Environmental Svcs Tech

UPMC; Steubenville (OH); Vor Ort; USD 32.000 - 42.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

UPMC in Steubenville, OH seeks an Environmental Services Tech to maintain a safe, hygienic, and aesthetically pleasing patient environment. You will perform daily cleaning and disinfection of patient care areas, support room turnovers, and assist in infection prevention and patient experience initiatives.

You will follow HIPAA privacy rules, safety guidelines, and use proper PPE. Collaboration with other healthcare teams is essential to support high-quality care.

Aufgaben

• Complete daily occupied and discharge/transfer cleaning and disinfection of patient care areas, equipment, and common areas.
• Demonstrate knowledge of healthcare cleaning and disinfection principles and requirements.
• Use and handle cleaning chemicals and equipment safely in a healthcare setting.
• Adhere to safety, risk management and infection prevention guidelines; promote a culture of safety.
• Participate in departmental performance improvement initiatives focusing on patient experience and cleanliness metrics.
• Maintain cleaning carts, supplies, and equipment as per Standard Work.
• Remove waste and transport to appropriate disposal areas following proper waste streams.
• Follow infection prevention practices including hand hygiene, PPE, and isolation precautions.
• Respect patient privacy (HIPAA) and uphold confidentiality.
• Collaborate with the care team to meet facility needs such as room setup and corridor maintenance.
• Mentor new Environmental Services Tech I staff as needed.

Jobbeschreibung

Purpose: The Environmental Services Tech is responsible for executing the daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, hygienic, andaesthetically pleasing care environment. While executing the assigned responsibilities, the EVS Tech will have contact/interactionswith patients, visitors, and clinical and non-clinical staff. Responsible for ensuring timely room turnovers related to patient throughput within the basic principles of environmental hygiene and infection prevention. The environmental services technician, in accordance with organizational standards of quality, is an essential contributor to cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention and patient experience.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for completing as assigned, daily occupied and discharge/transfer cleaning and disinfection of patient care areas, equipment, and other common areas.
• Performs duties while demonstrating a working knowledge of the health care cleaning and disinfecting principles and requirements.
• Displays safe chemical use and equipment handling for all items within the healthcare environment.
• Adheres to all organization safety, risk management and infection control guidelines and standards while promoting a culture of safety.
• Actively participates in departmental performance improvement initiatives, including but not limited to initiatives to improve patient experience and cleanliness metrics.
• Maintains cleaning cart(s), supplies, and equipment, as outlined in the Standard Work cart set up.
• Removes waste and transports to the appropriate disposal area while identifying proper waste stream handling (i.e. regulated medical, recycle, solid, and hazardous) in accordance with established procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Follows all infection prevention practices, including but not limited to: proper cleaning and disinfection protocols, hand hygiene, standard and isolation precautions, proper donning and doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Recognizes and adheres to patient privacy requirements (HIPAA).
• Practices critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrates personal accountability.
• Identify and utilize appropriate resources to ensure identified problems or concerns are followed through and resolved.
• Demonstrates knowledge of facility safety requirements.
• Demonstrates the ability to operate and properly maintain all EVS tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment.
• May be asked to perform tasks according to the various facility needs, including but not limited to: conference room set ups, cleaning of stairwells and elevators, and hanging of cubicle curtains.
• May be asked to mentor new Environmental Services Tech I employees.
• Ability to collaborate with others as we are a part of the patient care team.