Environmental Services Specialty Technician

About the role

As our Environmental Services Specialist, you will passionately provide a clean and safe environment for our patients, families, and hospital visitors, acting as a dedicated custodian of health and comfort. Every day you will clean patient and waiting rooms, operating suites, and offices, ensuring all areas meet our high standards for hygiene and safety, thereby directly contributing to the well-being of everyone within the hospital.

Responsibilities

• Clean and disinfect specialty units and equipment, including but not limited to Surgical Services, Labor Delivery, Critical Care, Endoscopy, MRI, Trauma, Cath Lab, NICU, Mental Health, and Burn Unit.
• Follow all environmental and infection prevention practices, including proper cleaning and disinfection protocols, hand hygiene, standard and isolation precautions, and proper donning and doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Demonstrate working knowledge of healthcare cleaning and disinfecting principles and requirements, proper and safe chemical use, equipment handling, and labor-saving products.
• Adhere to all organizational safety, risk management, and infection control standards while promoting a culture of safety.

Requirements

• Ability to distinguish the differences between levels of disinfection and perform low and intermediate level disinfection.
• Ability to explain orally or in writing the differences between levels of disinfection and perform intermediate level disinfection in areas.
• Knowledge and skills in the use of power equipment, conventional and high-speed floor machines, carpet cleaning equipment, wet, dry and power vacuum equipment, and push sweeper.
• Ability to operate necessary equipment/machines.
• Effectively uses computers and mobile devices.
• Respectfully listens to viewpoints and ideas of others.
• Communicates orally or in writing openly and candidly, creating an environment where coworkers and team members reciprocate in kind.

Qualifications

• Required: Ability to work without close supervision.
• Preferred: High School Diploma/GED.
• Preferred: Previous healthcare experience.

Skills

• Demonstrates understanding of training and education related to evidence-based recommendations in accordance with the Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE), Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC), Association for Perioperative Nurses (AORN), CDC, The Joint Commission, and other regulatory bodies.

Pay

$18.58 - $29.32 /hour