Environmental Technician I - Orlando Health - South Lake Hospital - Pool

PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER; Clermont (FL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 85,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an Environmental Technician I to maintain a clean and safe environment at their Clermont facility. This entry-level role encompasses cleaning patient rooms, adhering to hygiene standards, and using appropriate disinfection protocols to ensure safety in patient care. Successful candidates will receive outstanding benefits from day one, including healthcare contributions and educational assistance programs.

Benefits

Outstanding Benefits with a 403(B) match

Paid Time Off plan

Education Assistance programs

Maternity leave

Qualifications

• Entry-level position with no specific education requirements.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for cleaning and disinfecting patient areas and ensuring infection control.
• Participates in safety and performance improvement initiatives.

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Position Summary

Orlando Health is a 3,200-bed system that includes 15 wholly-owned hospitals and emergency departments; rehabilitation services, cancer institutes, heart institutes, imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, physician offices for adults and pediatrics, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with CareSpot Urgent Care. Nearly 4,200 physicians, representing more than 80 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the Orlando Health system, which employs nearly 22,000 team members. Areas of clinical excellence are orthopedics, heart and vascular, cancer care, neurosciences, surgery, pediatric specialties, neonatology, women’s health and trauma

Successful Candidates Joining Our TEAM Will Be Eligible For

• Outstanding Benefits with a 403(B) match for full and part-time employees.
• Retirement Savings plan.
• Paid Time Off plan.
• Education Assistance programs; Tuition reimbursement, Student Loan repayment program, and Preferred Education Program.
• Maternity leave; 4 weeks yearly.
• Among many other benefit programs. Benefits do kick in from day one!
  
  

Position Summary

The Environmental Services Technician level I isresponsible for executing the daily dutiesrequired to establish and maintain a safe, clean,healing environment. Responsible for ensuring daily room cleaning and timely room turnaround times related to patient throughput within the basic principles of environmental hygiene and infection prevention. The Environmental Services Technician, in accordance with

organizationalstandards of quality, is an essential contributor to cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention, and customer experience.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, using appropriate designated engagement techniques.
• Responsible for the cleaning and disinfecting of patient rooms and ancillary areas, to include, but notlimited to, bathrooms, public
  
  

areas, corridors, medication storage rooms as directed and any other areas that may require attention using designated and

appropriate chemicals and cleaning procedures.

• Must have good working knowledge and be capable of accessing and using all department related technology systems, such as but
  
  

not limited to, the Bed Management systems.

• Replenishes supplies as needed, remove bio-medical waste, trash and soiled linen as required daily and changes cubicle/window
  
  

curtains as needed.

• Completes patient room and bathroom cleaning daily to accommodate discharges/admissions and overall cleanliness standards
  
  

utilizing the approved proceduresfor patient room cleaning to include Bed Managementsystems where applicable.

• Performs duties while demonstrating working knowledge ofthe health care cleaning and disinfecting principles and requirements,
  
  

proper and safe chemical use, equipment handling, and labor-saving products for all items within the healthcare environment for

which tasked with servicing.

• Adheres to all organization safety, risk management, and infection control guidelines and standards while promoting a culture of
  
  

safety.

• Operates UV disinfection machine as needed.
• Actively participates in departmental performance improvement initiatives, including but not limited to initiatives to,
  
  

improve Customer Experience and cleanliness metrics.

• Follows all infection prevention practices including proper cleaning and disinfection protocols and process, hand hygiene,
  
  

standard & isolation precautions, as well as proper donning and doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Recognizes and adheres to patient privacy requirements (HIPAA)
• Reports unsafe situations and turnsin Engineering Service Requestsforrepair.
• Ability to communicate, read, and write in standard English asthisisthe main businesslanguage.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal,
  
  

state, and local standards.

• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures
  
  

Qualifications

Education/Training

None

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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