff, patients, families, and visitors, document completed assignments, adjust to staffing needs, and use Epic to support patient and bed flow. Other duties may be assigned.

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.
Use appropriate personal protective equipment and proper donning and doffing techniques.
Use proper lifting techniques.
Demonstrate customer service and interpersonal skills when interacting with staff, patients, families, visitors, and coworkers.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Perform restroom and patient-room cleaning, following the appropriate protocol for routine, terminal, and isolation cleaning.
Follow infection-prevention protocols and select appropriate chemicals for cleaning tasks.
Clean and maintain 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, procedures, and protocols for safe use of ultraviolet light equipment.
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.
Work with special-project teams and complete projects assigned by a supervisor.
Participate in performance-improvement projects as required.
Document daily assignments and adjust to staff shortages by covering other assigned areas.
Use Epic and log in and out as required to maintain productive patient and bed flow.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.