Floor Tech-1st Shift

Riverside Regional Medical Center; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Virginia is seeking a dedicated environmental services team member to perform cleaning and floor maintenance in accordance with state, regulatory and infection-control standards. The role supports a neat, safe environment and helps ensure supplies are available for the team to move equipment and beds as needed.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED (preferred) and less than 1 year of floor care experience, with healthcare setting

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED (Preferred)
• Experience: Less than 1 year Floor care experience (Required)
• Experience: Less than 1 year Healthcare setting experience (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates positive customer service behaviors.
• Strives to meet/exceed the needs of patients and customers with urgency to create a service-excellence experience.
• Maintains a clean and safe work environment following RHS Infection Control standards and policies.
• Performs routine cleaning and floor care tasks as required and in a timely manner.
• Ensures safe practices and compliance with regulatory standards in all cleaning duties.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Newport News, Virginia Hiring Range $15.60 - $20.25/Hourly

Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs.

Overview

Performs duties to include proper cleaning and floor maintenance that meets state, regulatory agencies, facility regulatory requirements, RHS Infection Control standards, and Environmental Services policies and procedures. Ensures a neat, clean and safe work environment is maintained. Ensures adequate supplies for cleaning and assists team members with moving equipment, cleaning and beds.

What you will do

• Demonstrates positive customer service behaviors consistently.
• Strives to meet/exceed the needs of the facility's customers/patients by demonstrating flexibility and sense of urgency to create a service excellence experience.
• Demonstrates respect, concern and empathy for the diverse needs of patients, customers and co-workers.
• Demonstrates ability to identify floor coverings and provide appropriate care in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations.
• Able to determine floor care needed by assessing floor coverings condition and perform accordingly.
• Responsible for routine cleanliness and preventative maintenance of floor care equipment to maximize life of machine and reduce replacement costs.
• Maintains a safe patient care environment by consistently complying with RHS, DNV, State and regulatory standards to ensure the safety of patients, visitors and staff.
• Follows guidelines for proper body mechanics, hazardous materials handling and universal precautions to prevent accidents and injuries.
• Maintains a safe work area.
• Responsible for assuring safe practices as referenced in the National Patient Safety Goals and in accordance with RHS policies and procedures.
• Performs all cleaning duties in a timely, safe, and thorough manner in compliance with Infection Control Standards.
• Dusting, cleaning, sanitizing, trash removal, and other services as needed.
• Areas are cleaned according to schedule and in accordance with departmental policies.
• Ensures assignments completed in a timely manner ensuring quality/infection control measures are met consistently.
• Ensures assigned areas are cleaned and continuously monitored to maintain highest quality of order/cleanliness in accordance with departmental policies/procedures and schedules.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED, (Preferred)
• Experience: Less than 1 year Floor care experience (Required)
• Experience: Less than 1 year Experience in a healthcare setting (Preferred)

About Us

To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers.

If loving your work is important to you, consider a career at Riverside. By joining our team, you can make a difference in people's lives. Our mission is to care for others as we would care for those we love. We extend that sense of caring to every patient, resident and customer, as well as to each member of our team. We offer care at all stages of life, in hundreds of locations, giving you room to grow your career, along with great benefits and perks. At Riverside Health, your trust and safety are our top priorities.