Maintenance Technician

St. Elizabeth Healthcare•Edgewood, KY

About The Position

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do. Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background. Investigates problems and performs general maintenance and repair services to a wide variety of equipment and building systems. Focus is on work of minimal complexity and turnaround time to serve immediate customer needs. Other positions cover more extensive repairs that require specialized knowledge and longer downtime.

Requirements

High School Diploma
Must have the ability to understand basic. mechanical and electrical systems, read. instructions, troubleshoot, and perform minor repairs on those systems.
Must have a valid driver’s license and a driving record that will meet SEHC insurance requirements.
2 years of experience in institutional building Maintenance

Responsibilities

Responds to requests for service promptly.
Interacts courteously with staff, patients and visitors and plans work to minimize disruption.
Observes proper etiquette regarding patient privacy.
Documents all work performed by completely and accurately completing maintenance logs, work orders and in- service records and submits them to the appropriate parties for review and recording.
Perform repairs to beds, stretchers and wheelchairs.
Identify, troubleshoot, and correct problems with HVAC, Plumbing, Medical Gas, Mechanical, and Electrical systems.
Beds – troubleshoot and repair and perform Preventive Maintenance on Stretchers and Wheelchairs.
Replace bulbs and ballasts.
Change nurse call items, televisions, receptacles, plugs, and trace tripped breakers.
Rebuild faucets; unclog sinks and toilets.
Replace traps; vacuum breakers; aerators, and medical gas outlets.
Repair and move furniture.
Hang and install miscellaneous items.
Perform minor HVAC repairs.
Read and interpret drawings and manuals to troubleshoot problems.
Assist other trades and complete other work as assigned.
Assist in snow removal.
Exhibits the use of safe practices regarding electrical safety, lock- out/ tag out procedures, confined space entry, asbestos and mold abatement, welding/ cutting, universal precautions, and personal protective equipment,
Observes all safety precautions in the use of hand and power tools.
Performs other duties as assigned.