Environmental Services Technician

JOB TITLE:

Environmental Services Technician DEPARTMENT:
Environmental Services

REPORTS TO:

Plant Operations Supervisor/Plant Operations Manager

POSITION SUMMARY:

• Is accountable for the delivery of consistently high quality cleaning during their assigned shift.
• Functions under the supervision of the Plant Operations Supervisor.
• Is accountable for the effective, efficient and safe operations of the Environmental Services office ensuring that the objectives of the Environmental Services department and the organization are met.
• Ensures appropriate organizational and patient safety practices are in use.
• Promotes good public relations through contacts with patients, practitioners, visitors, employees, peers and the public at large.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient information.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Performs a variety of general cleaning tasks to maintain patient rooms, office, hallways and other assigned areas of the hospital and offsite clinics/office in sanitary, orderly and aesthetic condition.
• Disinfects all areas including patient rooms with detergent solution, cleaning cloths and disinfecting wipes.
• Ensures cleaning related tasks are completed in a safe, competent, appropriate and timely manner.
• Trash removal.
• Performs dusting, dry mopping and wet mopping activities.
• Performs linen duties.
• Operates floor equipment to maintain floors.
• Maintains assigned equipment in working condition and has repairs made as needed, reports malfunction, cleans carts and closets.
• Assists in maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Assists in maintaining departmental reports and records as directed.
• Assists in implementing department specific goals and objectives in keeping with overall environmental services and organizational goals and objectives.
• Assists in maintaining adequate and effective communication between the environmental services and ancillary departments for problem solving.
• Interacts with others (on the phone or in person) in a positive, professional and appropriate manner.
• Works cooperatively with others. Has respect for and an understanding of the contributions of all team members.
• Attends required meetings and participates in educational programs and in-service meetings.
• Promotes a safe environment that allows for the delivery of high quality cleaning.
• Protects patient confidentiality by promoting appropriate staff communication practices.
• Works shifts as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Temperature changes: variations in temperature from hot to cold. Wet: frequent contact with water or other liquid. Humid: condition from high moisture content to cause bodily reactions. Atmospheric conditions: conditions that affect the skin or respiratory. May be expose to extremes of heat and cold in all weather conditions.

WORKING CONDITIONS
• May be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases.
• Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne diseases.
• May be exposed to hazardous toxic chemicals, biohazardous and radioactive substances
• Exposed to hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids and wastes.
• Exposed to odorous chemicals, specimens and patient related odors.
• Exposed to housekeeping/cleaning agents/chemicals.
• Subject to hazards of flammable/explosive gases.
• Subject to burns and scrapes related injuries.
• Subject to injury from moving parts of equipment.
• Exposure to unpleasant elements (accidents, injuries and illness).
• Contact with patients and patient families under a wide variety of circumstances.
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations.
• Exposed to hot and humid work environment,…