Environmental Technician III at Longwood Freestanding ER

Orlando Health, Inc.; Florida; On-site; USD 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Orlando Health is seeking an Environmental Services Technician III at the Longwood Emergency Room. The role involves maintaining a safe, clean, and healing environment, transporting waste, linen, and bio-waste, and operating cleaning equipment. It requires patient and staff interaction and adherence to safety standards.

Schedule is full-time with a biweekly pattern and varying hours. CHEST certification is preferred and a strong commitment to punctual attendance is expected.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Three years of experience in healthcare support services, EVS, hospitality, or a related field.
• CHEST certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Transports regular waste, bio-hazardous waste, and recycling waste to the designated collection location and prepares for transport per DOT and DOH standards.
• Maintains a clean and safe environment around the linen room, dumpster/bio-trailers area, and designated areas to keep them litter-free.
• Empties and cleans trash containers; operates outside cleaning equipment (pressure washer, leaf blower, cart washers).
• Responds to linen requests from units and delivers clean linen to user areas on par levels.
• Weighs and records clean and soiled linen; maintains Weight Log; logs weight for both clean and soiled linen.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Location: Longwood Freestanding Emergency Room

575 West State Road 434

Longwood, FL

Department: LW Support Services

Position Status: Full-Time

Position Summary:

The Environmental Services Technician lll is responsible for executing the daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, clean, and healing environment. The EVS Tech III has contact with patients, visitors, and clinical and non-clinical staff. Contact may include physical, psychological, educational, and safety related interactions and is appropriate to the specific demographics of patients served in assigned service areas. The role is responsible for transporting regular waste, soiled linen, weighing and recording clean linen, bio hazardous waste, recycling waste, maintenance of trash containers, and performing routine manual tasks inside hospital, and operates trash dumpsters, scales, and packages bio-waste for shipping.

Schedule

This is a Full-time, biweekly schedule with varying hours by week:

Week 1

• Sunday: 11:00 AM – 11:30 PM
• Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 11:30 PM
• Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 11:30 PM
• Friday: 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Week 2

• Monday: 11:00 AM – 11:30 PM
• Thursday: 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
• Friday: 11:00 AM – 11:30 PM
• Saturday: 11:00 AM – 11:30 PM

Orlando Health Emergency Room - Longwood

Whether it’s chest pain, a child’s broken arm or any other urgent medical concern,Orlando Health Emergency Room - Longwoodis here to serve you and your family. Our ER physicians are all board certified in emergency medicine, ensuring your medical issue will be quickly stabilized and cared for with the highest possible expertise. every patient.

Features include:

• 24/7 emergency care for adults and children
• Imaging
• Lab
• Care for major and minor emergencies
• Board-certified emergency medicine physicians and highly skilled clinical teams
• Air transport or ambulance available to Central Florida’s first Level 1 Trauma Center at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center or Orlando Health Children's Arnold Palmer Hospital

Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Health:

• Orlando Health offers unique opportunities for career advancement, leadership roles, and professional development.
• Benefits Package that begins on day one (Full-Time & Part-Time only).
• Flexible Schedules
• Tuition Reimbursement of up to $5,000 a year.

Responsibilities

What you will do

• Responds to common inquiries or complaints from customers.
• Transports regular waste, bio-hazardous waste, and recycling waste to the designated collection location and prepares for transport in accordance with Department of Transportation and Department of Health standards.
• Maintains a clean and safe environment around the linen room, dumpster/bio-trailers area, and/or designated areas to leave the area clean and litter‑free.
• Empties trash containers and cleans them so they are free from spills and marks.
• Operates outside cleaning equipment, such as, but not limited to, pressure washer, leaf blower, Billy Goat, and cart washing machine.
• Takes a proactive approach to maintaining the identified patient and non‑patient areas that need attention to be compliant with all mandated and regulatory agency requirements.
• Maintains work areas in a safe manner by utilizing appropriate safety systems to protect patients, customers, and team members.
• To achieve a Superior Facility Image, cleans and disinfects patient rooms, and ancillary areas, to include, but not limited 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.
• Maintains equipment in a clean and functional condition. Keeps work areas orderly, clean, and safe.
• Works independently to complete tasks as assigned.
• Responds to common inquiries from units/departments for linen requests.
• Delivers clean linen to user areas on established and changing par levels.
• Uses handheld computer (if applicable) or manual system to credit and debit clean linen to user areas.
• Records telephone requests for linen on the Telephone Log. Picks up soiled linen from user areas and delivers to the holding area for laundry pick up.
• Weighs and records clean and reject linen when delivered and soiled linen at pick up.
• Records the laundry truck lock tag number to Weight Log for both clean and soiled linen.
• 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.
• Identifies and utilizes appropriate resources to ensure identified problems or concerns are followed through and resolved.
• Demonstrates knowledge of facility safety requirements.
• Demonstrates the ability to operate all EVS tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment.
• Demonstrates the ability to set up/dismantle beds for cleaning according to department cleaning procedures.
• Completes other tasks assigned by EVS leadership.
• Assists in onboarding new Environmental Services Technicians at Levels I, II, and III as requested.
• Reports unsafe situations and turns in Engineering Service Requests for repair.
• Participates in Department Safety/Quality Assurance activities as assigned (i.e., Linen Area Cart/Bio Bins upon arrival).

Qualifications

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Three (3) years of experience in healthcare support services, EVS, hospitality, or a related field.
• Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) preferred.