Housekeeper - Environmental Services Technician

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

This critical role provides the full range of support necessary for regular, terminal, and isolation cleaning. A key part of this role's accountability is to ensure compliance standards are maintained during the cleaning of hospital specialty areas (i.e. Operating Room Suites, CATH Labs, GI Labs, VARU, Pharmacy Compounding Lab, Vascular, Labor and Delivery Suites, etc.).

• Safety & Infection Prevention – Performs the full range of restroom cleaning and complete patient room cleaning. Always following the cleaning protocol as determined by room, area, location type (regular room cleaning, terminal cleaning, isolation room cleaning, etc.).
• Follows infection prevention protocols, selects the proper chemicals to accomplish cleaning tasks.
• Performs routine cleaning tasks such as maintenance of walls, doors, glass/windows, furniture, equipment, floors (dust mopping, wet mopping, corners, edges, base coves, kick plates, etc.).
• Proper removal of trash and linen, ensuring that waste streams guidelines and protocol are followed based on waste type (solid waste, bio-waste, chemotherapy waste, pharmaceutical waste, etc.).
• Consistently uses correct personal protective equipment (PPE) and donning/doffing techniques to ensure personal safety and safety of others.
• Consistently uses proper lifting techniques to avoid personal injury.
• Comply with all hospital and department rules, policies and procedures.
• Follow all protocol for proper and safe use of Ultra Violet Light equipment.
• Place proper type, size and number of replacement liners in waste containers and complete proper tie-off as required.

• Customer Service – Always exhibit a positive disposition when greeting and supporting staff members, patients and visitors.
• Consistently practices great customer service skills and interpersonal skills when interacting with patients, patient family members, guests and co-workers.
• Consistently practices skills and behaviors that support efforts toward World Class Service.

• Teamwork – Work with special project teams and/or projects as assigned by supervisor.
• Participate in performance improvement projects as required.

• Communication – Documents daily assignments completed. Adjusts to staff shortages and covers other assigned areas.
• Uses Epic system to maintain productive flow of beds and patients. Logs in and out as required.

Performs other duties as assigned. Complies with all Well Star Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

• Required Minimum Education – High School Diploma General-Preferred or GED General-Preferred.
• Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s) – All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
• Required Minimum Experience – Some experience preferred.
• Required Minimum Skills – The ability to speak fluent English and to read, write and understand simple instructions in English. The satisfactory completion of the Departmental Training Program must be accomplished during the first thirty (30) days of employment.

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