Floor Tech - Environmental Services - FT Varies (63675)

Anderson Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Anderson Hospital is hiring a Floor Care Technician to support cleaning, disinfection and safety standards across our facilities. The role involves night shifts (8pm–4:30am) with every-other-weekend hours and potential travel to other Anderson Locations as needed.

You will work in patient areas and high-traffic spaces, ensuring a safe, clean environment for patients, visitors and staff. Responsibilities include performing floor care on hard surfaces and carpet, maintaining equipment and logs,

Qualifications

• Ability to read and follow written instructions.
• Ability to understand and follow verbal instructions.
• 2 years floor care experience.

Responsibilities

• Performs all types of floor care and maintenance throughout the facility, including hard surfaces and carpeting.
• Adhere to safety, risk management and infection control standards while promoting a culture of safety.
• Cleans and maintains floor equipment; may request assistance from plant operations.
• Maintains floor care logs and checklists.
• Operates equipment safely per facility and manufacturer procedures.
• Participates in performance improvement initiatives related to hospital cleanliness.
• Handles project work such as conference room setup/dismantle and cleaning of stairwells and elevators.
• Cover EVS Tech I/II duties as needed including patient room cleaning, office cleaning, trash and linen collection.
• Remove waste and transport to disposal area, identifying proper waste streams.
• Follow infection prevention practices (PPE, hand hygiene, isolation precautions).
• Recognizes and adheres to HIPAA patient privacy requirements.
• Practices critical thinking and prioritization.
• Demonstrates personal accountability.
• Identify resources to resolve identified problems.
• Communicate effectively with patients, visitors and staff.
• Align with the organization's mission in daily interactions.

Skills

Floor care experience

Safety awareness

Infection control

Job description

Primary Hours are 8pm to 4:30AM every other weekend at Anderson Hospital. Specific Floor Care project will require flexibility in hours and travel to any Anderson Location as needed.

Job Summary

Responsible for performing duties in accordance with established organizational policies and procedures for providing a safe environment, achieved by demonstrating the principles of cleaning, disinfection and quality assurance toward the reduction of harmful pathogens for the benefit of patients, visitors, and staff. While executing the assigned tasks, the floor technician will have contact with patients and family. Contact may include physical, psychological, educational, and safety related and should be appropriate to the specific demographics of patients served in assigned work area. Possesses technical skills required to properly use cleaning and maintenance chemicals, floor equipment prescribed by written procedures of the Environmental Services department. Responsible for responding favorably to requests to adjust daily workflow or area assignments to meet facility needs

Job Responsibilities

• Performs all types of floor care and maintenance throughout the facility, include hard surfaces and carpeting.
• Adhere to all organizational safety, risk management and infection control standards while promoting a culture of safety.
• Cleans and performs routine maintenance on floor equipment; requesting assistance from plant operations and maintenance as needed.
• Maintains accurate floor care logs and checklists.
• Operates all equipment with care and according to facility and manufacturers safety standards and procedures.
• Participates in departmental performance improvement initiatives, including but not limited to initiatives to improve HCAHPS scores as it relates to hospital cleanliness & always quiet
• Performs project work and specialty tasks according to facility needs. Can include tasks such as conference room set up/dismantle according to function sheets and schedules, cleaning of stairwells and elevators, and hanging of cubicle curtains.
• Cover EVS Tech I or EVS Tech II duties as needed to meet hospital needs including, but not limited to patient room cleaning, office cleaning, trash and linen collection, ect..
• Remove waste and transport to appropriate disposal area while identifying proper waste stream (i.e. regulated medical, recycle, solid, and hazardous).
• Follow all infection prevention practices (i.e. proper cleaning process, hand hygiene, standard & isolation precautions where and if required and proper use of personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Recognizes and adheres to patient privacy requirements (HIPAA)
• Practices critical thinking skills to include prioritization
• Demonstrates personal accountability
• Identify and utilize appropriate resources to ensure identified problems or concerns are followed through and resolved
• Recognizes the importance of how their communication is received by patients, visitors and other health care workers, staff, etc.
• Recognizes their role as part of the larger organization and models the mission statement through interaction with patients, family, visitors and other facility staff.

Qualifications

Education Requirements and Other Requirements:

• Ability to read and follow written instructions.
• Ability to understand and follow verbal instructions.
• 2-Yrs Floor Care experience.