Environmental Services Tech-Columbia County-FT Day

Wellstar Health System; Magnolia (AR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System in Magnolia, AR seeks an Environmental Services Technician to perform full-range cleaning in hospital areas, including restrooms and patient rooms, while following infection prevention protocols and waste handling guidelines.

You will interact with staff, patients and visitors with a positive attitude, support special projects, and document tasks in the Epic system. Must have a high school diploma or GED and basic English skills.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Some experience preferred.
• Ability to read, write and understand simple English instructions.

Responsibilities

• Performs restroom cleaning and complete patient room cleaning following protocol.
• Follows infection prevention protocols and uses correct chemicals.
• Maintains cleaning of walls, doors, glass, furniture, floors with mopping and edging.
• Removes trash and linens following waste type guidelines.
• Uses proper PPE and lifting techniques to ensure safety.
• Complies with hospital policies and uses UV light equipment properly.
• Places appropriate liners and ties off waste containers as required.
• Greet staff, patients and visitors with a positive disposition and strong customer service.
• Works on projects and performance improvement initiatives as assigned.
• Documents daily tasks and adjusts to staff shortages; uses the Epic system for patient flow.
• Performs other duties and adheres to Wellstar policies and code of conduct.

Skills

Fluent English

Read/Write English

Customer service

Education

High School or GED

Job description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what’s possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people’s lives.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Job Summary:

This critical role provides the full range of support necessary for regular, terminal, and isolation cleaning. A key part of this role’s accountability is to ensure compliance standards are maintained during the cleaning of hospital specialty areas ( i.e. Operating Room Suites, CATH Labs, GI Labs, VARU, Pharmacy Compounding Lab, Vascular, Labor and Delivery Suites, etc.). More general duties include the following; 1) Proper removal, placement and transporting of waste (i.e. Solid, Chemotherapy, Bio-Hazard, Pharmaceutical, & Hot), recyclables, and other regulated materials; 2) Proper use of Ultra Violet Light devices; and 3) Changing out, removal and replacement of containers (Sharps, Pharmacy Waste, Bio-Hazard, & Chemo Therapy). Since this role is extremely visible to all stakeholders, the incumbent must have good customer service and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with staff members, guests, patients and their families. Individuals will be trained and authorized to handle the proper duties in their assigned areas.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Safety & Infection Prevention

• Performs the full range of restroom cleaning and complete patient room cleaning. Always following the cleaning protocol as determined by room, area, location type, i.e. regular room cleaning, terminal cleaning, isolation room cleaning, etc.
• Follows infection prevention protocols, knowledgeable of and selects the proper chemicals to accomplish cleaning task(s)
• Performs the full range of routine type cleaning tasks such as maintenance of wall, doors, glass/windows, furniture, equipment, floors to include dust mopping, wet mopping, corners, edges, base coves, kick plates, etc.
• The proper removal of trash and linen, ensuring that waste streams guidelines and protocol is followed based on waste type, i.e. solid waste, bio-waste, chemotherapy waste, pharmaceutical waste, etc.
• Consistently uses correct personal protective equipment (PPE) and donning and doffing techniques to ensure personal safety and that of others.
• Consistently uses proper lifting techniques to avoid personal injury.
• Comply with all hospital and department rules, policies and procedures.
• Follow all protocol for proper and safe us of Ultra Violet Light equipment
• Places proper type, size and number of replacement liners in waste containers and complete proper tie off as required.

Customer Service

• Always exhibit a positive disposition when greeting and supporting staff members, patients, and visitors.
• Consistently practices great customer service shills and interpersonal skills when interacting with patients, patient family members, guest and co-workers.
• Consistently practices skills and behaviors that support efforts toward World Class Service

Teamwork

• Work with special project team and/or projects as assigned by supervisor.
• Participate in performance improvement projects as required

Communication

• Documents daily assignments completed. Adjusts to staff shortages and covers other assigned areas.
• Uses Epic system to maintain productive flow of beds and patients. Logs in and out as required.

• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

High School Diploma General-Preferred or GED General-Preferred

Required Minimum Experience:

Some experience Preferred

Required Minimum Skills:

The ability to speak fluent English must possess the ability to read, write and understand simple instructions in English, The satisfactory completion of the Departmental Training Program must be accomplished during the first thirty (30) days of employment.

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