Environmental Service Professional I- PRN

Munson Healthcare; Charlevoix (MI); On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Munson Healthcare in northern Michigan seeks an Environmental Services Associate to support infection prevention through cleaning, disinfection, and quality assurance. You will prepare rooms for new admissions and maintain orderly carts and equipment to ensure a safe patient environment.

Responsibilities include trash removal, linen handling, and moving supplies, while following Safety Standard Act guidelines and hospital policies.

Qualifications

• General cleaning and sanitation tasks.
• Able to follow organizational policies and safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Perform general cleaning and disinfection to maintain a safe environment.
• Prepare patient rooms for new admissions by staging the room.
• Maintain cleaning carts, supplies and equipment in an orderly fashion.
• Remove trash/recycling and soiled linen; replace sharps containers as needed.
• Transport furniture, equipment, clean linen and supplies.
• Demonstrate the ability to operate and maintain EVS tools and equipment.

Skills

Cleaning

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

More Than Just Care, It’s Community

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties. If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Job Description

A Day in the Life

Environmental Services is front line infection prevention responsible for performing services in accordance with established organizational policies and procedures for providing a safe environment, achieved by demonstrating the principles of cleaning, disinfection and quality assurance toward the reduction of harmful pathogens for the benefit of patients, visitors, and staff. This position will be trained to independently and competently perform general cleans, and dismissal cleans.

• Standing and walking much of the day. May require bending, stretching, climbing ladders, lifting, pulling and pushing.
• Gloves, goggles, face shield, gown, mask, and hardhat must be worn as situation warrants and defined in the Safety Standard Act. Must follow all department, hospital and regulatory agency guidelines.
• Disinfect/clean assigned areas as per the Environmental Services procedures developed to control the growth of microorganisms.
• Prepare patient rooms for new admissions by staging the room in an aesthetically pleasing way.
• Maintains cleaning cart(s), supplies and equipment evidence by properly stocking and restocking environmental services cart in a neat and orderly fashion.
• Remove trash/recycling/Confidential (HIPPIA) information and soiled linen from floors using utility cart. Replace sharps container in patient rooms, procedure rooms, and soiled utility rooms.
• Transport furniture, equipment, clean linen and supplies.
• Demonstrates the ability to operate and properly maintain all EVS tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment.

Qualifications

What’s Preferred

• High School Diploma or GED
• 6 months of hospital environmental service/housekeeping experience

Additional Information

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.