EVS Technician - Environmental Services - Full Time - Afternoons
ProMedica Health System
As a Hospital Environmental Services Technician, you will play an essential role in providing a clean and safe facility for meeting the medical needs of our community. You will actively participate in serving your friends, relatives and neighbors as they receive exceptional care at the region’s premier medical facility. You can take pride in knowing you have made a positive impact on someone’s treatment and recovery each workday.
As a ProMedica Hospital employee you will be eligible for exciting developmental and advancement opportunities. We strive to promote within our own ranks and are always searching for the next great employee to invest in. Those looking to advance their careers will have access to department certifications, professional development training and potential promotion to our leadership team. College scholarships and tuition reimbursement are also available to our employees looking to further their education.
Position Summary
Our Environmental Services Technicians are responsible for executing the daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, hygienic, and aesthetically pleasing care environment. While executing the assigned tasks, the EVS Tech will have contact with patients, visitors, and clinical and non-clinical staff. Great customer service and a friendly can-do attitude will ensure your success. Our techs are responsible for ensuring the cleanliness and safety of patient rooms and common areas throughout the Toledo Hospital campus within the basic principles of environmental hygiene and infection prevention. The environmental services technician, in accordance with organizational standards of quality, is an essential contributor to cleaning, disinfection, infection prevention and a positive patient experience.
Primary Responsibilities
Responsible for daily occupied and discharge/transfer cleaning and disinfection of patient rooms, as well as other common areas of their job assignment such as rest rooms, nurses’ stations, corridors, conference rooms, utility rooms, treatment areas, kitchens, offices, lobbies, lounges, stairwells and waiting rooms. Other assigned areas may include surgery OR’s, labor and delivery, emergency department and other procedural areas.
Performs duties while demonstrating working knowledge of the health care cleaning and disinfecting principles and requirements as well as proper and safe chemical use.
Adheres to all organization safety, risk management and infection control guidelines and standards while promoting a culture of safety.
Actively participates in departmental performance improvement initiatives, including but not limited to initiatives to improve patient experience and cleanliness metrics.
Maintains cleaning cart(s), supplies and equipment evidence by properly stocking and restocking environmental services cart in a neat and orderly fashion.
Removes trash and other waste and transports to the appropriate disposal area while identifying proper waste streams handling.
Follows all infection prevention practices (i.e. 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).
Skills: Ability to read and write, ability to communicate clearly, interpersonal skills, ability to follow instructions, ability to use computers and mobile devices independently and deal effectively with a changing environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education: High school diploma or GED
Skills: Attention to detail, organization, time management, critical thinking, leadership
Years of Experience: 1 or more years of experience with environmental services or housekeeping in a hospital environment
Certification: CHEST or CSCT
WORKING CONDITIONS
Personal Protective Equipment: Medical gloves, isolation gown, surgical mask, N-95 respirator, CAPR, safety glasses/goggles, shoe covers, hair bouffant
Physical Demands: Must be mobile and able to move around the hospital environment between rooms and departments. Frequently lifts, carries, pushes, pulls up to 50 pounds. Frequent reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching. Must be able to see, hear, and move intermittently, or use prosthetics that will enable one to function adequately to assure the requirements of this position can be fully met. Must be able to stand, walk, and move for 8 or more hours/day. Possible exposure to hazardous waste and bodily fluids. Possible exposure to electrical, mechanical, and power hazards. Possible exposures to odorous, hazardous chemicals and unpleasant elements. Possible exposure to blood borne pathogens from blood and /or bodily fluids. May work in precarious high locations (ladders). Must be able to climb ladders and stairs. Regularly exposed to infection and contagious disease.
The above list of accountabilities is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the incumbent; it should not be considered exhaustive.
ProMedica is a mission-based, not-for-profit integrated healthcare organizational headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. For more information, please visit www.promedica.org/about-promedica
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, familial or marital status, genetics, or any other legally protected category. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a job with ProMedica, please contact employment@promedica.org
Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug-Free Workplace
**Requisition ID:** 90241
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