Environmental Services Technician

1 week ago

Lewistown, Pennsylvania, United States Geisinger Health System Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Environmental Services Technician to join our team at Geisinger Health System. As an Environmental Services Technician, you will play a critical role in maintaining a clean and safe environment for our patients, staff, and visitors.

Key Responsibilities
  • Clean and disinfect patient rooms, surgical suites, clinical areas, office spaces, corridors, and stairwells, adhering to current industry best practices and established policies.
  • Handle various waste streams, including municipal waste, recyclable waste, pharmaceutical waste, biohazardous waste, chemotherapeutic waste, and sharps.
  • Wear standard personal protective equipment and adhere to posted isolation precautions when entering an isolation room.
  • Follow procedures for the proper use of hospital-approved chemical cleaners and power equipment to prevent damage to floors and fixtures.
  • Place appropriate signage in areas to indicate cleaning is occurring and floors are wet to reduce the risk of falls.
  • Report identified repairs as directed according to current established policy or protocol or practice.
  • Utilize mobile technology to ensure compliance with bed management procedures and other environmental services functions performed daily.
  • Gather and properly dispose of clear bag and red bag waste.
  • Properly operate chemclave and autoclave for red bag waste in conjunction with regulatory requirements, where applicable, and properly package red bag waste for shipment when chemclave and autoclave technology is not available.
  • Perform and maintain competency in current supplemental cleaning technologies available as prioritized by Infection Control under the direction of EVS management.
  • Prepare special case waste disposal set-ups for use within the OR as directed.
  • Clean and disinfect all equipment before entry into the OR suite.
  • Be familiar with fluid waste management systems and placement in the docking station for proper emptying and sanitizing, as well as placing back into service.
  • Perform weekly detail cleaning of all ORs, including high dusting, wall washing, ceilings, tracks, vents, and lights, booms.
  • Perform scrubbing of floors in all ORs, sub-sterile areas, and scrub sink areas with powered floor care equipment.
  • Extract carpets or direct the proper use of carpet care equipment in a safe and effective manner, utilizing the appropriate chemicals and procedures.
  • Collect soiled linen and transport to hospital staging area for vendor pickup.
Requirements
  • Ability to stand, walk, bend, lift up to 50 lbs., carry, and push carts from 100 lbs. to 500 lbs. when performing duties.
  • Work under a variety of temperature conditions.
  • May involve transporting items outside of buildings in all weather conditions.
  • Ability to stand for long periods and walk long distances to perform cleaning and disinfecting tasks of both high and low items/areas.
  • Ability to perform job duties correctly within established System EVS standards to facilitate patient throughput.
  • Ability to tolerate the associated visual, auditory, and scents associated with providing all kinds of medical and surgical care.
Education and Experience

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED) preferred. Experience in environmental services, facilities maintenance, or a related field is preferred.

Certification(s) and License(s)

None specified.

Skills

Communication, disease management, healthcare regulatory environment, infection control, spill management, teamwork.

Our Purpose and Values

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family, and our communities. We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

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