Environmental Technician III

Overview

The Environmental Services Technician III is responsible for executing the daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, clean, and healing environment. The EVS Tech will have contact with patients, visitors, and clinical and non-clinical staff. Contact may include physical, psychological, educational, and safety related interactions appropriate to the demographics of patients served in assigned service areas. This role involves transporting regular waste, soiled linen, weighing and recording clean linen, bio-hazardous waste, recycling waste, maintaining trash containers, and performing routine manual tasks inside the hospital.

The EVS Tech may operate trash dumpsters, scales, and package bio-waste for shipping.

• Respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers.
• Transport regular waste, bio-hazardous waste, and recycling waste to designated collection locations and prepare for transport per Department of Transportation and Department of Health standards.
• Maintain a clean and safe environment around the linen room, dumpster/bio-trailers area, and other designated areas to keep them clean and litter-free.
• Empty trash containers and clean them so they are free from spills and marks.
• Operate outside cleaning equipment, such as pressure washer, leaf blower, Billy Goat, and cart washing machine.
• Take a proactive approach to maintaining areas that need attention to be compliant with mandated and regulatory agency requirements.
• Maintain work areas in a safe manner by utilizing appropriate safety systems to protect patients, customers, and team members.
• To achieve a Superior Facility Image, clean and disinfect patient rooms and ancillary areas, including bathrooms, public areas, corridors, medication storage rooms, and any other areas requiring attention using designated chemicals and cleaning procedures.
• Maintain equipment in a clean and functional condition; keep work areas orderly, clean, and safe.
• Work independently to complete tasks as assigned.
• Respond to common inquiries from units/departments for linen requests and deliver clean linen to user areas on established par levels.
• Use handheld computer (if applicable) or manual system to credit and debit clean linen to user areas.
• Record telephone requests for linen on the Telephone Log; pick up soiled linen from user areas and deliver to the holding area for Laundry pickup.
• Weigh and record both clean and soiled linen; record the Laundry truck lock tag number to Weight Log for both clean and soiled linen.
• Maintain reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards; maintain compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Licensure/Certification

• DOT (Department of Transportation) Certification within the first 90 days. CHEST (Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician) preferred.

• Linen Helper Software or similar software.

Experience
Three (3) or more years of experience in health care support services and/or environmental services, hospitality, or related field, including one (1) or more years’ experience as a porter or warehouse worker.