Environmental Technician at Lake Mary Hospital

Overview

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital represents Orlando Health’s continued commitment to the Seminole County community. The hospital offers a full scope of medical and surgical services, including cardiovascular, general surgery, orthopedics, and women’s services with labor and delivery, alongside a future NICU. Opening with 124 beds, the 455,000 square foot hospital will be able to expand to up to 240 beds.

State-of-the-art facilities include operating rooms, catheterization labs, interventional radiology, a vascular lab, an ICU and a full-service emergency department.

The NEW Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital provides a comprehensive acute care environment serving patients and families in the community.

Department: LMH Environmental Services

Status: Full-time

Schedule: Night Shift

Title: Environmental Tech III

Location: Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital

Essential Functions

• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers.
• Transports regular waste, bio-hazardous waste, and recycling waste to the designated collection location in accordance with Department of Transportation and Department of Health standards.
• Maintains a clean and safe environment around the linen room, dumpster/bio-trailer areas, and designated spaces to keep areas clean and litter-free.
• Empties trash containers and cleans them so they are free from spills and marks.
• Operates outside cleaning equipment (e.g., pressure washer, leaf blower, cart washing machine).
• Takes a proactive approach to maintaining identified patient and non-patient areas to meet regulatory requirements.
• Maintains work areas in a safe manner, utilizing safety systems to protect patients, customers, and team members.
• Clean and disinfect patient rooms and ancillary areas to deliver a superior facility image, using designated chemicals and procedures.
• Maintains equipment in a clean and functional condition; keeps work areas orderly, clean, and safe.
• Works independently to complete tasks as assigned.
• Responds to linen requests from units/departments and delivers clean linen to user areas on established par levels.
• Uses handheld computer or manual system to credit/debit clean linen to user areas and records requests on the Telephone Log.
• Weighs and records clean and rejected linen deliveries and soiled linen at pickup.
• Maintains regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies and applicable regulations.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Other Related Functions

• Identifies and utilizes resources to resolve problems or concerns.
• Demonstrates knowledge of facility safety requirements and operates EVS tools and equipment needed to clean and disinfect the environment.
• Demonstrates ability to set up/dismantle beds for cleaning according to procedures.
• Completes other tasks as assigned by EVS leadership.
• Assists in onboarding new Environmental Services Technicians across levels I, II, and III as requested.
• Reports unsafe situations and submits Engineering Service Requests for repair.
• Participates in Department Safety/Quality Assurance activities as assigned.

Education/Training

High School Diploma or GED preferred.

Licensure/Certification

• DOT (Department of Transportation) Certification within the first 90 days. Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) preferred.
• Linen Helper Software or similar software.

Experience

Three (3) or more years of experience in healthcare support services and/or environmental services, hospitality, or related field, including one or more years of experience as a porter or warehouse worker.