Environmental Services Technician

Location:

Geisinger Lewistown Hospital (GLH)

Shift:

Evenings (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

No

Job Summary:

Performs a variety of healthcare environmental services (EVS) duties to enhance the healthcare environment by maintaining the location assigned. Follows special healthcare cleaning and trash handling techniques as required ensuring a professional and appropriate service standard while performing the job. Follows system wide standards as well as department specific service standards. Responsible for ensuring the very best patient/family/ customer experience by optimizing all customer interactions. Fosters a positive work environment through mutual support and cooperation and adheres to unit specific service standards.

Job Duties:

• Cleans and disinfects patient rooms, surgical suites, clinical areas, office spaces, corridors and stairwells as assigned by adhering to current industry best practice and established policy.
• Handles various waste streams including municipal waste, recyclable waste, pharmaceutical waste, bio hazardous waste, chemotherapeutic waste and sharps.
• Wears standard personal protective equipment and adheres to posted isolation precautions when entering an isolation room.
• Follows procedures for the proper use of hospital approved chemical cleaners and power equipment to prevent damage to floors and fixtures.
• Places the appropriate signage in an area to indicate cleaning is occurring and floor is wet to reduce the risk of falls.
• Reports identified repairs as directed according to current established policy or protocol or practice.
• Utilizes mobile technology to ensure compliance with bed management procedures and other environmental services functions that are performed daily.
• Gathers and properly disposes of clear bag and red bag waste.
• Properly operates chemclave and autoclave for red bag waste in conjunction with regulatory requirements were applicable and properly packages red bag waste for shipment when chemclave and autoclave technology is not available.
• Performs and maintains competency in current supplemental cleaning technologies available as prioritized by Infection Control under the direction of EVS management Prepares special case waste disposal set-ups for use within the OR as directed.
• Cleans and disinfects all equipment before entry into the OR suite.
• Is familiar with fluid waste management systems and placement in the docking station for proper emptying and sanitizing as well as placing back into service.
• Performs weekly detail cleaning of all OR's to include high dusting, wall washing, ceilings, tracks, vents and lights, booms.
• Performs scrubbing of floors in all OR's, sub sterile areas and scrub sink areas with powered floor care equipment Extracts carpets or can direct the proper use of carpet care equipment in a safe and effective manner, utilizing the appropriate chemicals and procedures.
• Remains capable of or can direct the proper use of bonnet shampooing and spotting carpets equipment.
• Collects soiled linen and transports to hospital staging area for vendor pickup.
• All EVS Staff who enter Medication Rooms (Where Applicable) must receive mandatory education on proper Medication Room protocol.

Requires ability to stand, walk, bend, lift up to 50 lbs., carry and push carts from 100 lbs. to 500 lbs. when performing duties. Works under a variety of temperature conditions. May involve transporting items outside of buildings in all weather conditions. Possesses the ability to stand for long periods as well as to walk long distances to perform cleaning and disinfecting tasks of both high and low items/areas. Requires ability to perform job duties correctly with in established System EVS standards to facilitate patient throughput. Requires ability to tolerate the associated visual, auditory and scents associated with providing all kinds of medical and surgical care.

Work is typically performed within a office, clinical or classroom environment; frequently performs duties around patients, their families and clinical care providers as well as non-clinical staff. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details:

Play a critical role in patient safety by ensuring operating rooms and surgical areas are thoroughly cleaned, sanitized, and prepared for procedures.

EVS provides healthcare environmental services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including weekends and holidays.

Hours for this position are Monday thru Friday - 2:30 pm to 11:00 pm.

We clean and disinfect both patient and non-patient areas, helping to prevent communicable diseases by thoroughly cleaning and disinfecting public areas, hospital office and administrative areas, patient rooms, restrooms and hallways.

We are proud to offer:

• Sign-on Bonus up to $2,500 for eligible candidates.
• $2.00 shift differential for evening and night shifts.
• Competitive compensation and benefits packages.
• Education and professional development including the nationally recognized CHEST certification (Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician).

To learn more about our EVS team, please visit https://jobs.geisinger.org/evs

Education:

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Preferred)

Experience:

Certification(s) and License(s):

Skills:

Communication, Disease Management, Healthcare Regulatory Environment, Infection Control, Spill Management, Teamwork

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.