Hazardous Waste Tech I

CO2000 H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida is hiring a Hazardous Waste Technician to remove and transport waste streams across the facility, ensuring safe, timely disposal in accordance with infection control standards.

The role supports patient and staff safety by handling medical waste, hazardous materials, and soiled linens, while maintaining cleanliness of loading docks and service areas. Six months of related experience or MacDonald Training Center training may be considered.

Qualifications

• Six months experience in healthcare, Environmental Services, customer service, or hospitality.
• Ability to follow basic oral/written instructions in English.
• Healthcare environmental services training may be considered in lieu of six months experience.

Responsibilities

• Safely remove and transport infectious/non-infectious waste including medical, hazardous, municipal, recycling, and linen from the facility to specified collection areas.
• Follow a schedule to ensure timeliness of waste and soiled linen removal throughout the facility.
• Maintain cleanliness of loading dock, trash area, and containers.
• Move furniture and other items to maintain proper egress.
• Setup and breakdown of tables and chairs for meetings and events.
• Understand safety data sheets and hazard labels to ensure safety.
• Clean and disinfect all areas including clinical and non-clinical spaces.
• Handle and dispose of medical waste and sharps with proper precautions.

Skills

Six months experience

Education

Healthcare environmental services training

Job description

Working at Moffitt is both a career and a mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer. As the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, Moffitt employs some of the best and brightest minds from around the world. Join a dedicated team of nearly 11,000 who are shaping the future we envision. Moffitt has been recognized as a Best and Brightest Company to Work For in the Nation and is continually named one of the Tampa Bay Times’ Top Workplaces.

Summary

Under the direction of an Environmental Services Supervisor, the Hazardous Waste Technician is responsible for removing all waste streams (trash, biohazardous and chemotherapy waste, soiled linen, recycling, etc.) from the facility to specific collection areas. This position performs a variety of duties that support the department in maintaining a clean environment for patients and staff.

Essential Functions

• Safely remove and transport infectious/non-infectious waste including medical, hazardous, municipal, recycling, and linen from the facility to specified collection areas
• Follow an appropriate schedule to ensure timeliness of waste and soiled linen removal throughout the facility
• Maintain cleanliness of the loading dock, trash compactor area, and trash containers
• Move furniture and other items from patient care hallways to maintain proper egress
• Setup and breakdown of tables and chairs for meetings and events
• Complete working knowledge of communicable diseases, blood-borne pathogens, isolation standards and transmission-based precautions, chain of infection, hand hygiene to ensure patient safety.
• Properly clean and disinfect all types of areas including clinical inpatient/outpatient (patient rooms, exam rooms, nurse stations, etc.), support/common areas, offices, labs, conference rooms, elevators, stairwells, corridors, external grounds, etc.)
• Handle and dispose of medical waste and sharps observing all required precautions, including properly tying and labeling bags
• Clean spills containing blood or other potentially infectious material using established infection control, safety, and ES departmental procedures
• Safely uses, dilutes, and stores chemicals and cleaning materials
• Ability to read and understand safety data sheets and hazard communication labels
• Maintain positive relationships and good communication with patients, visitors, staff members, and those within the Environmental Services department.
• Report all facilities/maintenance issues to Supervisor
• Effectively communicates with staff within and outside of Environmental Services department
• Complete working knowledge of different types of hazardous materials (chemotherapy, pharmaceutical, bio-hazardous, sharps, pathological, microbiological, and bodily fluids) and how to properly handle and dispose

Minimum Qualifications

• Six months experience in the following: healthcare, Environmental Services, customer service, or hospitality.
• Ability to follow basic oral/written instructions in English (for the safety of our patients and staff in an emergency situation)
• Completion of a healthcare environmental services training from MacDonald Training Center may also be considered in lieu of the six (6) months of experience.
• Salary Range $16.66 - $23.43 Salary ranges posted for this position represent the expected base pay range for the role. Actual compensation may vary based on location and a variety of job-related factors, including experience, skills, education, and internal equity among Team Members in similar positions. We are committed to maintaining fair and equitable pay practices and regularly review compensation to ensure alignment across our workforce.

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Moffitt Cancer Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or protected veteran or disabled status. We seek candidates whose skills, and personal and professional experience, have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence.

Transparency in Coverage Rule Careers Working at Moffitt is both a career and a mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer. As the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, Moffitt employs some of the best and brightest minds from around the world. Join a dedicated team of nearly 11,000 who are shaping the future we envision. Moffitt has been recognized as a Best and Brightest Company to Work For in the Nation and is continually named one of the Tampa Bay Times’ Top Workplaces.