Environmental Services Technician - Ephrata Hosptial - Evening

Part Time - .5 - 20 hours per week/40 per pay period

Monday - Friday - 4:00pm-8:00pm

Weekend and Holiday Rotation

Starting pay rate: $17.00/hr + pay for experience

General Summary

Performs a variety of general cleaning tasks to maintain patient rooms, offices, hallways, and other assigned areas of the hospital.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Performs a variety of general cleaning tasks to maintain offices, hallways, and other assigned areas.
• Cleans and disinfects all fixtures, floors, mirrors, windows, doors, and walls of bathrooms.
• Dusts furniture, woodwork, equipment and dust mops floors. Polishes and cleans fixtures in utility rooms and bathrooms.
• Wet mops rooms, halls, stairways and public areas.
• Cleans fixtures, tops of windows, door frames and high areas using a ladder.
• Gathers and disposes of trash and waste materials.
• Removes waste and soiled linens from work area and places in specified bags or containers.
• Assists in hanging drapes and dividers and takes them down for cleaning.
• IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Performs terminal cleaning procedures of patient rooms and prepares room for new occupant; follows isolation procedures in isolation rooms.
• IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Receives direct supervision from professional nursing staff and Supervisor-Environmental Services.
• IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Responds to call lights, if in immediate area.
• IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Maintains orderliness and cleanliness of work areas and/or patient rooms.
• IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Ensures patient rooms are stocked with appropriate items prior to patient's admission.
• IF ASSIGNED TO A PATIENT CARE UNIT: Communicates with patients and families to promote their comfort. Notifies the nurse or other available care team member as needed to meet a patient's request.

Common Expectations:

• Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Participates in educational programs and in-service meetings.
• Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

• None Required

Work Experience:

• Less than 1 year Relevant experience. Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to read, write, understand and speak English at a level that enables the individual to perform the functions of the job satisfactorily.

Benefits Offered

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Short-term disability
• Education assistance
• Financial education and support, including DailyPay
• Wellness and Wellbeing programs
• Caregiver support via Wellthy
• Childcare referral service via Wellthy