Samaritan Healthcare is hiring: Environmental Cleaning Services (EVS) Tech, Even

Overview

The Environmental Services Technician I role at Samaritan Healthcare supports a clean, sanitary, and pleasant environment essential for quality care of patients, visitors, and staff. This full-time position runs from 3:00pm to 11:30pm with rotating weekends. The Environmental Services team collaborates closely with hospital staff to maintain high standards of cleanliness and safety.

Description

At Samaritan Healthcare we are dedicated to providing healthcare services to the community we serve. We are committed to providing the best work environment for our employees and the best care to our patients. The Environmental Services Technician I is responsible for a variety of environmental services duties to ensure a clean, sanitary environment. The individual in this position should understand the purpose and operation of Environmental Services and be able to make decisions based on sound judgment when situations dictate.

Responsibilities

• Cleans patient rooms: washes ceilings, walls, windows, and shades. Wipes down all surfaces, dusts, mops, and wet mops. Strips, washes, and makes beds.
• Cleans in all areas of the Hospital, Professional Center, and Pioneer Medical Center.
• Picks up garbage, washes wastebaskets, relines with clean plastic liners.
• Cleans lighting fixtures, tops of doors, vents, and other high areas.
• Removes and replaces cubicle curtains, shower curtains. Washes cubicle strings and shower curtains.
• Cleans patient, public, and staff restrooms.
• Cleans ice machines. Defrosts and cleans refrigerators.
• Washes sinks, plumbing fixtures, drinking fountains, stainless steel mirrors, furniture, equipment, and casters.
• Cleans carpet stains.
• Cleans occupied and terminated isolation rooms.
• Delivers clean linen and handles soiled linen as required.
• Stays available by page, phone, or radio while on duty and responds promptly.
• Maintains professional growth through seminars, workshops, and affiliations to stay abreast of trends in the field.
• Follows safe work practices and policies to prevent injuries, including knowledge of MSDS, infection control, fire, disaster response, and safe lifting.
• Ensures compliance with organizational policies, procedures, and labor agreements.
• Interacts courteously with team members and other support groups in alignment with the organization’s values.
• Maintains professional appearance and behavior to represent the organization effectively.
• Performs additional accountabilities as required by management to meet organizational standards.

Position qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or GED.
• Experience: One year of Environmental Services experience preferred.
• Skills/Competencies:
  • Ability to read and write and follow oral and written instructions; alert to hazards.
  • Knowledge of cleaning supplies and equipment; mops, vacuums.
  • Ability to use ladders.
  • Demonstrates competency on equipment listed on department checklists.
  • Critical thinking, independent problem solving, and sound decision-making.
  • Accountability, safe judgment, and ethical conduct.
  • Ability to care for customers/patients across the age continuum.

Physical requirements

• Occasional climbing and crawling/kneeling.
• Ability to lift/carry up to 50 lbs.
• Frequent walking, standing, reaching, pushing/pulling, bending, stooping, crouching, twisting, and repetitive movement.
• Ability to communicate effectively with physicians, nurses, healthcare professionals, patients, families, and the public.

As a Samaritan Healthcare professional, you will be asked to carry out the Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategy of Samaritan Healthcare, personifying service and operational excellence including the creation and maintenance of the best patient, professional, physician, and student experience.

Additional information

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Management and Manufacturing
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care

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